Low weight gain
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27/8/08 17:43
20/8/08 19:35
my twins were 6 weeks early 2 n mine r on aptimal n have gone up 2 the 9th centile! i would go with ur gut feeling tbh cz my hv is a complete idiot n i dnt pay attention 2 her! all they look at is a book n reitterate that they dnt bother looking at individual babies ... mine dosent anyway! she thinks im wrong 2 let then go more then 3 hrs between feeds when they hve been going over 4 hours since 11 days old! lol! mine r 11 weeks 2mz born at 4lb 6oz n 4lb 3oz n now 9lb 7oz n 9lb 2oz! thet having a growth spurt at the mo n constantly hungry!
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20/8/08 18:51
Hi n eed some advice
my twins were born 6wks early and were born at 3lb 12oz each they are now 15wks (9 wks corrected age) for various reasons like clinic being shut, they have not been weighed for 4ws but when i got them weighed today they wer 9lb 5 & 9lb 11, anyway they have fallen from 9th to 2nd percentile. I want to c hange from nutri prem 2 to aptamil cause i just think that that nutri prem is not very good for them, HV (*not my usual one) said no but i still want to change them , they are also Breast feeding, I have to go gewt them weighed in a week. So do i go with my gut feeling or do i listen to proffesionals.



well had them weighed this week and one has gone from9lb 5 to 9lb 13 so a steady gain but still lower than before As he is now on 2nd centile. The other has gone from 9lb 11 to10lb 1and they are now easily taking 4oz of ebm and around 3oz to 4oz of aptamil. Plus they seem a whole lot more contented and drink their bottles in no time, so with a bit of luckwhen i get them weighed in a fortnight they may have put on even more weight