rivka: (for god's sake)
rivka ([personal profile] rivka) wrote2009-08-26 11:58 am
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Argh.

Colin had his six-month well-baby visit today.

His head circumference percentile has increased from 95% to more like 98-99%. His pediatrician recommends another consult with the neurosurgeon.

His weight, on the other hand, has dropped one line on the growth chart. Ped says, not uncommon in an exclusively-breastfed baby between 4 and 6 months.

He wants us to work on getting solids into Colin and consider supplementation. We're to have a measurement follow-up in six weeks. I stopped by Whole Foods on the way home and picked up some oatmeal and some fenugreek capsules to augment my milk supply. If that doesn't work over the next six weeks, we'll argue about whether I should supplement with formula then.

I've been having trouble keeping up with the pumping lately, so it doesn't seem farfetched that I might be having supply issues. (I had been wondering if the pump, which I bought used, was wearing out.) We'll see what a couple weeks of fenugreek does for me.

I really didn't need this when I was already incredibly stressed out.

[identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That kind of reasoning leads people to make their own makeshif formulas out of things like raw goat's milk. Curiously enough, the scientifically balanced ones turn out to be more complete.

(Also, this thread is coming perilously close to formula bashing, which I am not willing to host.)