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3 Wk Old Slow Weight Gain (Caught in Breast/formula Conundrum)

*Long request My 3 week old daughter was born at 7.11 and with weight checks every 4 days or so has lost weight (normal, I know) to 6.14 and then gained (7.2) then down(?!) to 6.14 again and then up to 7.4 and after 7 days has only gained an ounce (7.5)! The post partum weight drop can safely be attributed to her sleeping well, she would go from midnight to almost 5:30 at 10 days old, so I've started waking her to feed every three hrs (daytime) and every four hours at night. Beyond that, my milk supply seems adequate but I'm taking...

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Need More Milk

I have been feeding my son breast milk from a bottle since he was 2 weeks...