weighing in

William had to see his pediatrician this morning because he had spit-up that was brown in color yesterday. (It's usually just white.) The doc examined him and said he seems fine and that the brown color was probably blood from my cracked nipples that had been sitting in his stomach for a while. (I know... pretty gross.) Anyway, the more concerning issue is that they weighed him like they normally do and found that he has dropped to the 10th percentile! We were pretty shocked. He now weighs 13 pounds 13 ounces. And two weeks ago, he was 13 pounds 3 ounces. The doc said he's falling off his growth curve. So he has been gaining weight, but just not enough. The doc said I'll have to either pump to increase my milk supply or supplement with formula. And we'll have to go back in a couple of weeks to have his weight checked again.

I knew my milk supply had been getting low as of late, and he had been getting fussy during nursing, but I didn't realize that it was stunting his growth and that he was probably really hungry! I feel like a terrible mom! =( (This may also explain why he doesn't nap for very long.) We had been trying a little to supplement with formula recently, but will now be pushing him a bit harder now. He doesn't seem to like the taste because he's been living solely off of breastmilk since he came home from the hospital. Please pray for our little one... that he would be able to take the formula in conjunction with nursing. One good thing is that he has successfully moved on from rice cereal to oatmeal. =) And he seems to love it! (It pretty much tastes the same, just not as hard on the stomach.) It is the neatest (and cutest) thing seeing him open his mouth to take all the food in. Sometimes he gets really excited about it, too. And that's especially fun to watch.