Fatty Fatty 2x4

Here's the latest in the weight gain story:

Just when you think you've solved a problem, that exact same problem reappears!!!

After the amazing weight gain we experienced, a week later this tiny baby went back down in weight!!! Not by a significant amount, but enough.

The doctor, of course, wanted me to start supplementing with formula. Every time I hear that from the doctors I want to shove their faces into my freezer which is overflowing with so much breastmilk that I'm going to have to start throwing everything else out of there in order to make room for more. Sorry guys, no more frozen waffles for breakfast, Mommy's a milk machine.

Anyways, the thought was that maybe my milk isn't super fatty. So what do I do? What any other semi-crazy-worried mom would do. I searched "how to increase fat in breastmilk".

At first, there were articles saying there is no way to increase fat. Just ways to access the more fatty milk already in your breasts. Not what I wanted. But then I came upon this other mom's blog who said that she used a supplement called Sunflower Lecithin to increase the fat content in her milk.

Thus I began a steady regimen of pumping before feeding to make sure he gets the "hind milk", supplement with some defrosted colostrum by syringe, and take the sunflower lecithin.

We went back to the doctor 4 days later, and lo and behold, baby gained 4 ounces! What the heck?! That's the most he's gained in his whole life since birth!

I don't know what it is. Maybe all the stuff I've been doing. Maybe divine intervention from all the prayer I've been getting. Maybe Cyrus is just taking his sweet time. I don't really care. I just hope it keeps going.

We go back to the doctor in a week. I'm hoping baby is 10 pounds by then.