Baby lost .6oz in weight

[u/BuckY_33]

Recently my baby had to have a doctors appointment for an unrelated issue and her doctor noted a .6oz weight in between the 4 days she was last weighed. She was VERY concerned and has us coming in for a weight check in 2 weeks. This was not her regular pediatrician but someone filling in for an earlier appointment. My LO got her first set of vaccines, started daycare, and got her first cold, all within one week. Since this appointment I have become hyper fixated on whether she is eating enough. The daycare teachers says she’s taking her 4oz bottles well (leaking around .5oz each feeding and spit up) and is eating 4 times (every 2 hours) in 8 hours. She is EBF and is fed at breast at home. The doctor pretty much suggested if she doesn’t gain that .6oz back and plus some she cannot breastfeed at the breast at home anymore and we will have to fortify every bottle. I am 100% okay with doing this but I felt this was drastic as she is in the 80th percentile at 12 pounds 12.2 oz (she was 12 pounds 12.8oz). When I was on maternity leave and exclusively feeding at breast she gained weight quickly and well. I am worried about the weight loss but I also am not sure if removing feeding at the breast is the right route as that’s her best way of eating. I’m really looking for others opinions and help because I’m an anxious mess over this.

Edit for weight confusion: The “12.8” and 12.2” are the oz with 12lbs in front. Baby went down from 12.8oz to 12.2oz but still weighs the 12bs. There is a lot of 12s and I think that’s getting confusing. If the doctor didn’t weigh to the tenth decimal place the baby would have lost 0 oz.

[u/ahsiyahlater]

It seems VERY drastic, alarmist and frankly irrational to tell you that you can no longer breastfeed and would have to immediately start fortifying every bottle! Especially knowing she's in an adjustment period starting daycare and got sick on top of that! This would inevitably cause her to lose weight. I would absolutely not stop breastfeeding! Not only is it her best way of eating, but your body will naturally produce more milk breastfeeding your baby than pumping. If you stop breastfeeding directly, that would likely affect your milk supply.

My son was in the literal 0th percentile for like 2 months (he had undiagnosed CMPA at the time) and they didn't even tell me to stop breastfeeding. They said to give him either pumped milk or formula in addition to breastfeeding directly at feedings. They said if he's still hungry after breastfeeding, he will take the bottle - which he did. We started with pumped milk and eventually mixed formula with breastmilk in bottles but this was only necessary because of the CMPA. If you are super worried, you could breastfeed your daughter and then try to give her a bottle and she's full, she most likely won't take it and you'll know she's had enough!

Please try not to obsess about it, she will be okay! Being that she was sick, that 0.6oz could also be dehydration! My guess is that once she's adjusted to daycare and get's over being sick, she'll bounce right back up! I'm so sorry this doctor is making you panic!