I weighed Hadley today and she is 12lbs, 1-1/2oz. Woohoo!! I'm so excited to see her pass the 12lb. mark! As many of you know, she has never been a great eater and has been very slow to gain weight, but she's been doing much better in the last month or so. I think the turning point was when we started adding rice cereal to her bottles. She also has been drinking formula for the last couple weeks instead of breastmilk. I made the decision to stop breastfeeding after 3 months. I originally was planning on doing it for 6 months but with her not eating well and barely putting on weight when she was breastfeeding, I ended up deciding to pump several times a day and give it to her in bottles so I could at least know how much she was getting. Doing that got very tiresome and honestly, I am thrilled to not have to use a breastpump again for a long time. I think it was best for both of us for her to switch to formula.
She is still a small little thing, but she is perfectly healthy and as far as I can tell is putting on weight at a good pace. She will be 4 months old in a week and I'm hoping for a good checkup when we take her to her doctor's appointment. :-)
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