Summer was 6lb 10 oz when born but lost a lot of weight at the hospital partly due to getting an infection. She has struggled to regain any weight. The main reason for this is that the doctors believe that she is using all the energy from her milk to grow the skin over her exomphalos rather than gaining physical weight. To help Summer has been having a special high energy formula to try and give her extra calories (wouldn't all we girls like to have to have extra calories!!). She is also still being breast feed for three feeds a day.
At her weigh in today she has gained 10 ounces in one week!!! She is now up to 7lb exactly. This is great news it shows the formula is working.
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