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Hi Mary! Apart for the last couple of weeks it seems to me as if your daughter has been gaining weight good. But you are quite right that at this age babies "should" gain weight continously. Has she been ill at all; a cold, flu or something likel that? Being sick is often a reason why small babies don't gain weight for a while and then they tend to compensate;-) Is her health provider worried at all about her weight development? Anyway, you can do a few things to help her. If she tends to only want to feed for 5 minutes, make sure it is lways only from one breast. That way she gets the fat milk that is the last to come out of the breast (the hind milk). Also try to feed her as much and often as possible in the morning and before lunch, when your milk tends to be the fattest. You can of course also offer the breast more often in general unless it makes you too exhausted. Here are some other tips that have shown in research to increase babies' weight: <ul> <li class="custom">Carry your baby around in a sling or carrier. The body contact has show to help babies' weight gain. <li class="custom">Same with <a href="http://www.easybabylife.com/baby-massage.html">baby massage.</a> <li class="custom">Nurse your baby at least every 2 hours in day time and at least once every night <li class="custom">Always offer (don't force) the other breast also after really emptying the first. Sometimes the baby might drink a little bit for the second breast as well.</ul> I hope this helps! /Paula

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Submitted by: Carrie

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I had a similar problem with my oldest son. One thing that worked for me was to strip him down, wipe his face and hands with a warm wet cloth, anything that would get him good and awake so that he would nurse longer.

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