ill 6 week old

[youngmummy]

* at birth my daughter was born with cord quite tightly round her neck 3 times and erratic heart beat !
* at 2 weeks admitted to hospital with suspected meningitus ! had blood tests and lumbar punctures !
*results say she has low white blood cells and glucose levels and heart murmur ! and she is tube fed
*discharged after 1 week now at 6 weeks old she is not feeding greatly i.e 9/10 ozs daily of expressed milk is losing weight was 7Ib 7ozs born and is only 8Ib 7ozs
*she sleeps all night and day and when not asleep is screaming she also suffers with seborrheic exzema , and has xrays this week to check for DDH (clicky hips , as 3rd child had to wear harness) can anyone shed light on what could be up with her ??

[gossipgirl]

i cant say whats wrong with her sorry but i just want to say i hope she gets better, and wishing you the best of luck xxx

[sqad617]

Yes....this sounds like a feeding problem. Discuss with Paediatrician changing to bottle feed.