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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
If you have had 2+ babies-full term
I was reading in my week by week pregnancy book and there was a note that generally speaking boys weigh more than girls at birth and that babies tend to weigh more the more pregnancies/deliveries the mom has had.
Just wondering if this has been true for you. I am skeered of having another 10lb'er and want some stories to cling to about how your first was a biggie but your second was only 7lbs 
ETA: Just saw Berri's post.
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Re: If you have had 2+ babies-full term
My daughter would probably have been the same weight as OR outweighed my son if she'd been born on the same gestational day. She was 8.13 at 38w6d, DS was 8.15 at 39w4d.
My mom's babies each got smaller. I was the biggest, #2 was the middle, #3 was the smallest. #1 and #3 were both 2 weeks overdue, #2 was a week early.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Libby was 7 lbs 14 oz. and Lucy was 7 lbs 3oz...so we got a little smaller lol.
I have heard that boys are bigger. I have a friend who had 2 girls (both around 6.5 lbs) and then her boy was 8lbs 8 oz...sooo who knows.
DD1: 7 lbs 13 oz, 21 inches
DS: 8 lbs 14.5 oz, 22 inches
DD2: 8 lbs 6 oz, 20 3/4 inches
My mom had
DS1: 7 lbs 6 oz
DD (me) 8 lbs 9 oz
DS2: 10 lbs 8 oz!
DD (11 days late) was 6lbs 10oz
DS (10 days late) was 8lbs 5oz.
Kate would have been a moose if she'd been born full term. She was 8.1 at 38w.
Ben was 8.12 at 39w5d.
Each of my babies was bigger than the one before. But that meant my girl was the biggest of them all, so for me this was partially true
DS1 - 6lb 3oz DS2 6lbs 10oz DD - 7lbs 7oz
My DS was 7 lbs 12 oz.
1.5 years later my DD was 8 lbs 14 oz!!
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Both were born at 38wks.
DS was 7lbs 5 oz. (I gained 35lbs with him)
DD was 6lbs 11oz. (I gained 19 with her)
Not that much of a difference, especially with the difference in my weight gain.
DS1- 8 lb 15oz
DS2- 7 lbs 1 oz
pretty big difference
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This also scares me to death.
DD was born 40w3d at 9lbs .05ozs
I am having a DS and if he is bigger than that my lady parts will never be the same! LOL!
Here's a story of hope for you:
2 1/2 years ago, my SIL had her first DS at 40w 4d. He weighed around 10 lbs.
She just had DS #2 at 39w 2d. He weighed 7.5 lbs.
It can happen!
both were born a little over 38 weeks (DS by induction, DD by her choosing, lol).
DS: 7lbs6oz, 20.5 inches
DD: 7lbs8oz, 20 inches
so not a huge difference at all.
My DD was 8lbs 3oz.
My DS was 7lbs 13 oz.
Not too much difference!
My mother had 5 kids all on the large side.
DS#1 10lb 3 oz
DD#1 7lb 7oz 9(twin)
DD#2 7lb 14 oz(twin)
DD#3 9lbs 14 oz
DS#2 10lb 5oz
DD1 was born at 40w and was 7 lbs., 10 oz. and 21 inches.
DD2 came one day shy of 39 weeks and was 7 lbs., 6 oz. and 18 inches. Significantly smaller than DD1.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
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DS1: 8lbs 9oz
DS2: 10lbs 6oz
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I'm no comfort either. Mine followed the pattern you mentioned exactly. But my first was a girl and second a boy so maybe that had more to do with it. Also my 2nd is still huge. He's 19 months and still off the growth charts for height and weight so I think for him it was genetic not just birth order. I am a bit scared about #3 though.
#1DD: 7lbs 5oz
#2DS: 9lbs 4oz
Kristen (7), Timothy (5), Robert (3), Charles (9 months)
DD was born at 38wks 7lbs 14oz 19-1/2"
DS was born at 39wks 6lbs 14oz 19"
I also gained half the weight with DS.
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my daughter was 8 lbs even born at 40 weeks, 2 days
my son was 8 lbs. 9 oz. born at 40 weeks, 6 days
Both went into labor on my own, not induced.