Height and weight difference?

TofuMama7 · May 2011

At DS's 2 month check up (which was actually when he was 10 weeks old) he was above the 95% for height (25 and 1/8 inches) but only in the 75% for weight (12 lb 13 oz). Since I'm EBF I'm always worrying that he's not eating enough; and he's not nearly as chubby as my cousin's baby. The pediatrician said he's fine, so I'm not too worried, I was just wondering if anyone else's LO has a discrepancy between their height and weight. (It'd make me feel better to know I'm not alone!)

JAnalynn3767 · May 2011

at 2 months we were 12 lbs 4oz (75% also, strange?) and 24 inches long (90%) we are also EBF.

My LO is also not chubby and although I am not worried about some members of DH family are since there is another LO in the fam about the same age that weighs 16lbs at 2months. She is FF and overweight in my opinion.

You are def not alone. If Dr says he is fine and you think he appears fine then I wouldn?t worry about it!

MrsNiner · May 2011

At 2 mos, DS was 18th for weight and 66th for length!

Wufroggy79 · May 2011

JAnalynn3767:
at 2 months we were 12 lbs 4oz (75% also, strange?) and 24 inches long (90%) we are also EBF.
My LO is also not chubby and although I am not worried about some members of DH family are since there is another LO in the fam about the same age that weighs 16lbs at 2months. She is FF and overweight in my opinion.
You are def not alone. If Dr says he is fine and you think he appears fine then I wouldn?t worry about it!

I'm really hoping that's not a slam against FF.

Bluehelix · May 2011

At his 2 month check up, my DS was in the 75th percentile for height (24 inches), but only in the 55th percentile for weight (10 lbs 11 oz).

kiribeckwith · May 2011

My little man is in the 95% for height at 24 3/4 inches and 50% for weight- 11 1/2 pounds.

This lady at the airport the other day asked how old he was. I said two months and she replied with, 'He was premature then?". Excuse me? No, he was not. He is a normal size two month old baby.

kmares · May 2011

My DD was always 10% for weight and 75% for height.

vflipo · May 2011

DD was 95% for height (23.5") and 25% for weight (9lb10oz). She's been 25% for weight since birth, so she's following the growth chart for that. As for height, she has shot up, there's really no curve to her height growth Stick out tongue

But the pedi isn't concerned. She's not even EBF. She get BM from a bottle and nurses a couple times a week (since I'm working), and she gets formula a couple times a day since I can't pump enough to keep up with her.

stacedog42 · May 2011

kiribeckwith:
My little man is in the 95% for height at 24 3/4 inches and 50% for weight- 11 1/2 pounds.
This lady at the airport the other day asked how old he was. I said two months and she replied with, 'He was premature then?". Excuse me? No, he was not. He is a normal size two month old baby.

My DD was 9lbs 2oz at 2 months (10%) and 22in for height. Someone stopped me comming out of the super market and said "awww, a brand new baby" and I said actually she's 2 months and she goes "well, she just doesn't like to grow huh?" umm, no she's growing fine, just little! I was a little shocked at her rudeness!!

magdalina.h · May 2011

I have a little guy who is a slow gainer. At his 2 month he was 8-11 (7th percentile) and 22in (18th percentile). His pedi wants him to gain more weight faster, but he gains 4 oz a week since he finally started figuring out the whole eating thing.

magdalina.h · May 2011

stacedog42:
kiribeckwith:
My little man is in the 95% for height at 24 3/4 inches and 50% for weight- 11 1/2 pounds.
This lady at the airport the other day asked how old he was. I said two months and she replied with, 'He was premature then?". Excuse me? No, he was not. He is a normal size two month old baby.
My DD was 9lbs 2oz at 2 months (10%) and 22in for height. Someone stopped me comming out of the super market and said "awww, a brand new baby" and I said actually she's 2 months and she goes "well, she just doesn't like to grow huh?" umm, no she's growing fine, just little! I was a little shocked at her rudeness!!

At least once on the weekend I get asked how early he was because he's tiny. I was tall and skinny and so is he.

christyp80 · May 2011

I guess I'm the only one with a height and weight difference that swings the other way. At her 2 month appointment, DD was 45th percentile for height (22.5"), and 96th for weight (13 lb 4 oz). She's EBF and has like 5 chins and lots of rolls. DH calls her "Short-round" because she's short and round.

However, she was too long for all 0-3 size footed sleepers by the time she was 2 months. So I have no idea whose babies still fit 0-3's at 3 months!

TofuMama7 · May 2011

Thanks, ladies! It feels good to hear that it's not just my LO! (I only had my cousin's baby to compare him with and hers is 95% for both height and weight and family members kept commenting on the difference between them)

JAnalynn3767 · May 2011

nbeseau:
JAnalynn3767:
at 2 months we were 12 lbs 4oz (75% also, strange?) and 24 inches long (90%) we are also EBF.
My LO is also not chubby and although I am not worried about some members of DH family are since there is another LO in the fam about the same age that weighs 16lbs at 2months. She is FF and overweight in my opinion.
You are def not alone. If Dr says he is fine and you think he appears fine then I wouldn?t worry about it!
I'm really hoping that's not a slam against FF.

No. not at all! Sorry if it came out that way!! I do think it is easier to over feed with formula than breast milk and I believe that is what these particular parents are doing. Although I know plenty of healthy formula feed babies and have no problem with formula in general. My own lo was supplemented with formula in the very begining.

This Little girl however is already getting cereal and baby food at 2 months, without the consent of a pedi, so that mixed with the amount of formula she is getting is contributing to a weight problem, not the fact that she is FF alone. I would be just as upset if she was that heavy on breast milk (she can?t even hold her head up, because her rolls do it for her, and she doesn?t fit in toys made for babies 4 or 5 times her age -- very sad).

vflipo · May 2011

christyp80:
I guess I'm the only one with a height and weight difference that swings the other way. At her 2 month appointment, DD was 45th percentile for height (22.5"), and 96th for weight (13 lb 4 oz). She's EBF and has like 5 chins and lots of rolls. DH calls her "Short-round" because she's short and round. However, she was too long for all 0-3 size footed sleepers by the time she was 2 months. So I have no idea whose babies still fit 0-3's at 3 months!

Mine still does but she's only 2.5 months. I'm hoping to get a couple more weeks out of them. Onesies are definitely no issue for her, but sleepers are since she's so long.

always4278 · May 2011

My little one is the opposite as what most people have said. She's in the 50th percentile for wight at 11 lbs 4 oz and only around the 25th for height at 21 1/2 inches at her two month appointment. She was born at 38 weeks and weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and was 18 inches so she started in the 10th percentile for both. I can't believe how much she's grown! She is EBF and just a chubby little baby. I was the same way and never had any extra weight once I became mobile lol.

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