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Weight gain? Baby related

jcole32444jcole32444
in January 2011 Moms

I am not worried but I do find it odd. Jay has been in the 95+% for height sense he was born and the 85% for height sense he was born. But he has dropped down to the 75% for weight. I think he is really skinny for how tall he is. Our well check is this week and I know he is fine but it bothers me that his weight % has dropped.

 

Is it normal? I am sure it's because he is more active now.

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  • MarSamWhitneyMarSamWhitney member

    Im sure its normal. We have her 9 month appointmentthis frday, I cant wait!! But if it makes you feel any better, she was over all 5% when she was born and then jumped up to 36th percentile at 4 months. At 6 months  she fell down to 21 % i believe.  They had us come back for a weight check, and sure enough she was fine. She is just having growth spurts a her own pce and sometimes slows down. sometimes I look at her and think she is so skinny and I panic. Then two days later she looks chunky again.

     

     



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  • SweetHurricaneSweetHurricane member
    It's totally normal around this age to start to even out in the weights category. I checked last week and DD had dropped from 90th percentile (at 6 months) to 77th percentile for weight. I'm not concerned at all. She's crawling, climbing, trying to walk. All of that burns a LOT of calories.
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  • broccolitreebroccolitree

    The weight/height percentile stuff is based on a comparison to other kids vs a specific measurement. 

    I'm not being a condescending b*tch (FOR ONCE, lol), because I know you know that, but I know for me I didn't really get what that meant until I got some wonky measurements.  At Joaquin's 6 month, she was all 20th-ish like she's always been since she popped back up from her eensy-weensy birth size... but she was 75th in height, because she'd just had a bigtime growth spurt.  Jay's kind of drop is easily attributed to other kids not being as active as he is or him not eating quite as well that week or day or any number of other factors.

    In other words, if he's low today, whatever.  If he continues to drop over time, or if he starts getting sluggish, shows signs of allergy, etc., that's when the red flags go up.

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  • MarSamWhitneyMarSamWhitney member
    I do have to laugh at those percentiles sometimes. DD was 21 for weight, and the size of her head at 95th?! Obviously to hold her giant brain. Shes probably goin to be the president one day. lol


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  • bethylabethyla member
    DS had some problems gaining weight at first, so it was something that we closely monitored and have always been a little bit paranoid about.  He has done really well for the past few visits and is back up to being in the 75th percentile (where he was at birth.)  He is also really long and skinny.  The pedi had warned us at our last appointment that the weight percentile can start to decline around now since they are becoming more active. 
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  • sweetmejsweetmej member
    My little guy was consistently in the 40th %ile for weight and 75-80th %ile for height until 6 months when he dropped to the 14th %ile for weight (and stayed at the 75%ile for height). I was shocked, but the pediatrician wasn't concerned at all. She said it's really common for babies to drop off their growth curves when they become more active. All she wanted to know is if he was eating well (yes) and she just said "he looks great!" It's true, he is long and lean, but he looks pretty normal for a baby. 
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