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Does anyone have a small 5 month old...

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My is daughter is 5 months old and often the doctors mention that she is small but proportionate. She weighs about 13 pounds (was weighed weeks ago) not sure how much she will weigh during her 6 month visit coming up. She was born at 36 weeks some consider it preemie some dont so I dont if that plays a part. I really try not to compare her to other babies but when I constantly see/ hear about 5 month olds that weigh 16 pounds plus it makes me wonder if something is wrong.  Now I will say she eats well, doctors dont want to change her formula because she is doing good on it(had major projectile vomiting issues on old formula), she has hit milestones on target for the most part so development wise she is good although she still cant sit up on her own but shes a little Thumbelina lol. Anyone else have small babies?
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  • baloneydiscbaloneydisc member
    DD is about 5 1/2 months old and approximately 14lbs.  Our ped is not concerned because she has consistently been around 25th percentile for height and weight.  She still fits in a lot of her 0-3mo clothes.
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    imageelainelbuck:
    DD is about 5 1/2 months old and approximately 14lbs.  Our ped is not concerned because she has consistently been around 25th percentile for height and weight.  She still fits in a lot of her 0-3mo clothes.

    This. But I think mine is 13lb 5oz. She was 2 weeks late and 8lb5oz at birth but gained slowly and had a milk allergy. Our dr isn't concerned bc my hubby and I are not tall and she's been consistently in the same percentiles. 

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  • intdesigner925intdesigner925

    imageelainelbuck:
    DD is about 5 1/2 months old and approximately 14lbs.  Our ped is not concerned because she has consistently been around 25th percentile for height and weight.  She still fits in a lot of her 0-3mo clothes.

     

    Glad to know im not alone. My daughter can also fit some 0-3m clothing. Some just recently without them swallowing her whole.

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  • mylove2005mylove2005
    My 5 month old is 10.9 pounds. He still swims in his 0-3 cloths DH bought him size 1 diapers and the Velcro crosses over each other
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  • GingerWifeGingerWife
    B is tiny too.  13lbs at 5 months but super skinny....size 1 diaper velcro still overlaps.
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  • intdesigner925intdesigner925
    Thanks everyone!
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  • SoonToBeMsPSoonToBeMsP member
    Yup! DD was 11 lbs 4 oz at her 4 month checkup (over a month ago, obviously). Ped wasn't concerned since she is on the 10%ile curve and is steadily gaining at that rate. FWIW, she was 5 lbs 13 oz when she was born. She is JUST now starting to wear some 3-6m clothes, but most are too big. She was fitting in some nb clothes until a couple weeks ago.
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  • wychetswychets member
    DD was also born at 36wks and weighed 4lbs and 12oz at birth. She will be 6 months on Monday and  last Monday when we were at the Pedi's office she weighed 14lbs 8oz. So she has gained 10lbs in 6 months and I am ok with that:) However the crazy thing is she wears a size 3 diaper and 6-9 months clothing!!! She is really solid, and she can fit a size 12mnths in Carters:()
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    My LO was 13lbs 5oz with her sleeper and diaper on at her 5 month check up.  She is also 25 inches long.  Basically I have a string bean on my hands.  She wears between 3 and 9 month clothing depending on the brand, but she is healthy and strong and the doctor said as long as her curve is consistent for her there is no need to worry.
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  • blondiemama09blondiemama09

    Don't stress!!! My oldest DD was always a little petite thing, like 10% for weight, and we had eating issues from like week 1. The pedi's were constantly stressing me out and had me bringing her in for weight checks ... but wouldn't do anything to "help" me (besides telling me she needed to eat x amount each day). She is now a healthy thriving 3 year old, and I am always telling myself that if I had known then what I know now ... I would have enjoyed her more (instead of worrying), b/c she turned out great!

    My 5 month old is weighing in about the same as DD#1 did at her month check ups (born 1 lb smaller, though). The difference is DD#1 was FF, DD#2 is EBF. So that to me says - it's purely genetics at this point. We just make skinny babies!

    & if she is eating good, peeing/pooping good, seems happy ... that is a good sign! :)

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  • PsyDr04PsyDr04 member
    DS will be 6 months old next Wednesday and he's probably 14 pounds and some change. He was only 12 lbs 1.5 oz at his 4 month checkup. Our pedi advised us to start supplementing with formula and since we started that, he has gained weight consistently. The last time we went in for a weight check (a couple of weeks ago), he was almost 14 pounds so I'm guessing he's a little over 14 now.
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