Anyone else's LO wearing a smaller size?

RizziB · September 2012

My LO has always been less than 50% in weight and typically can wear smaller sizes longer. She's almost 9 months and she can still fit 6 months clothes, except for length. Her 9-month check-up is coming up next week, but I've started getting anxious that she is too small. (She weighs around 18.5 lbs.) Probably just FTM worries. ;-)

Just curious how many other LO's can still wear clothes sized for younger months...

Tussie Mussie · September 2012

I feel like hardly any babies actually wear the sizes on the label at that age. Some babies are big, some are small, plus being thin or chunky might change the size they need etc etc. Sounds like she's perfectly normal to me, but what do I know. I'm always worried about the doc saying LO is too big and they always say she's doing good on "her curve". We are in 18mo clothes.

guccikat · September 2012

We are in the same boat.. DD only weighed 17.16lb at her 9 month check up last week. She is in sizes ranging from 6month and some 12 month. Her height is at 73cm so some of the 6 month clothes are tops and 12 month clothes are bottoms.

jesselayne8 · September 2012

DD is 16.5lb. She is still wearing 3-6 month clothes. Someone has to be in the lower percentiles.

-T- · September 2012

I just packed up all of DS's 0-3 / 3 month clothes. He's fitting perfectly into his 3-6 / 6 month clothes now. I pulled out a 9 month sleeper over the weekend when I got behind in laundry and it's big, but it worked for the night!

DS weighs 13 lb 10 oz so I know he's small. He's in the 1st percentile

Don't get worried, if she has always been about 50% in weight, she is probably going to continue that trend for a while.

RizziB · September 2012

Thanks for the reassurance ladies! I feel like I only hear about the babies that wear bigger sizes, even though it makes perfect sense that babies will be on both sides of the weight spectrum. ;-)

KeyLime81 · September 2012

My little guy is hanging out in the 10-15th percentiles, too! He's still quite comfy in 6 month stuff.

hockeyfan42 · September 2012

A is still comfortably in 6 month clothes. I think she is 56% for weight and 32% for height.

MissAmy2006 · September 2012

THIS! My DD is also very tiny still. We just chalk it up to our Korean genes. LOL. Both DH and I are smaller build, and girls on both sides are petite so it make sense she will be on the small side. As long as she healthy I am happy.

ksmit062 · September 2012

We just had our 9 month appt yesterday and DS is 35th percentile. He wears 6-9 mth and 9mth clothes. (so we're kinda right on) My doctor's words were "he is perfect." I always thought he was a little chunk, and he has a big head

I agree that I am happy as long as he is healthy!

Kelly1109 · September 2012

My guy isn't little - he's a big boy (24lbs at 9 months) but my daughter was a tiny peanut. She is only 27lbs right now at 2+ years. I think she was only 18lbs at her year appt. I wouldn't worry about it. I know easier said than done, but I'm sure she is perfectly healthy.

bretlee · September 2012

My LO is also on the smaller side. She's still in NB onsies and 0-3 month pants. She's a tiny thing, but she's perfectly happy and healthy. She's right on track on where she should be, so I'm not worried.

HisKonstantine · September 2012

Tussie Mussie:
I feel like hardly any babies actually wear the sizes on the label at that age. Some babies are big, some are small, plus being thin or chunky might change the size they need etc etc. Sounds like she's perfectly normal to me, but what do I know. I'm always worried about the doc saying LO is too big and they always say she's doing good on "her curve". We are in 18mo clothes.

Us too! We're now in 18 month clothes as well. Kind of crazy but it's what fits.

GPickles · September 2012

My DS is 8.5 months. He wears 9 month pants & onesies, but only 3 or 6 month tops. He's on the upper end of the scale for length, but the lower end for weight.

Leap08 · September 2012

My daughter had her 9 month check up last week and was just over 18 pounds (about 40%). She can still wear 6 month shorts, but onesies aren't long enough. I'm pretty sure pants wouldn't be long enough either. Stop worrying. Your daughter isn't too small. She's right around average in weight.

My oldest daughter was more like a 10-20% (weight) baby. I worried about her size a lot, but I really shouldn't have. She was growing and thriving. She was just not a chubby baby, and she's a tall and thin toddler. I don't worry about it anymore. That's just how she is. I don't worry about DD2s weight at all. She seems average/normal to me.

brown101 · September 2012

We're a tiny peanut as well. I have our 9 month visit this Friday - but at his 6 month he was only 12 lbs. So I'm going to guess we're 17 or 18... We're still perfectly fine in 6 month clothes - the 6 month pants are way too short on him - but the 9 month pants are too big in the waist. I just chalk up that we're already in the 'awkward' size kid clothes...

I just make sure that my DC is giving me specifics on what/when he eats... so I have a piece of mind that he's getting what he needs.

avehonduras · September 2012

DD isn't particularly small, but she does still fit in many of her 6 month clothes. In fact, most of her 9 month clothes are still too big for her. I just took DD to her 9 month check up yesterday and she's 19.2 pounds and perfectly healthy and even looks a little chunky still. If you're baby's around 18.5, I would think she's right where she needs to be! Smile Don't worry!

BTW, when I was pregnant, I bought her a fleece outfit size 3 months, and she's just now able to fit into that in the dead of summer at 9 months old! I think the sizing on that one was WAY off. I agree with some of the other moms on here about the sizing not being very accurate sometimes.

twocents6708 · September 2012

DD is still in 6 month and a few 69 month outfits. She is 16.5 lbs at our visit last week. She is just petite, 25th percentile at last visit which was up from the 2nd percentile at birth do I will take it!

suze423 · September 2012

jesselayne8:
DD is 16.5lb. She is still wearing 36 month clothes. Someone has to be in the lower percentiles.

This. Someone has to be in the lower, someone has to be in the upper. DS just had his 9 month and was 16 lbs 13 oz which is about 4th percentile. He's mostly in 3 months clothes and some 6 months.

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