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Skinny babies?

lucylove619lucylove619 member
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Anyone else have a skinny minnie baby? DD weighs about 19 pounds but is 30 inches, so she is kind of a beanpole. She's only like 20th percentile I think. She eats great and nurses frequently so I think she's getting enough food, but I still worry since she's so little. The doctor is not worried but I feel like I should try to fatten her up? She eats what we eat but I wonder if I should put more calories in what she eats, like use regular turkey instead of lean, or maybe give her more fats like avocado with her meals. We don't eat dairy yet because her tummy is sensitive. Anyone else have weight worries? I guess maybe its just her body type, but I am programmed for some reason to think that babies should be chubby!
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  • tjkdlhbtjkdlhb member

    We're still waiting for DD to break 15 lbs.  Not too worried b/c she's still meeting all milestones and is following her own growth curve (maintaining 3rd percentile from birth)

    ETA:  We do give her lots of avocado, full fat greek yogur




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  • picklesxpicklesx member
    Some babies are just built that way. No need to be concerned unless there she is not reaching average milestones for her age or is refusing meals. My guy has been 25 lbs for the past 6 months! He weighs the same as my two of my friends' two and three year
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  • tarapike86tarapike86 member
    Mine is 15 lbs and 25 inches long. She has chunk on her but is just built small
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    All of my kids have always been in the 15 or 20 for weight and are very healthy kids. My Lucas is in the 20 for weight and 90 for height but his daddy is 6 ft 4 inches and 170lbs so it runs in their blood.

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  • lucylove619lucylove619 member
    Thank you all for making me feel better! Most of my friends have giant babies and Emme is just a peanut, I sometimes kind of feel like maybe I'm doing something wrong because she's not bigger. Like my milk wasn't enough or something. Bellelamb, our pedi s
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  • k4slr6k4slr6 member
    DD just broke 15lbs too.  I am finally putting away the 3-6 mos clothes.  Haha.
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  • RMama2012RMama2012 member
    Honestly, if I didn't switch to formula, I think DS would have still been very thin. Once he switched I used fast flow nipples and I push his last bottle on him. Along with the formula, I give him lots of avocado, sweet potato, full fat greek yogurt to
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  • cbee817cbee817 member

    Raises hand- DD#2 is 27.25" tall and 16lbs 1 ounce. I'm getting a lot of grief from the doctors because they claim that by 1 year, she should be triple her birth weight (8 lbs 6 ounces at birth would be 25 lbs 2 ounces at 1 year).

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  • NatPhoto09NatPhoto09 member
    Ds2 is a true peanut, 16.1 pounds soaking wet! My doc saw him this week for an ear infection and is slightly concerned b/c no weight gain in a month. I am not worried though. He eats a lot , nurses/drinks his bottles, is meeting all his milestones, and I
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