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11 mo stopped growing!!!

MrsBWGMrsBWG member
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Seriously, she's 27" and 16.5 lbs.  She's making all her milestones, learning how to walk and cutting two teeth as I type, but she hasn't grown but an inch since her 6 month check up, and only gained like, a pound.  I'm not worried because she seems totally healthy and happy and super smart, but I'm also quite worried because, well, she hasn't grown!!  We've had 3 different pedi's (don't ask) so noone's been with her for more than a few checkups.  Our last visit (9month check up) was with our new pedi, and he mentioned how small she was (10th %ile).  I've got to go back to her last Dr's office and get her records so we can go over them again at our next appointment next month, but I know how big she was.  She was born perfectly on time, and perfectly normal height and weight wise.  (18", 7lb4oz)  I know babies grow when they're sleeping, and she's not the world's worst sleeper, but we rarely get more than 4 hours at one shot, 3.5 is normal.  Could that have anything to do with it?  Someone make me feel okay, please!
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Re: 11 mo stopped growing!!!

  • adeller11adeller11 member
    I'm not an expert by any means, but everyone grows at different speeds. %tiles are there as a measuring stick, not as an end-all-be-all. Some baby out there HAS to be the 1st %tile, and the 100th %tile. All the other babies fall somewhere in between. If you've been to the Dr, and they aren't overly alarmed, you shouldn't be either. 
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    Sometimes babies will plateau for a while. Don't stress


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  • musicalsilvermusicalsilver member
    ^^ I agree with Prim.  For the height, it also could have to do with variations between the health-care-providers doing the actual measurements of your LO.  If at 9 months they measured her a little tall, and then at her last visit measured her a little short, that could account for the numbers and still having your LO making decent progress.  My LO appeared to not grow much in height between 6 and 9 months, but looking at the general trend, it was more likely that he was measured a little too tall at his 6 month visit, as looking at the growth curve, all the other visits fit on a nice curve, where the 6 month measurement was off.
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  • juliad2010juliad2010 member
    My lo according to the doctors charts shrunk 2 inches between his 5 and 6 month check-up. Different nurses measured and clearly one was wrong! I can tell lo is growing longer because of how his clothes fit. That being said we're no longer zipping through clothes sizes anymore.
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