September 2014 Moms
RoniH718
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18 lb 2 month old
RoniH718
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LO has been EBF since he came home from the hospital (he had a one week stint in the NICU due to my fever and staph infection during labor). His 2 month appt was on November 6th and he was 18 lbs even and 25 inches long. He wAs born at 10 lbs 14 oz and 22.75 inches (I didn't have gestational diabetes- I ALWAYS get asked that).
The pediatrician said she is hoping he's just a big baby and this isn't an obesity thing. Any moms here with older babies that have a similar experience? His arms have rolls and he has chunky thighs but his torso doesn't look chubby or anything.
The pediatrician said she is hoping he's just a big baby and this isn't an obesity thing. Any moms here with older babies that have a similar experience? His arms have rolls and he has chunky thighs but his torso doesn't look chubby or anything.
Together since: 1/19/09
Married: 3/14/09
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Re: 18 lb 2 month old
As for feeding, I EBF and she gets a bottle of breast milk every couple of days. I did ask my doctor yesterday how much to feed her in a sitting when we do give her a bottle and she suggested to not go over 4oz.
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I was told my LO was "short and stocky" which I could just chuckle at. He was 12 lbs and like 21.5 in at 2 mo check up (putting him at 40 percentile for weight and 24th for height... Which sounded worrisome to me at first but the doctor said he was growing well!) he's just a solid looking little man
Our DD was 9 lbs at 38 weeks. Everyone freaked out and we're doing hourly sugar tests at the hospital. No, she's fine. DD1 was also that big, plus I'm 5'10 and DH is 6'2/built like a linebacker. She's not gaining quite as quickly as yours, but that's largely due to supply issues/weight loss at the beginning. Anyway, our pedi won't talk about it, even when I asked in relation to our 23 mo old. He said that toddlers are still growing so much that as long as we're not feeding her garbage, that we should let her eat however much she wants.
The only thing with breastfeeding that I can think of is being careful of bottles. The calorie content changes over time, so they don't need more than the 1-1.5 oz/hour that they're getting now. Since formula can't change like that, FF babies do need more volume as they grow. I think sometimes people forget that. I know with DD1, daycare questioned it since they're used to formula quantities getting bigger.
You absolutely cannot feed a bf baby even if they're nursing 24-7 because they will just switch to comfort nursing when full. You're doing a great job and I'm sorry your Dr even brought up obesity!
ETA, TB won't let me edit but that should say you can't OVERfeed a bf baby.
And for your comfort, my DH was 10 lbs 13 oz at birth 24 in long. He's two month appt he was 16.11. He's 6"2. He was just a big baby, I can't believe obesity was brought up. If you go to the next appt and he's still gaining is your pedi going to tell you to cut back on him eating? That would get a side eye from me. Breastfed babies don't tend to overeat either.
Also, I bet your LO has amazing rollllllls!!!
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No experience with our LO but my BFF's little guy was almost 9 lb at birth and above the 100% for all of his appointments until he reached one year of age. He was a big baby too, but he balanced out by the time he was 1 year old.