Birth weight

AshleeDockter · December 2014

how long did it take your little on to get back up to birth weight?

sweetbabyrahe · December 2014

Not sure exactly. At birth he was 8 pounds 5 oz, at 5 days 7 pounds 8 oz, and 4 weeks 9 pounds 10 oz. I think by 2 weeks is what is recommended, but I didn't have him formally weighed

howin23 · December 2014

9 days.

ETA: She lost 11oz within two days of birth so might have taken longer than average to get back up to birth weight. The docs told me that if you get IV fluids (electrolytes and saline), which are required in my hospital if you are induced, then the baby's birth weight will be artificially inflated by a few ounces, with the result that it takes a little longer to get back to birth weight.

jac409 · December 2014

I think it was about a week.

smboswell1 · December 2014

5 days!

Carebella · December 2014

Not sure but it was definitely quick. The home scale had him up to 8lbs 3-4 days later and about a week to 9 days later at 9lbs. Given he was born at 7.11lbs were pretty happy with how well and quickly he gained.

moroccojade · December 2014

Not sure either. Born at 8lb 3oz on a Friday. Down to 7lb9oz on Monday. On her one week birthday she was at 7lb12oz.

We have a midwife coming over this Friday for our two week appointment. I'm guessing she I'll be back up to her birth weight??

abbyful · December 2014

Less than a week. At her 1-week appointment, she was 4 oz above her birth weight.

MuchlyGen · December 2014

6 days

TeeJ526 · December 2014

My LO was past her birth weight at her 10 day pediatrician appointment. The last time she was weighed prior to that was when we were discharged at the hospital when she was 3 days old.

jessa1228 · December 2014

Sometime between 4 and 11 days. At 4 days he was 3oz under, at 11 days he was 15oz over.

manders9479 · December 2014

5 days

DisneyDee1984 · December 2014

I honestly don't know. At 9 days, she was down 4.8 oz., to 9lbs. At 2 weeks 3 days, she was up 1lb 11.2oz from her birthweight to 11lbs. I weighed her today (3 weeks, 3 days) and she's 11lbs 9oz.

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

1 week

runningmama14 · December 2014

About a week

lovingaddi · December 2014

She surpassed her birth weight by our 2 week ped appt.

AnnieRoo13 · December 2014

It's hard to say, but less than a week. He weighed 7lbs 2.5oz at birth on a Tuesday. When we left the hospital on Thursday he was 6lbs 13oz and at our first check up on the Tuesday (1 week old) he was 7lbs 6oz.

mslynn2012 · December 2014

Born at: 7pounds 12 ounces.
Day 3: down to 7pounds 4ounces
Day 5: 7pounds 6ounces
Day 7: 8pounds even!

wildflower75 · December 2014

Not sure... she was born at 8lbs 6oz and on day 6 she was 8lbs 2oz.

MissN06 · December 2014

She was 7 lbs 1 oz, when we left the hospital she was 6 lbs 12 oz. At her newborn appt. 8 days later she was 7 lbs 10 oz. So sometime in the first week she was back. We are FF so that helped.

deevaswani · December 2014

2 weeks. born 6lb12oz. down to 6lb2oz at hospital discharge 4 days old. back to 6lb12oz at 2 week appointment to the day

kcar1105 · December 2014

Mine was about one week! He is EBF and was 7lb 11.8oz at birth... down to 7lb 4oz at 3 days pp... and up to 7lb 13oz at 7 days pp

mamatohne · December 2014

She was born 7.12
at 3 days she was 7.2
at 9 days she was 7.8
at 17 days she was 8.2

morrkim · December 2014

At their two week appt. Evan was right at his birth weight. Levi was still short at 3 weeks, but I'm sure he had reached it by 4 weeks at the rate he was finally going.

staugustinewedding · December 2014

10 days ..she was born 7.6, two days later had dropped to 6.12 and then at 10 days pp was up to 7.9.

abbyful · December 2014

jlk6 said:

lissydee said:
somewhere between day 4 and 5. By day 5 she was an ounce over her birth weight. She was born at 8lbs 13oz. By day 2 she was down to 8lbs 3oz and at day 5 she was 8lbs 14oz.

ETA: This is my 3rd, so my milk comes in way fast. It was in by the end of day 2 this time. With my 2nd it was in after 24hrs and he hardly lost any weight at all.
My milk came in quicker this time too, by the end of day 2 also. I didn't realize that would happen.

Ditto! I didn't realize this was a thing. This time it was 2-3 days sooner than with DS.

mrsransom · December 2014

I'd say it took 2 weeks. She was 7-7 at birth, & at 2 weeks 2 days (yesterday), she was back up to 7-9.

venussapphire · December 2014

lo was 7lbs 1oz at birth and was back to it at one week. At 2 weeks she was 8lb10oz

Richardsmom_817 · December 2014

He lost a bit in the hospital.

Birth weight - 8.2

6 days old - 7.7

It took him almost 3 wks to gain that back, a long time it seemed to not even gain a full pound, but yet, he just gained 1 whole pound in this past week alone.

ARZamora1111 · December 2014

Um...surpassed birth weight in 3 days

I got an eater on my hands!

Born (Friday 11/14) @ 7lbs 15.6oz
Left hospital (Saturday 11/15) @ 7lbs 3oz
First dr appt (Monday 11/17) @ 8lbs 2oz
2wk dr appt (Friday 11/28) @ 9lbs 3oz

Rhall2088 · December 2014

Mine didn't lose any weight he came out sucking down bottles snorting. When we left the hospital the nurse even commented that she was surprised he was still at birthweight and 4 days later he was up to 8.5 from 8 pounds at birth