1 year old won't gain weight Posted: 03-02-08 19:27pm
My daughter is 1 years old and she only
weighs 17 pounds. What could be wrong? The
doctors don't even know what is wrong with
her. Can someone please help me out.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 03-11-08 09:11am
Hello and welcome to ehealth. Does she
drink milk/fomula? Are you or hubby
small?
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 03-14-08 10:23am
That isn't an unhealthy weight for 12
months. My daughter is 20 months and only
weighs 21 pounds. The doctor said although
it's small for her age, it's not unhealthy
or uncommon.
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MommaOf2Girls
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Light doesn't mean unhealthy Posted: 03-17-08 14:46pm
My daughter was about 18 lbs when she
turned one, in fact she was close to two
before I was able to turn her around in
her car seat. Where is she on the doctors
growth chart? Our doc always said that as
long as they are in the "normal" range,
and showing some growth in either weight
or height with each checkup, then they are
probably fine. He coined my daughter as
"petite", and she was always down in the
5-9% percentile of the charts. She just
turned 3 in Febuary and she is still only
26 pounds. But she is healthy and happy.
My 10 month old, by comparison, is already
20 pounds. They were brought up with the
same formula and foods. I wouldn't worry
unless she falls significantly off the
growth charts.
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Soon2B2
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Posted: 08-08-08 03:14am
My 1 year old weighs 18 pounds and our
doctor said he was in the 10th percentile
which is still fine. We feed him a lot.
But he doesnt gain weight. The doctor
said he is just a very active little boy.
He is always running around everywhere so
I believe it burns a lot off of what he
eats.So if ur little one is just pretty
active that could be why your baby is on
the thinner side like my son. I believe
theyre perfectly healthy. As long as they
get enough to eat and theyre not all skin
and bones I think theres nothing wrong and
some babies are just skinny. just like
some adults are skinnier than others,
everyones different, its the same concept.
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vcaone
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Posted: 08-08-08 03:20am
Hi, I don't think you need to worry. My
son weighed 15 kg (I know it's a lot
more)
for about three years and only started
gaining then. My sister's little girl also
weighs so little, she's lighter than her
brother who's two years younger (she's 5)
and some baby clothes (12 to 18 months)
still fit her!! She also went for tests
and stuff, and they couldn't find anything
wrong.
