ya a pound a month is average. What did she weigh at birth??

also keep in mind that some children can normally move up or down on their growth curves when they are 6-18 months old. As long as they are not actually losing weight, and they have no other symptoms, such as persistent diarrhea, vomiting, poor appetite or having frequent infections, then it may be normal to move down on your growth percentiles. Older children should stick to their growth curves fairly closely though.


General guidelines for your younger child's growth rates include: weight:

2 weeks - regains birth weight and then gains about 1 1/2 - 2 pounds a month
3 months - gains about 1 pound a month
5 months - doubles birth weight
1 year - triples birth weight and then gains about 1/2 pound a month
2 years - quadruples birth weight and then gains about 4-5 pounds a year
9-10 years - increased weight gain as puberty approaches, often about 10 pounds a year

http://pediatrics.About.Com/cs/weeklyquest ion/a/032002_ask.Htm

hope that helps. You and hubby don't look like big people either so it's normal that you'd have a petite baby.


She's healthy, beautifull and doing all the right things she should be doing so I don't see any probs.

How old is she??

Nathan is such a skinny boy. He has always been in the 10th percentile for weight and around 75% for height (father is 6'6). I am surprised he is not taller. My son was never a rolly polly little boy and I have always been completely worried about his weight. We have been to a few doctors and they all said that he is doing fine. We now have to buy clothes with the elastic adjustable band so his pants don't fall down. Regular clothes just don't work for nate.

You are small, too so perhaps it's genetics. I feel so bad for nathan. He has genetics seriously working against him. I was always too skinny as a child (skinny minny and olive oil for nicknames). For the longest time, I was the shortest and the skinniest in school. To top it off, through high school my husband was the tallest and skinniest in school.

I guess what I am trying to say - long winded - is that I think your child will be alright. My little boy is pretty healthy and sounds very similar to your little girl.

I understand your concern and can't tell you not to worry because worry is completely normal.

She was 6 pounds 13 ounces at birth so I don't think she's doubled her birth weight at 6 months. Double would be, what, 13 pounds 10 ounces? I'm really trying not to freak out, because her doctor told me she's doing just fine. Doctors know this stuff, right? It just, I don't know, doesn't seem right to me at all. I was so convinced she'd at least be 15. I can't help but worry.

give her a bowl of cereal and re-weigh her, she'll have doubled it-lol

a couple of ounces is not a huge deal unless she weighed like 2lbs or something. She hasn't lost and is eating and doing everything she should be so I would try not to worry.

I had the other worry, I though trey was gaining too fast. I .T.H.I.N.K he's slowed down now but I too could be totally wrong.

I wouldn't worry. She was a small baby at bitrth and you and aaron are small too. I don't think that you have much to worry about. Now if she were my baby I think that I would have to worry because I am no tiny tinybut and my husband was a biger boy. He wasn't fat at all but he was 6'3 and weighed 198 and I am 5 foot and weighed 120. I weigh less than that now, but I still look bigger.

Amelia was just 14.5 when we went to her 6 month check up. She was doing just fine. But then again she lost a lot of weight over the christmas holidays and all.

I think that aly is fine.

She's just a petite little girl. I'm sure if your doctor was concerned he would have said something. She's doing great!

I agree with the other ladies, .Aly is just a petite little girl. As long as she's eating normally and not losing weight she'll be fine. You're a great mommy and .Aly is lucky to have you!

Thank you my darlings!

I've been baking cookies for the past hour and a half, so .I've had some time to get over it I guess. She ate rice cereal and yellow squash for lunch with a boob for dessert so I think she's doing just fine now!

and making cookie dough sucks when you don't own a mixer

oh my god don't I know it. I had to make christmas cookies for work and I made like 600 cookies and I dont' own a mixer. Ack!!!! ouch my arm hurts just thinking about it.

That's why I *hate* the "percentile" rating!!!

Reguardless of the percent, she's perfectly healthy!!!!!!!! I'm serious!! Just because she's on the lower end, doesn't mean she's unhealthy.

It's her genes. Look at you and .Aaron. You're both petite, along with the rest of yalls family.

Oni was tiny at birth too. Remember when her Dr. Said she was going to be "obese" if she kept eating like she did??? Well I didn't change any of her eating habits and now she only gains about a lb a month.

Now that she's(.Aly) getting more mobile and active, it's expected for her to maintain a specific weight gain. Ie, 1-2lbs per month!

She's beautifully perfect!!! Don't you worry about anything. Take that "percentile" and wipe your ass with it!!!

Sarah

you're so sweet .Sarah <3 you girl!

Lol...I say that because .Oni's been "off the charts" since she was a month old.

Her nurses never tell me the percentil unless I ask, and that's when they tell me she's off the chart

i guess it makes people feel good to hear that their kid is in the "90th percentile" or whatever.

But they don't think about the moms whose baby is in the 5th to 10th ya know??? Makes them feel like crap, or that their baby is *too* small. When, in fact, they're healthier, or just as healthy as the others!



sarah