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aibu to wonder if the chubby babies become the overweight children?

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honeytea · 20/02/2013 18:15

Today me and ds went to our first "mummy group" all tge babies in the group were 2 months old. Ds is huge, he weighs 6.6 kg (almost 15 pounds) he is

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lljkk · 20/02/2013 18:18

Not in my experience at all. Fat Toddlers (age 2+) maybe more of a link.

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issimma · 20/02/2013 18:19

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mrsbunnylove · 20/02/2013 18:20

keep breastfeeding and don't worry. it will all sort itself out when he's big enough to run around.

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NewYearsEvelyn · 20/02/2013 18:22

DD was v. chunky baby. Now 12 years old and is a lovely, lanky beanpole. She slimmed out between 4 and 6...We never restricted food.

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2kidsintow · 20/02/2013 18:22

Another one here with a tubby baby and a now skinny child.
DD2 wasn't interested in weaning at all and just loved her milk. Her legs were so big that I couldn't get trousers to fit her.

Now, out of my 2 Dds, she's the one who will leave something if she is full, only eats when she is hungry and doesn't think about food the rest of the time.

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JollyRedGiant · 20/02/2013 18:22

DS was a bit round for a while before he learned to crawl. He's now slim but not skinny.

I was a spherical baby but weighed the same at 2 as I did at 1 due to learning to walk :)

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InNeedOfBrandy · 20/02/2013 18:23

No both my dc were over 8pounders and very very chubby till they started walking. Think triple chins and all the rolls on their arms and legs (awwww) and dd is super skinny now and ds has a bigger build (wide shoulders) but no fat at all.

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Wickedgirl · 20/02/2013 18:23

Not in my experience.

I know of several very chubby babies that grew into slim children (including my own)

It probably depends more on diet and activity once they become toddlers though. Mine are all very active and eat a varied, healthy diet and are all slim despite being big babies

Mine were also ebf.

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honeytea · 20/02/2013 18:25

I'm so glad to hear that! Ds doesn't seem to feed more than average, if anything it feels like he doesn't feed as much as most of the babies I know, I think maybe he has a super suck and drains my boob in 5 mins.

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CockyFox · 20/02/2013 18:25

I'm another one who had chubby babies but slim toddlers and now a positively stick like 6 yr old. The weight started dropping off them when they got to about 2 and a half.

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wonkylegs · 20/02/2013 18:25

My brother was a huge chubby baby with beautiful blonde curls - he's now a short, ridiculously lean, muscular bloke with dirty blonde curls! Grin

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binger · 20/02/2013 18:26

My ds was massive, he looked like jabba the hut! He slimmed down a bit when he became more mobile but was still quite chubby. He's 7 now and is very slim, I wouldn't say skinny but verging on it. He probably started losing his chubbiness at almost 6.

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shellshock7 · 20/02/2013 18:26

My DS is on the 98th, has been from abt 3 weeks old and is now 11m...I BF for 3m then FF so I can assume that neither type of milk made his weight trajectory change from what itwas always going to be...I am not worried at all, he is so energetic and I certainly wouldn't want him any other way Smile

We were all large babies in my family apparently, I'm now a slim size ten at 33 having been a very skinny teenager (naturally not thru trying!) so I think as an adult he will be what he will be - nowt to do with his baby weight Smile

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OhBananas · 20/02/2013 18:27

My nephew was a chubby baby and a chubby toddler. At around 5 it started dropping off (or maybe he started gaining a few inches!) and he is now an average-looking 8 year old.

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nancy75 · 20/02/2013 18:27

My dd was very chubby, there is nothing of her now.
In photos of my dp he is clearly the fattest baby ever to live, as an adult he is like a bean pole

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jalapeno · 20/02/2013 18:28

No, both mine were born at well over 10lb, breastfed exclusively until weaned and then beyond and were on top percentiles for weight until about 9 months old. Now my eldest is v skinny and a bit shorter than his peers and youngest is about average.

On the other hand I was a chunky baby and could do with losing a stone now (but I blame my big babies for that!!) Grin

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Gimmeecoffee · 20/02/2013 18:29

Dont worry about it, DD was a big baby, 9lb 2.5 and is now an average size 2yo eating a healthy diet. The weight flew of as soon as she learnt to walk.

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haggisandneeps · 20/02/2013 18:29

9lbs 7ozs baby proper chubby with rolls of fat. He's now a skinny, tall 12 year old. He evened out around 2-3 years of age so I wouldn't worry at all Smile

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Chottie · 20/02/2013 18:29

My DS had chubby little thighs, but he lost them once he was mobile.

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TalkieToaster · 20/02/2013 18:29

Nope, not so far anyway. DS was a chub monster of a baby, just shy of eleven pounds. He had ringlets of fat all up and down his arms and was the size of a three month old at birth. He's a normal-looking toddler now, not fat or overweight in any way, although he is still tall for his age.

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giveitago · 20/02/2013 18:30

Ooh - no idea- he was a scrawny 5pound baby then a big chunky 1 year old. An average toddler and has been slim for years.

We had a little kid at ds's nursery and now school. As a toddler he was huge and now has grown up and out of his toddler fat and is very very slim. My ds gets a bit pork before a growth spurt.

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Meglet · 20/02/2013 18:30

Both my DC's were little chubsters when they were babies. They are now slim / skinny and on the lower centiles for weight.

DS is now 6yo and resembles a skinny baby giraffe. If he wasn't such a good eater and so full of energy I'd be worried.

DD is 4 and starting to stretch out and get the skinny legs + toast rack ribs look.

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Arcticwaffle · 20/02/2013 18:33

My dd1 was a right porker. Born on 91st centile and stayed there for her first 6 months, and she wasn't tall. Just fat. Whoever says you can't overfeed breastfed babies, I think they may be wrong. She got smaller and thinner after that and now is tiny and skinny for her age. Well under the 9th centile these days.

My other dds were well above average weight as babies and one's average now and the third is another on a low centile, very skinny.

My porkers turned into stick insects, really.

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Moominsarescary · 20/02/2013 18:34

Ds1 was a huge baby, 11lb 2 at birth but by 2 he was very skinny. He's always been tall though, he's 18 now and 6 foot 3

Ds2 was very chubby (fat really) from 6 months until about 3. he's 10 now and average weight.

Ds3 was a tiny 4lb at birth but is nearly 2 now and huge again. I'm hoping he starts to burn it off soon, hes only been walking for 5 months so hopefully now he's more active he will start to slim down.

I don't think you can always tell which ones will be overweight

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Internationaltraveller · 20/02/2013 18:35

no, my nephew was big baby and when I saw him last (aged nearly 2) he has grown a lot and is now the right proportions due to all his walking and moving around.

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