measured and found wanting... overbreastfeeding is that really possible?

[procrastimater]

just back from annoying weigh-in at clinic - dd is now officially off the charts weight wise 13kgs (28.11lbs) at 11m and hv wanted to question what i was feeding her - lard and sugar sandwiches p'haps!??

She has 3 meals a day generally fruit and veg pasta etc. i am veggie so no meat or fish - but she bf's a lot on demand. I don't know what i am supposed to do - put her on a diet??? I have been asked to come back in a month or so to see if things change when she starts walking. I am left feeling i am doing something wrong but she is a really big really happy bonny baby - on the 98% height so she is going to be a big girl my family is tall and well built so are our babies... i can't not bf if she wants a feed so what can i do??/

[berolina]

Don't deny him bf. Honestly, I wouldn't worry yet - just keep on with bf and his healthy diet (feed him when he's hungry but don't pressurise him to finish a meal).

[colditz]

jUST LEAVE HER BE. KEEP DOING WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING. bREASTMILK QUALITY IS ALWAYS PERFECT AS FAR AS i KNOW, AND THE REST OF HER DIET SOUNDS FINE

Oh sorry!

If the health visitor keeps on at you, stop going. You don't have to go.

[Calliope]

If she's on 98th centile for height then it follows she's going to be at the top of the chart for weight too.

My DD is exactly the same, and was breastfed too. As long as your DD seems happy and healthy, and is eating a good varied diet, then carry on doing what you're doing.

My DD is now almost 2, doesn't breastfeed anymore, eats a healthy diet (mostly) but she's still at the top of the chart for height and weight. As far as I'm concerned, she's perfectly healthy and very active, and she comes from a family of big babies, so it's nothing to worry about.

I wouldn't bother going to the baby clinic any more if I were you, unless there's a specific issue you're concerned about.

[procrastimater]

Thank you for reassuring words - I don't know why I bother going to clinic I never speak to the hv but the women who weighed dd passed the red book to her when dd's weight was seen to be off their stupid restrictive chart thingy... grrr it is so undermining to come in to a clinic with a happy healthy baby and leave thinking you have to put her on a diet or something - maybe i will get her a personal trainer ffs!!!

[Piffle]

lol my 4.5 yr old dd on the 0.4 centile is 13 kgs

Seriouly so long as height and weight are roughly equivalent no worries
My ds spent all his young life on 99.6
Even at 13 he is tall and solid but healthy and wonderful as well.

[procrastimater]

Blimey Piffle - and I bet your dd is very healthy and active as well - it is so silly that the hv's etc look at their little charts instead of the family norms etc. when they are assessing a childs health. Oh well I imagine dd will make a fantastic rugby player or shotputter...

[Piffle]

dd has a genetic condition which will keep her petite
I have one at each end of the centile charts
No 3 is due any time - what are the odds on a 50 % one then

Your dd sounds gloriously healthy
My friends ds was also very robust, but he is now 18 mths and since he started walking, he has grown into himself, still very high on teh centiles but he has levelled out with his activity levels etc.

Note to self try to avoid HV's with this new baby

[millysimmons]

Are HV getting a bonus for stressing mums out?They moan if LO weigh too little & they moan if they weigh too much. What do they want ???bang on the 50th percentile.
try not to worry & if you have confidence all is OK then dont go back.

[colditz]

My brother was massive, he really was very fat (and he wasn't tall^)

My Mum's answer to this? Stop taking him and trust his appetite and her cooking, and sure enough by the time he was 5, he was a scrawny little runt just like all other 4 and 5 year old boys seem to be compared to lovely chubbley babies.

[procrastimater]

Have been speaking to my older brother and sister about this as they have 3 and 7 children respectively and have both had 'issues' re hv's and charts with their children - my brothers beautiful daughter now 6 was growing so fast in her 1st couple of years that the hv's were saying they would need to use growth restriction hormones!!! she is simply a tall child nowt wrong with her. my sister had fewer problems because she is over 6'3" herself (while bro's partner is short) - so the HV's expected big babies - in fact her 7 are increasing the av height in the welsh valleys by an inch or so probly!!

[hunkermunker]

Stop taking her - she sounds fab.

Or keep taking her and ask them to go back to maths lessons - it stands to reason if she's tall, she'll weigh more. She's perfectly proportioned and it sounds like she's genetically likely to be tall, so that's fine.

Don't restrict her breastfeeds - and don't worry about putting her on a "diet".

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

ok now I am worried - foolishly allowed my curiosity to send me back to baby clinic - hv said baby still big (now 14kgs) and though she has started walking (took 1st steps on 1st birthday) she would speak to gp as protocol demands it - she has rung this am saying gp wants to see dd. What is possibly going to be wrong with her I am v confused - she is healthy her diet (though still lot of bf'ing) is varied with lots of fruit and veg - am not sure what the gp is going to say and hv wants to cont. monitoring - what have I let myself in for here - has anyone had experience of this particular weight issue????

[tiktok]

HV is certainly covering her back, here, bigmouth, and she has explained she is being guided by the protocol, not by any individual assessment of your baby's health or growth. I can't imagine what the GP would say - your baby is eating healthily and developing normally, from what you say.

I hope others will post, but it might be better for you to start a new thread. This one is dead.

[ruddynorah]

i sort of had this problem. dd was bf and over the 91st centile. i just stopped going to the clinic. she clearly wasn't following their chart, her curve was far steeper than theirs. this was when she was around 5 months old. however, once she started becoming mobile she soon levelled off. i only went back for weighing when she was near 9 months to see if she was an ok weight for the next stage car seat. i was then tutted at because she 'isn't as big as she was' wtf?! she was of course bigger, but was then on about the 50th centile. i just said thank you and trotted off. not been back.