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Why do some babies start off on one centile then suddenly and dramatically drop to another?
A few babies coming to my clinics (I'm a HV for anyone who doesn't already know }are doing this at present. In all the cases we've got I think it's entirely normal - with one baby I know her big sister did exactly the same. All are developing normally and seem (apart from one) to be eating well. I have no concerns about any of them (and neither have the parents) but just wonder why some kids do this.
I'm looking elsewhere to see what I can find as well - but just interested in what other people thought. Did your child do this? The babies seem too well to have any kind of growth disorder. My opinion at present is that they are just variations of normailty - we all develop at different speeds and that sometimes this fluctuates. However, I know some of my colleagues fret much more about this type of thing.
I know some of the older charts reflect bottlefed babies - our new ones (in the last 4 months) don't - they are based upon breastfed babies.
What did your babies do?
Mine started off on the 50th centile - went above the 99.8th centile by 6 months and then with crawling and walking went back to the 50th and now doesn't move from there.
Mandy
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Amanda3266 · 27/01/2005 13:04
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