Has your child stayed in their birth percentile?

[mymumdom]

I had 4 big babies, the smallest was 10lbs 5 oz, the biggest 11lbs 10 ozs.

My eldest was 10lbs 7 oz and a 9 is still very tall but is very skinny, my second was my smallest and she's average height and you can tell she's going to be curvier than her older sister.
The last two are slightly tall for their ages and on the chunky side but you wouldn't look at them and think they'd been big babies.
Does anyone have a big baby that grew into a big child or conversely a small baby who has remained on the small side?

[MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay]

Mine have all stayed to scale!

My DD1 was 57cm at birth and is now a relatively tall adult at 5 ft 8
DD2 was 48 cm and is now 5 ft 3

DS 1 was 55cm and a not so tall 18 yr old at 5 ft 9
DS2 was 58 cm thin as a rain and at 14 is 6 ft and still thin as a rail!

They have stayed at pretty much the same height centiles since they were very small, although DS1 was a fat toddler and now is a very slim young man!

[Haudyerwheesht]

Ds was 8lb11 and on 75th centile I think f but 99+ for head and length - his weights at 4 has joined the head and height percentiles.

Dd was 9lb4 - she's only 10m and I don't get her weighed but she is pretty sturdy and definitely has a massive had and long legs but I doubt her weight is as close to the top end as it was.

[AngelDog]

DS was born on 50th centile for height & weight and has been cruising along 98th centile for both since 3 months.

Whether they were born early or late affects birth weight too.

[befuzzled]

All 3 of my boys were born on or around 50th percentlile, Mr Averages. 8lb 3 (8 days od), 7lb 13 and 7lb 12

ds1 dropped down to the 2nd percentile and pretty much stayed there until I stopped weighing him at about a year. They were concerned awhile ago at 5 that he was a bit skinny and weighed him again and he is still between 2nd and 9th percentile. They suggested feeding him up a bit, more meat (I am veggie) which I did but he is still the same. Very happy and healthy but skinny and about a head shorter than his peers. I think this is natural for him (eats normally) as I am only 5ft.

ds2 is a different body template, much chunkier and is the same height as his peers, clothes come straight off ds1 and onto him even though he is 3y younger. I think he follows his fathers side, he is 6ft and has some chunky family members.

ds3 is a clone of ds1 and is also much smaller. He dropped off the bottom of the percentiles at 6m but we then found out he had silent reflux and he was a terrible feeder. Since treatment he has filled out a lot but still between 2nd and 9th percentile at 10m.

I think, barring illness or poor eating, they find their natural level even in the first year.

[FuzzpigFourFiveSix]

DD was 8lbs 4oz, can't remember what centile that is. She's now just turned 4 and is on 75th for height and weight. She does get a lot of "ooh isn't she tall" but I think she's just lanky like her dad. Her half brother was 6ft by age 16.

DS was 11lbs 14oz, which was something like the 99.95th and he most definitely did not stay on that centile. As he was my 2nd and I BFed successfully I was not so concerned about getting him weighed. He's roughly on 75th for both as well I think, he is 23m. Though I've hardly bothered checking.

[BornToFolk]

Nope, DS was born on the 50th centile. In his first year, he was anywhere from the 9th (feeding problems as a tiny baby) to above the 98th (non moving 7 month old on loads of milk plus solids)!
He's now 3.8 and around the 75% centile for both weight and height (I think ) which feels right. I was totally expecting him to be bigger at birth as both DP and I are larger than average and I ate loads well during pregnancy

[twinmummy24]

both off the bottom of the chart at birth due to prematurity ( born at 25 weeks ) and both have stayed off the bottom now 4 yrs old. both fit as a flee and dont stop eating so no concerns just going to be tiny for their age, great though as still wearing 2-3 year clothes!!

[sleeplessinderbyshire]

DD born just above 2nd centile now aged 23 months and every time she is weighed (not often these days) she seems to have read the book as she follows that line totally exactly each time

[TuttoRhino]

Nope. Born on 98th for weight and the 75th for height and stayed round about there for first 9 months. Then she started sliding down the scale - didn't gain any weight between 9 to 18 months. She's now 26 months and on roughly the 40th centile for weight & height.

She was a huge EBF baby who wanted milk all the time. Now that she's a bit older she's clearly taking after my side of the family, who were all relatively petite as children but wound up being 5'8 (me) and 6'1 and 6'3 (brothers).

[bigTillyMint]

DD was about 9th percentile for weight and height at birth. By 1 year she was just above the 50th for both and is still there at 12.

DS was just also above the 9th percentile for both at birth, moving to the 50th for both at 1 and is now on the 91st for both at 10 1/2!

[rabbitstew]

Ds1, just over 9th centile in weight when born (but long and thin) - still long and thin, but well over 91st centile in height, and has been for the last few years. Ds2, 50th centile when born, now 25th centile in both height and weight (and has been for two or three years, now), but also quite thin, just very muscular (completely different body type to ds1, who is lacking in any muscle!!!). I expect ds2 will have a growth spurt at some point, whereas ds1 wouldn't stop growing until he was very tall for his age and is now staying on the tall-person curve. It runs in the family to have small, neat babies that end up tall.

[Llanarth]

DS aged 3.5 was born on the 99th percentile for both height and weight and has remained there ever since.

[ThumbsNoseAtSnapewitch]

DS was born on the 9th centile and has pretty much stayed there. He's on the short side as well, not sure if he's due a growth spurt or not but he's currently being overtaken by other children who are a few months younger than him (he's 3.7). He doesn't look fragile though, just small.

[edam]

[PennyWarrender]

haha! yes when I told DH what the Dr had said, he said "Oh no! When he's grown up, we'll look like Del Boy and Rodney walking down the street."

[edam]

Over the 100th percentile is quite impressive - clearly whoever compiled the charts hadn't realised babies could be quite so long!

[PennyWarrender]

DS1 was so long at the 6 week check he was over the 100th percentile, and the Doctor said he would be 6'6" !!

By about 1 year old he was down to the 95th centile for height, 90th by the time he was two etc. Now he is 11 he is only on the 75th. An online predictor put his adult height at 6'1" which is actually what I thought he might be. DH and I are only average height. (My niece is nearly 6' tall to two average height parents so I think there is a tall gene lurking hidden somewhere.)

[ggirl]

had an average ds on 50th percentile
now he's on 25th i think

dd same

[Bunbaker]

Pretty much, yes. DD was very small when she was born and crept up to the 2nd centile. She moved to the 9th and reached the dizzy heights of the 25th when she was three. She has shot up heightwise and measured on the 3rd centile at school a few weeks ago in year 6. Buying trousers for her is a nightmare as they are always too short and too big on the waist.

[TheHappyCamper]

Not here!

DD was 98th C at birth for height and weight, but very quickly dropped to 65th where she has stayed for 2 years.

DH is tall but I am average - I think she'll be somewhere in between. Certainly not the 6 foot teenager the HV predicted at 2 weeks old lol!

I think the reason she was so big at birth was being overdue, placenta was working well, I wasn't too sick, ate well etc.

[TransatlanticCityGirl]

"The height a child will reach as an adult is dependent on the heights of the parents - it doesn't bear any relation to the birth weight etc."

Genetics plays an important role (and sets the foundation for maximum adult height), however nutrition and illness also play roles as well. Most of that influence takes place after birth but good nutrition and health in pregnancy can and does have an impact.

A big baby doesn't necessarily equal a tall or big child. However children of tall parents tend to be larger as babies.

Their percentile can and will change as a result of their environment and genetics after birth. It is not fixed.

[edam]

suzi - 5'6" is relatively tall for a woman. So your dh may be short but you are not!

[Hulababy]

DD - no, not in terms of height or weight. Height has gone from 9th to 75th.

DD is now 9y (and 3m) and is just above the 75th centile for height at 139cm. When born she was on the 9th centile. No idea regarding weight as we don't really weigh her these days but she is well within the right weight for her height ratios.

[Conflugenglugen]

Yes, my little'un was between the 0.4th and 2nd percentile, and is still hovering in that region 4.5 years on.

[suzikettles]

Ds was 50th centile when born and pretty much right up to when he was weaned. He then dropped down to just below the 25th for weight & height and has remained there ever since.

Dh is 5ft 8 and I'm 5ft 6 so he was never likely to be tall.