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I think my DD wins the prize for being the fattest MN baby EVER!!!!

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:35

I spend so much time worrying about this.

DD (child no. 3) is an absolute porker. She is 8 months and weighs 24lbs.

She was small at birth and very ill in the early days. At 8 weeks she hadn't broken the 7lb barrier. It seems she has just gone ballistic since then.

On an average day she has:

Breakfast
5oz bottle in the morning
1 weetabix for breakfast

Lunch
Veggies (today she had cubed sweet potatoe, butternut and carrots and a block of watermelon which she fed herself)
Water

Mid afternoon
Wholewheat breadstick or fruit
Diluted apple juic

Dinner
Chicken with mixed veg (equivalent of a jar)
1/2 a Yoghurt

Bedtime
8oz milk

I don't think she's overfed, but I am starting to get paranoid about her weight. My DS's were the same, but as they were boys I somehow knew once they were walking that they would be fine.

24 lbs...

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whenachildisbob · 02/01/2008 11:37

psst - my ds was about that weight at 5 months if that's any reassurance And he was just breastfed!

TheIceQueen · 02/01/2008 11:37

doesn't sound that big......DS3 (who's just turned 7 months) was about 21lbs last time he was weighed........about 2 months ago.....

MumRum · 02/01/2008 11:39

has she started to move about and crawl yet?
my babies were big but it soon evened out when they were more mobile...

colditz · 02/01/2008 11:39

So why don't you 'somehow know' that once she is walking, she'll be fine?

Please don't land feminine weight issues on your baby girl because she's a baby girl.

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:39

ah thank you both

I am so tired of people commenting on her. She's really cute (even if I say so myself).

I suppose after loads of visitors over xmas and NY it's just more at the forefront of my mind. I would hate to overfeed her and am so careful about what she eats.

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lulumama · 02/01/2008 11:40

don't worry ! she is eating a great diet.. and is clearly making up for a shaky start

my friend has heeeoooge babies, and when they get to around 12 - 18 months they slim right down

if your DSs were like this, then surely your DD is following the pattern?

MerryPIFFLEmas · 02/01/2008 11:40

hmm if your other kids have been big as well then I guess she is the same. My ds2 is 9 mths and eats more than your dd but also has six breastfeeds plus a day, yet he is 9 kgs just. He is very active though always upright.

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:42

I know Colditz - you are right. But it just seems wrong that she is so HUGE. All of my friends have lovely petite baby girls and mine is massive. I worry more about my contribution to her weight I suppose. You read so much these days about the ill-effects on health of overweight children.

BTW - I was right about my boys. DS1 is now 6yrs7months and is 1m35 and skinny. DS2 is still a big lad, but not fat.

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colditz · 02/01/2008 11:42

PS if that's all the milk she is having, I'd say she's not having enough calories in a day.

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TheIceQueen · 02/01/2008 11:43

oh yes - none of my 3 DS's were big at birth - 7lb 5, 7lb 11 and 7lb 6....but they just piled on the weight afterwards.....

Although having said that - they seem to get progressively bigger........so definitely no more babies for me or I'll be producing giants LOL.

DS1 is 7, DS2 is 4.....but DS2 is only 11cm shorter than DS1......(and DS1 isn't exactly "short" for his age)....DS3 well - I haven't had him measured properly since he was really tiny - but did my own rough measurement a few weeks back and even if I was 3/4cm over his actual height he's off the top of the charts ..

colditz · 02/01/2008 11:44

Don't refer to your daughter as 'wrong', God that's a really naff attitude. I respect you as a long standing poster, Dejags, but I think this sucks, I really do.

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:44

Thanks Piffle. Can you believe they are already so big. It seems like yesterday we were pregnant. Anymore for you then .

Am glad to hear that she is not overeating.

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edam · 02/01/2008 11:45

Agree with Colditz, am not sure she is getting enough protein. Think you'll find guidelines on www.eatwell.gov.uk

And please don't panic re obesity crisis, she's a baby! You are hardly feeding her three MacDonald's a day plus Haribo for snacks, are you?

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:46

Oh for heavens sake Colditz. She is my perfect beautiful girl. If you knew me at all, you would know that.

I am just worried that I may have contribute to her size and the effects of that on her health.

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TheIceQueen · 02/01/2008 11:48

oooo what is this thing about protein - DH is obsessed with it - I thought (especially at this age) that calories were more important than specific components of food stuffs (and looking at the back of my tin of SMA it's not really very high in proteins.....)??

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:48

I was also worried about her milk consumption though. I do try and up her calcium intake with cheese/yoghurt.

Perhaps I should try and give her a milk feed in the afternoon again. She usually just spits it out though

Arrgh... I can't win.

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lulumama · 02/01/2008 11:48

but you are not feeding her crap , are you? so she won;t be unhealthy...... some babies and children seem far more efficient at storing fat than others, and once they get on the move, off it comes

my friend's DD was very big, much bigger than mine, but we both had our worries, hers that her DD was overweight and fat and mine that DD was underweight and too skinny

so we are always worrying about something

edam · 02/01/2008 11:48

dejags, please stop worrying about 'your contribution to her size'. If you saw someone else posting that about a baby, you'd think they were barking, wouldn't you?

colditz · 02/01/2008 11:49

You have contributed to her 'size'. Just like you contributed to your sons' sizes. You haven't had any ill effects on her health, any more than you had an ill effect on your sons' health. In fact, it is more dangerous for a man to be fat than a woman, so why are you panicking just cos she's a girl? I'd say her diet is rather too low fat, but without knowing how much milk she is getting, I'll shut up about it - but it does seem more appropriate for an obese 50 year old man than a developing baby.

lulumama · 02/01/2008 11:49

will she drink milk out of a cup?

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:49

I am not generally oversensitive. But having re-read your post Colditz you have really pissed me off big time.

How dare you tell me that my attitude towards my child sucks. How bloody patronising.

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dejags · 02/01/2008 11:50

I'll be off for a timeout now then.

Thanks for the advice everybody!

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colditz · 02/01/2008 11:51

I dare. It does suck. Chances are nobody in real life will tell you, but I'm not going to pussy about just because you don't like hearing it. Putting a baby on a low fat diet because she is a girl sucks.

TheIceQueen · 02/01/2008 11:53

I presume she's having milk on her wheetabix? And she has a yoghurt too..

I still have horrible memories trying to wean DS1 off the breast - all bit it a little older than your DD is.....but he refused to drink milk of any description from anything other than a breast. I kicked myself the day I found out that actually as he was eating yoghurts and cheese, and having milk on his breakfast as well as other bits of dairy thrown in that I didn't need to worry so much about the milk.

I think babies are very good at telling us what they do/don't want in terms of milk intake....DS3 (7 months) I worry that he's still drinking too much milk - around 40-50oz in any given 24hr period! But then it's obviously what he needs so I'm just gritting my teeth and getting on with it....even when I'm still giving him milk every 2-4hrs!

It sounds as if your DD is doing really well, and once she's mobile then it'll all balance out like your DS's

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