Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Behaviour/development

Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.

DD 7 months only 60cm

4 replies

Dinosaurdrip · 19/08/2023 11:10

I don't know if I'm worrying unnecessarily but DD 7 months just seems so small. She was 7lb 7oz at birth and is following the 9th centile line nicely for her weight, she seems to have dropped with her height though and after measuring her yesterday she is about 60cm which seems to be off the charts for her age.

Parents are average height ie mum 5ft 8in and dad 5ft 10in, siblings all pretty average height wise.

Since covid, we don't have any drop in centres for getting babies weighed etc, so where I would go monthly with previous DC I am having to do this at home so realise there could be discrepancies. Haven't seen hv since I was discharged at 8weeks I think, although nurse weighed her for me when she had her vaccinations.
It's also been 10yrs since I've done this baby bit would you contact HV or Dr with concerns of this matter?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 19/08/2023 12:51

Have you tried plotting it in the griwth charts? I can't see which centile they makes her on my phone Wink

Dinosaurdrip · 19/08/2023 13:07

Yeah I've plotted it and it is below the lowest centile.

OP posts:
SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 19/08/2023 13:16

In that case I'd call the HV. Tell her your concerns and get her to measure weight, length and head circumference. Most importantly, get her to record the measurements in the Red Book. If there is a concern, it's important to get those measurements recorded.

Dinosaurdrip · 19/08/2023 13:41

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 19/08/2023 13:16

In that case I'd call the HV. Tell her your concerns and get her to measure weight, length and head circumference. Most importantly, get her to record the measurements in the Red Book. If there is a concern, it's important to get those measurements recorded.

Thank you so much I will get this done today.

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page