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Baby with high length percentile but low weight percentile

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AbelDC · 16/04/2024 00:17

Hello mums,
My baby was born 21st of Feb so it is almost 2 months old today. He is quite tall for his age, 61 cm, we have started using 3-6 months clothes for him. He is 95th percentile here. This is surprising because mum is 1.62m and I am 1.75m, kind of average to be Spanish.
However, weight wise, baby is around 4.6kg, which is 12th percentile. He has always struggled to eat, he felt asleep at the beginning and now he just stops and vomits when he is full. We started combining breast and formula, mum had to stop breastfeeding in week 4 and we are feeding him with formula 100% since then.
We had pediatric check yesterday and the doctor didn't think that was relevant. But I am a bit shocked he is on the opposite sides of percentiles for length (95th) and weight (12th). Is this normal? Can you tell me any other similar cases?

PS: any tips for him to eat more? We have tried bigger teats but he eats the same (and he chokes)

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CadyEastman · 16/04/2024 06:23

Sounds just like by BF's DS. He was always skinny and long. He's 20 now and a skinny 1.8 metres Wink

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