Continuing to climb up the percentile chart

[GiraffeAHolic]

Dd is 7 months and was 7lb11 at birth, she lost a lot of weight to begin with and was on the 9th centile.

Since then she has been gaining weight on a massive scale (BF til 11 weeks then FF).

She is now 33 wks and 21lbs. She's hovering between the 91st and the 98th line.

How can I make sure she doesn't continue to climb?

She's on 3 meals a day and 2/3 bottles.

Please has anyone any advice. I'm quite concerned about this

am no expert but DS was chubtastic when he was 7 months

he was a milk and then a food monster

it all stopped when he was about 12 months when he finally started crawling and then from the age of 1 - 2 he stayed the same weight as he became more active

i think babies gain weight very quickly in the first few motnhs and then it evens out

Thanks for the reply.

Dd is almost crawling (she can get around on her front) constantly rolls about and walks around holding your hands. So she is incredibly active.

I was advised to cut her milk down which I did and dd doesn't mind as she loves her solid food.

What is her length in comparison? My DS went from 25th to 75 in first year (length and weight) and went up to around 90th in the next year and stayed there. He is 13 now and has always been tall for his age.

Don't worry .

Some babies/toddlers do go in and out quite a bit. Don't let it worry you unduly, especially as your baby is not yet on the move.

How are you and your DH? Thin - medium - large? This will have much more bearing on your child's long-term body fat composition than a point on a growth chart now.

Do not worry about it at all. Both my DS were way over the top line for the first year of their lives, breast fed too. Now they are both tall string beans! As long as their head measurement is in proportion to their weight, you are OK. There is no such thing as obese babies, plus once they start moving, they become more muscular and less chubby, and you house gets real messy!

carocaro - I didn't know about the relationship between head circumference and weight. Is there anywhere I can read more about it?

They haven't measured in a while (she's due her 8 month check soon) last time she was on he 75th for height.

Both myself and DP are on the larger side and my side of the family are tall.

I think my main problem is that I had to give up BF before I wanted to and I felt less in control of her food once she was FF.

She's now mainly BLWed so she should only be eating what she actually needs.

Thank you for the advice, I know I'm worrying unduly (PFB - could you tell )

She's a very happy, smily, friendly, gorgeous little angel.

Will try to stop worrying and just enjoy.

No don't read any more about it! You will drive yourself nuts. Do you have a weekly baby clinic where you can drop in and have a chat with you health visitor to put your mind at rest?

I don't have a baby anymore.

I live in France and am very about the paediatricians here, and what they look at - so I would have been interested to know why head circumference is important when related to body mass. The paeds here don't measure heads.

DD went from the 25th to the 99th percentile by 8 months. She's now on the 50th centile at 2.

DS started on the 25th (he was premature) and has now gone off the charts and my HV isn't too concerned because he's only on breastmilk (and only 14 weeks old). I'm a tad concerned for my back but not for him - he's fine.

Yours daughter is thriving it doesn't matter. Quite often babies are born who should have been born a bit later or a bit bigger naturally but because the placenta is a bit duff or they came early they weigh less. They have ways of catching up.

Don't worry a chubby baby does not mean a fat child.