Had an appointment with the gp who nicely joked about how big he’s getting , he’s 5 months and I then said he’d been in 6-9 months clothes for a few weeks. The dr mentioned that they can be over fed and when I said the health visitor said I couldn’t with ebf he said all babies can put too much weight on and there is no harm in letting them a little longer to make sure they actually want food. My little 5 month old never cries for food or anything else for that matter. And goes 7 hours without a feed at night and around every 3 hours or so in the day I read his cues and feed on demand. Should I not be doing this now he’s older?
He was born at 9lb (despite growth scans saying he was going to be little) and alwahs been on the 85th for weight and 97 for height. Though the health visitor hasn’t been for a couple months
the 6-9 month clothes are very spacious too especially on top , however if they are leggings or fitted trousers his calves and thighs are very chonky and struggle to get them on. So is the health visitor right I can’t overfeed?
thank you in advance