9 month baby weighs 2stone - should I worry?

[somewherebecomingrain]

Hi my little girl is very heavy - two stone, maybe a bit more now, and she is only 9 and a half months.

Everyone who picks her up goes 'oof'. She weighs more than many 2 year olds. I carry her around in a toddler sling.

She is tall - growing out of her 12-18m clothes and wearing mainly 18-24 month clothes. So she is in proportion to some extent.

I just feel she has very heavy bones - I can't even believe her size accounts for how heavy she is.

My main concerns are:
Getting stuck in a vicious circle where she cant move cause she is too heavy, and because she doesn't move, she keeps getting heavier, and therefore can't move.... Etc
hurting herself when she is learning to be mobile
Finding physical activity difficult throughout her life and having weight problems,

my mil I think has the same body and has always been overweight although 5:2 has sorted her out aged 76 a miracle.

Do try an extra bf or two in the day. In place of one of the pouches. Not all babies at 9m want or need three meals a day. She sounds like she wants milk I'd let her have it in the day in the hope she drinks less at night. :)

I understand the logic of adding butter to balance the pouches but as titchy says there is fat in bm, supposedly its very rich in omega 3. baby food is more about learning tastes at 9 months than nutrition. I would give pieces of cheese or yog if anything as then at least you are adding new foods she can eat as a toddler and to replace the milk. Also the calories from that would be seem more real than adding bits of butter.

I am interested in this heavy bones thing is it a real 'condition' - I think I might be like that in that I am 12 stones and don't really look it. At the same time though I have been a size 8 in the past and will exercise if its fun so I really think you shouldn't worry too much about her future heaviness If there is any medical thing going on the trip to GP should get to that hopefuly. fingers crossed she just has a growth spurt soon and height catches up with weight. Hope it all works out

i just wonder if your scales are out tbh.

The pouches have fat in them!
Home made puree need a bit of butter or cheese or olive oil added to it if only veg, any meat/fish has enough fat on its own.

for example here 1.6 % rapeseed oil + whatever is in the chicken

I believe there is something different from the 'not fat just big boned' thing which is a white lie.

It's weighing more than you look like you weigh or your dimensions suggest you weigh.

Could be bones or something else.

No science to this. But actually when I was size 8 I weighed 10st. (Currently size 12 and 11.5 st) Amalways astonished by how little other women weigh.

Shit it's my genes.

If you look at the nutritional info on the bck of the pouches some
Have zero fat

I might put a pic of her up on my profile - will let u know

Tbh though I think that's probably because they are not meant as a staple diet of the child. They are for convenience/occasional use. That's not to say they shouldn't be balanced for a child but of your baby eats a varied diet has aplenty of formula or breast milk, then the fat content of one pouch shouldn't matter.

I know what you mean about someone looking as though they should weigh much less than they actually do.

I used to have to warn people who wanted to pick up my dd2 when she was that age. It was as though someone had replaced her bone marrow with concrete.

At her 2yr development check, the HV said that dd was exactly in proportion to her height (98th centile).

I just wanted to add another 'stop adding butter' really.

It's probably not necessary.

Fwiw I have a roughly 10kg baby who is just 1yo. He's mainly breastfed but eats a bit of food now and again...he's kind of still in the 'trying stuff out' phase.

Please don't feel bad for breastfeeding in the night. That is fine. For any reason.

The only time I've ever been told to add butter to food for a baby was when the HV was concerned that my tiny dd1 wasn't putting on enough weight.

Dd1 had dropped all the way down to the 0.4th centile and the HV was looking for ways to get extra calories into her diet. I would avoid adding it to food unless specifically told to tbh.

I hate the way people r saying ur dd is fat. She is 9mo. Go on ur gut instinct. If ur concerned, there is no harm in getting her checked out.

Do u get her weighed at a weigh in clinic? Has she been following a percentile line? Has she always been bigger?

All babies are different, and I don't think people can/should be judging. Certainly nobody should be calling ur child obese. Please take into account her height too.

Just wanted to add, my LO was ebf for first 6 month. I stop bf at night about 7months because it was too much for me. If he needed milk, he got formula.

So well done for bf for so long.

Somewhere, you lovely lady, just popping on to say please please please don't take any notice of those on here insinuating that Somelet is fat! If it will put your mind at rest, take her to the GP, but as a fellow mum of a right old chubster, I'm pretty sure she's fine! Her diet sounds fine, if you feel like you want to wean her off the milk at night, then have a go. As you know, R is similar, I've no idea what she currently weighs but she is also tall for her age. She is now 13 months and was 2 stone quite a while ago (can't remember when!). DS was exactly the same, now coming up for his 10th birthday and is a long streak of the proverbial, as you've seen! Somelet is gorgeous, and just perfect .

Hello knotty! there are a few gawkers on here wanting to have a go at me for raising a morbidly obese baby but that's inevitable - there is also lots of good sensible advice. It's probably fine but she is the biggest - nobody has come up with a bigger baby than her - and I'm constantly reminded by everyone going 'ooof BLIMEY' when they pick her up (including myself and her dad!) I just wanted to bottom it out and get the full range of views.

All in all it has reassured me as there are lots of Heavy babies out there who have turned out fine.

Also it has made me think again about my pouch policy which can't be bad - she has just had cherry tomatoes, cucumber and humour for lunch (with water) followed by 100ml of formula which she clearly wanted.

Funnily everyone has ignored my op questions about her hurting herself or long term management of having a heavy body (if that is what happens).

She has managed to invisibly appear in different places in the kitchen just now when I turn my back so she is getting there on the cradling front.

Xxx

Crawling

Humous

She is the weight of an average 2 year old. She is way off the scale.

It is essential for your child's health that weight doesn't go up for a year or so. It WILL affect her health in adulthood and will already be restricting her physical development as she is not able to move around in the normal way.

it will be hard to change diet because your child is used to a high fat diet and other food will taste and feel bland. She will cause a fuss, so try and get through this.

I think OP you need to accept that your baby is overweight not because she's naturally 'huge' but because you've given her too much rich food. Once you can accept that you might be able to do something about it.

If she's getting a lot of breastmilk at night she won't need formula milk during the day so as other have suggested, give water. Or to substitute breast milk with water, either way.

My dd was overweight because she had low muscle tone and moved about much less. Get her checked out if need be as there could be an underlying medical problem.

OP you asked for opinions, they were given. The fact remains that your baby is the weight of a healthy two year old. If it was my child, then yes I would worry & I would seek a medical opinion.

She weighs as much as my 3.5yr old who will be going to school this year

What does the HV say? I think being so far off the charts (either way) would normally trigger a referral.

I dont know cherry tomatoes cucumber and humus sounds standard healthy kid fare and better than my 3 yo dd! I really can't believe she will have an ingrained taste for fatty food at 9 months, even if she does have, sugar is the real one to avoid as much as pos I think.

I think the answer on the long term health aspect is probably one for a peadiatric doctor?

Just remmebered I used to hate it when I was a teen and old rellies would pat me on the thigh and comment approvingly on me being solid!

No one wants to have a go at you

There could be any number of reasons why your baby is on the bigger side. People are urging you to get her seen that's all.

No one is saying you did anything wrong. We aren't perfect parents either we have all done misguided things and made mistakes.

There is plenty of reassurance on this thread too of big babies that have evened out and become normal sized toddlers/teens etc. And I do hope that makes you feel a bit better.

But your baby who in sure is beautiful and adorable and no one has said otherwise, but she is only a stone lighter than my seven yr old so yes, I do think that it requires attention if only to reassure you.

No nastiness or criticism intended honestly op ?

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