Is my baby to chubby ???

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Hi there I am just wondering if my dd is a little to on the bonny side, she is 8 months and 1 week old and weighed in today at 23lbs & 12 ozs which puts her on the 98th percentile for her weight.

In all fairness she is very long, she was 72cm (95th percentile)at her 7 month check. She seemed to be slowing down a couple of months ago when she only gained 4ozs in 3 weeks but seems to have speeded up again gaining 1lb 5ozs in the past 4 weeks.

She doesn't eat a huge amount (at least I don't think so) a typical day is as follows.

7.30am 7oz bottle
8.30am small bowl of cereal & sometimes a bit of toast.
11.30am 1/2 a jar of dinner & 1/2 a jar of pudding.
2pm 7oz bottle
4pm a piece of fruit or fromage frais
5.30pm 1/2 a jar of dinner & 1/2 a jar of pudding.
7.30pm 7oz bottle.

She has been crawlinh for the last 2 weeks and i always thought that this would be when the weight gain slowed down, but it still seems to be rising.

Any advice or reassurance will be gratefully received.

thanks

Jennyjen, just read your post, she sounds really tall! My ds is short and only 83 cms at age 2 (tomorrow!). If she's as tall as she's heavy then no worries, surely.

My ds is around 30lbs and 83cm - sounds similar to me. He's chubby but not obese, I hope.

I don't think i should be worrying really but it just annoys me because everywhere i go people tell me how big she is, i never get 'oh she is beautiful' or cute, which is all the things i see its all about her size. It is also giving me a complex because i think people see i am over weight and so assume i am over feeding her which i no that i am not. Also (sorry for going on) i am worried she will be like me when she is older and i am desperate not to let that happen. I dont want her to go through bullying at school because of weight and years of dieting. Am i being silly?

No, I think it's great to want to protect your children from future harm. Do YOU think she's too fat? Do you think there are areas where you could swap foods to make her diet healthier? My ds is chubby and I think it is probably about time he got a bit less plump so am taking him to the park and letting him walk instead of being in his pushchair, and giving him semi-skimmed rather than full fat milk (BTW he's two so don't try changing the milk for your baby). MY ds was a plump boy but a very, very tall slim adult, so it's not a given then a chubby baby will be a large adult.

jenny, your dd will get much slimmer once she starts crawling a lot - in fact I think most babies must have a high weight-height ratio just before they start moving. I'm fairly sure my kids weighed around 20lbs at 7 months (long time ago now!) and from what aloha and soupie have said you don't need to worry too much. Cutting out the juice you mentioned in the thread about teeth will reduce her sugar intake, and just being aware of the possibility of her being overweight will help.

What kind of yogurts do you give her? The French set yogurts you can get from Tesco etc are low fat so they might be good - not sure how much sugar they have though.

Also, as musica said, you don't have to take her to the clinic for ages so give yourself a break and stay away for a while!

my dd is off the percentile growth charts. the hv has never mentioned her weight ebing an issue as she is in propertion. people always mention her size too, they think she is older as she was walking at 11months and just toddles off everywhere if she is out of her buggy. she had ready brek or a fruit pudding, sandwiches for lunch (most of which end on the floor, dinner is what ever we are having (if it can mushed/cut down, or else a jar of food) with either a yoghurt or ftuit for dessert. i like giving her yoghurt/fruit as most of her lunch does end on the floor so i know she is getting something to eat. my other dd eats for england and is so small.

I meant to say - my DH was a distinctly chubby child (I've seen the pix!) but is now 6'4" and has been slim all his adult life. If you are worried, cut down on sugar before fat as fat is good for growing babies - though inch-deep butter probably isn't Agree about replacing juice with plain water for lots of reasons. Plain greek yoghurt and fruit is good too instead of sugary yoghurts. Or try the sugar free ones in Sainsbury's. Don't stress about it - her adulthood is a very long way off yet!