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DD weighs 18lbs - too heavy?

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newlife4 · 18/11/2020 15:18

My daughter is 7 months exactly today and I got her weighed this afternoon. It turns out she now weighs 18lbs - which I think is quite a lot above average for her age. When she was born she was on the 50th centile so her weight seems to have accelerated quite a bit. Is it possible for a baby to be overweight and is this anything to be concerned about?

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newlife4 · 19/11/2020 07:21

It’s hard to measure her accurately as she’s so wriggly! She will be measured at her eight month check in December so I will find out then.

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Harrysmummy246 · 19/11/2020 15:07

I've just calculated it. She's now 8.1kg. Plotted that on chart linked above for 7mo and she's on 50th or a little below. So I'm not sure your HV has plotted right.
She would have been closer to 75th centile with that birth weight so if anything, I think she's dropped

FWIW DS was about 21lb at 6mo. But tracked a line and finally at almost 3.5yo, his height has caught up (was a line lower for height than weight for a long time)

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