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Fat 10 month old DS never satisfied

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jewishmum · 26/08/2022 21:53

He is a bit over the centile. I thought once he started crawling/standing the weight would drop off a bit. But he seems to be demanding more bottles and food than ever before.

He has one before rising, one for a nap at 10am, one after lunch at 12, one after dinner at 4pm and one to sleep at 6:30pm.

I had weaned him off night feeds or maybe 1 a night sometimes.

Lately he's been inconsolable at about 11pm until I give in and get the bottle. He also has been waking around 4am for another.

All these bottles contain 180ml (6 scoops)

He has snacks of cucumber or breadsticks or grapes between meals, and drinks about half a cup of water from his beaker.

I have tried not responding to him at night but he will cry for hours till he makes himself a complete state! DH works and even walking around holding him and singing doesn't satisfy him till he has a bottle in his hands.

Please help MN

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Wouldloveanother · 26/08/2022 21:56

can you do a breakdown of what he’s eating in a day? What does he generally have for meals, quantities, at what times etc?

mynameiscalypso · 26/08/2022 21:58

He's 10 months old! He's not fat! He's doing more growing and developing than you can imagine. Just give him the milk.

RandomMess · 26/08/2022 21:58

My largest baby was on 9 scoops at 4 months when I switched from breastfeeding- she was 98th centile though.

What centile is he on for height and weight?

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eatsleeprepeat123 · 26/08/2022 21:59

Could you try upping the amount he has each feed? Then dropping a feed out?

My LO would have 240ml bottles and gradually dropped them that way. Or offer water instead of milk between meals?

Does he eat much in terms of solids? Or is he only into milk?

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 26/08/2022 22:01

Is he eating well or feel he isn’t as he knows a bottle is coming?

Lavendersummer · 26/08/2022 22:01

Increase his daytime food? Maybe offer protein and carbs for his snacks?
or some weatabix before bed to fill his tummy a bit.
he could be having a growth spurt

BattenburgDonkey · 26/08/2022 22:02

For one thing you don’t ever call your baby fat! Totally not acceptable. I’d up the volume of milk at each feed, mine took 9oz at that age and ate loads too. Is your health visitor concerned about weight?

dementedpixie · 26/08/2022 22:02

What meals is he having? The snacks don't sound calorific. Would he take more milk in the bottles?

Dotcheck · 26/08/2022 22:05

( some babies are a bit fat)

dietcokeandapizzaplease · 26/08/2022 22:06

Please don't leave him crying for hours until he 'makes himself a complete state'. He's a baby. Not a robot. If he's hungry, feed him.

Keroppi · 26/08/2022 22:07

This is crazy, calling your baby fat and then ignoring him crying for hours at night when he is just hungry? Are you okay? He's not manipulating you he is probably going through a growth spurt... like normal babies do.. It all evens out eventually. I know its hard when you get used to sleep again but he is not even a year old, you can't be ignoring him until he gets in a state if all he wants is milk :(

LittleBearPad · 26/08/2022 22:07

He’s hungry, feed him.

Cucumber’s not exactly a calorific snack!

Keroppi · 26/08/2022 22:09

Put a bottle/sippy cup of milk in the bed with him and give him a bigger supper like porridge with nut butter. Nut butters on rice cakes or apple slices are a great snack, cucumber is a bit whatever, it's just water isn't it really.

MiddleParking · 26/08/2022 22:10

My ten month old is second centile and has 9 ounce bottles. Six would never do him. I would try giving yours more milk per bottle.

gemloving · 26/08/2022 22:10

I have no advice except that mine is really skinny and I wish he'd have rolls. I worry that if he gets sick he'll lot too much weight.

I do think mine only really started dropping bottles after 1. Please just give him the bottle if he needs it. We dream fed at 11pm until mine was 14 months but out of dear he wasn't having enough calories. He still wakes up in the night to have a bottle here and there but we dropped the early morning one quite early and fed him 2 - 2 1/2 weetabix instead in the morning, then bottle before morning sleep.

FudgeSundae · 26/08/2022 22:13

At that age both of mine were on just two milk feeds. What are his meals like? It’s deceptive how many calories they can pack away when they’re busy growing!

AliceW89 · 26/08/2022 22:20

At 10 months DS was a ginormous blob who breastfed round the clock, ate proper meals and didn’t move at all. His weight centile massively outstripped his height centile. His head circumference was off the top of the chart.

He’s now a pretty tall, relatively lean 2.4 year old (still has a big head!). He’s not thin, but equally you wouldn’t in a million years describe him as fat, where as at 10 months, you probably could have been forgiven for saying that.

It really took for him to be moving…not just a bit of crawling and cruising, but full blown running around for it to start to even out. He also had a massive upwards growth spurt at 2ish, which balanced out his height/weight centiles nicely.

I did panic a bit so I get your worry…but as long as you are feeding him responsively and offering healthy choices at mealtimes, there isn’t much else you can do. They all develop differently.

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jewishmum · 26/08/2022 22:23

Oh let me add that I LOVE his fatness, I think it's adorable and I just love him having all his rolls and chubby cheeks.

My Dd was a micro preemie and she weighs just 5lbs more than he does (26lbs) and she is 5yo.

The HV hasn't been for a while but I got a good telling off when he was younger as she said he was gaining weight too quickly. That I must not be reading his cues properly and instead must be offering the bottle when he cries. So this has definitely put pressure on me to watch his weight.

I don't leave him routinely, when this first started I tried sleeping through it but it quickly became apparent that that was never going to work with DS, so now I'm up holding him and singing/stroking then finally give in and get bottle.

Ive been offering lower calorie snacks like cucumber and fruit because of the fear that he will keep gaining. He eats a good amount and will usually end up getting tidbits from anything I snack on too, I give him a babybel yesterday and my Dd likes to sneak him bits of her sandwhich for example.

A typical day
Breakfast: 1 whole banana and porridge (1/3 cup and 2/3 cup milk) with ground flax seeds. Or chia pudding.

Snack: A rusk, or Greek yogurt with mango puree

Lunch: chickpea daal, or scrambled egg and toast

Snack: cucumber, grapes

breadstick or two

Dinner: whatever evening meal we have, lasagne, lentil & sweet potato spinach stew, chicken and veg and potato etc

Thanks for the replies, all of them, it has definitely put it into perspective for me and given me ideas.

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ecnatsid · 26/08/2022 22:25

Horrible title about a baby

Rinatinabina · 26/08/2022 22:38

He’s not fat, he’s a baby, he probably needs solids, try baby porridge (mix it with his milk) DD liked scrambled eggs etc At ten months I think she was on 3 bottles and the rest was food, she was much happier with that. First year is all growth spurts and developmental leaps.

DD weight popped over her height centile for a bit but came back down and is in the healthy bmi bracket. We have always let her decide how much she eats, I don’t think interfering in a childs hunger signals is a good thing in the long run, don’t encourage or discourage food.

Don’t leave him hungry, baby’s this age aren’t greedy but if he learns he won’t get food when he needs it and you keep trying to feed him according to what you think is acceptable rather than what his body is telling him he’s more likely to have food issues later.

Imagine how you would feel if you were so hungry you were crying and someone told you nope you’ve had your food for today.

Rinatinabina · 26/08/2022 22:43

Sorry read your update looks like he’s getting a good amount pf food. Honestly though I’m fairly sure Dd ate more at 10 months than she did at 2 years, she used to have seconds every dinner time. I really wouldn’t focus on his weight. Leave him be and let it sort itself out.

justasmalltownmum · 26/08/2022 22:54

Dinner is too early. 4.30 and then only milk until breakfast the next day?

Mariposista · 26/08/2022 22:59

No joke, I was introduced to some age appropriate solids at 3 months as infant formula just didn’t satisfy and I was getting through what seemed like gallons a day. Game changer. Could you switch your baby’s diet onto mainly filling, solid food rather than milk.

LorW · 26/08/2022 23:02

He’s only 10 months, still a baby 😞 give him what he wants bless him, my 8 month old who has 3 meals a day is currently on 8oz milk bottles 5 times a day on top of her food/snacks, she doesn’t even crawl yet and on 50th percentile.

H1Drangea · 26/08/2022 23:03

I had a lonely squishy chunk of a boy , he wasn’t crawling or walking at 10 months ( or at one year ) when he weighed 29lb
At 2 , he was walking and weighed 28lb
Babies aren’t fat , but adorable

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