10 month old with slow weight gain since weaning - is this normal?

[lazybones]

My DD followed the 50th centile right up until she was weaned around 6 months. Since then weight gain has slowed right down, staying the same for a month then only going up very slowly. She is now on the 9th centile, HV has suggested putting cream and butter in food which seems to have helped a bit, but with every tooth that comes through she loses what she has gained. I don't want to be over anxious about her eating, but every time I get her weighed (not too often) my heart drops. When she is well she eats well, but what with winter colds and teething, that is hardly ever. Is this OK? I worry about her development. How long can this go on for? How normal is this?
She was exclusively bf til 6 months, now has a mix of bf and ff as she wont bf in public. She eats (or at least I make) a good range of food, lots of finger foods too.
I guess I just want reassurance that she'll be OK, I'd love a bit of research or other people's experiences to back up me up. The HV tries to reassure me, I just need more. She slept through until just before I weaned her, since then she has been waking up at least once most nights. No idea if this is connected or not.

My ds steadily dropped from the 25th percentile and is now on the 2nd!! Id burn those b*y red books if i could. I was v. anxious for a while ( hes 23mths now) and probably caused a few eating probs along the way as he is now v.fussy. But I think I have now reconciled myself tot he fact that that is who he is. Hes v. healthy, always active, sleeps well at night and is not constantly ill. Your dd sounds great. If she is eating a wide range of foods thats good and means shes getting all the nutrients she needs. i know how anxious those weigh-ins can be, but try not to get obsessed with it.I way ds every 6mths as the hv likes to keep a check, but not at any other time.Your dd is healthy and happy and thats what matters.

Thanks, I try hard not to be anxious, it is just so easy to take it all personally. My mum says I was a skinny baby, I never thought I'd have a fat one so I guess I should just remember that. And my DD is happy, smiles and laughs all day.

Don't worry!

It's quite normal for lo's to plateau out a bit towards the end of the first year - esp if bf - otherwise they would probably get to the size of houses!

You sound like you're confident that your dd is having a 'balanced' diet - so don't worry!

Like you, I exc bf dd2 until 6 months when I weaned her onto solids - and then she started waking more in the night - eh! Dd2 went from the 91st at birth to about 25th - but she is fine. Then again, she is my second so worry a little less than if she was my first! HTH

my ds was always low and dropped from 25th to 2nd. He failed his 2 yr check on this and his co-ordination, and was referred to hosp. They said he was happy alert and fidgety, and average height, so no problem. He's 7 now, eating ok- just very slow, average height, and a slim little boy, but with lovely little muscles starting to show - He'll be a gorgeous man! Don't worry about it.

dd was exactly the same as missmap - she is now on the 9th, still skinny but eats like a baby horse! don't worry, babies come in all shapes and sizes. as long as they are happy and healthy am sure she is fine. dd also stopped sleeping through once she was weaned (stil bfs at night) - if anyone has an answer to this i will also be glad to hear it !

My DD was on the 91st centile when born and is now just about on the 9th at 9 months! She eats well (she's a little gannet ) and is always on the moves so I'm not worried at all. Stark contrast from DS, who always hovered around the red 'danger danger, overweight baby' bit on the centile charts

It's a relief to hear I'm not the only one. The logical part of my brain told me it would be so, but my panicky first time mum side wouldn't listen.

I don't feed my DD at night, but sometimes wonder if I should start giving her a bf before I go to bed again. Most days (or rather nights) I just accept that I'll get up in the night to reassure her, occassionaly I dream of a whole night's sleep.