Bigger Babies Club

[lynnikins]

we are gonna get the britax multi tech they arent readily avalible and the world of extended rear facing seats means importing them or paying through the nose if you live in the UK
i looked at the evolva but again you have to take the harness off at 18kg so after that its just a fancy booster with an adult lapbelt, the britax rear or forward faces to 25kg and with a harness the whole time. EJ is on the limit of his Britax first class's rearfacing ability at 12.5kg so will need a new seat for him so will probably buy 2 multi techs when we get a new car. i fimly believe rear facing my kids is the safer option and im much more comfortable with that. i had a car accident ( with neither child or seat in the car ) back in august and ended up with severe whiplash and im still seeing a physio about once a month to make sure my neck stays aligned id hate to consider the damage that would have happend to Nate's spine had he been in the car in a FF seat or booster during that accident.

 

[aliss]

I'm actually going to be asking my nurse about Rose's carseat. She is now at the weight/height limit for rear-facing (we have a 3-in-1) but she's not near 1 year yet. I don't knowif I should go by age or not? Should I switch it to forward facing? So confusing...

Wal-Mart has really great RF seats! I wouldn't switch to FF, just google and you'll see loads of info why it's worth it to really consider RF. My Graco MyRide 65 was from Wal-Mart, about $130 (a lot I know, but really worth it).


Here is an awesome guide for Canadians!!!

https://www.safekidscanada.ca/Parents/Safety-Information/Car-Seats/Index.aspx
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https://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionals/Advocacy/Documents/26794-CarSeatLaws.pdf


Here is your province hun:
Children must ride in a rear facing car seat until they are a minimum of 22 pounds (10 kg). Children between 22 pounds (10 kg) and 40 pounds (18 kg) must ride in an appropriate car seat.
Prince Edward Island
(Highway Traffic Act – Seat Belt Regulations)

 

[Kte]

I wish the regulations were more here so the seats were easier to get hold of and not cost as much. We simply just could not afford one so got the best we could, i'm still happy with the choice. Also, it would be interesting so see my Little Miss Long Legs with her knees up to her ears in one bless her

 

[Dimbo]

Can I ask a feeding/sleeping question? My LO is now off the charts, and seems to not want to slow down on her growth, and since about 3 and half months has been waking more. We put it down to the 4 month sleep regression, and she has got better in the last few weeks, but still wakes 2, sometimes 3 times a night. Do any of you have any experience of this? Did you come to the conclusion they they are just bigger and therefore need more calories/food? Or does anyone want to give me some hope that it will go back to just once a night waking soon?

 

[lynnikins]

EJ started his sleep regression at 3 1/2 months and he was 8months before we got him to sleep through again, for us we had other circumstances which ment i couldnt have him whinging in the night other than just for the sake of our ears lol which ment he probably got over indulged a bit, to wean the night wakings we stoped co-sleeping and and put him back in his cot everytime after a feed and when we got him down to just one feed then DJ went in with water first to see if he was hungry or it was habit and sure enough he took a few sucks of water ditched the bottle and went to sleep caus he realised mum wasnt coming with boob for him lol

 

[aliss]

Can I ask a feeding/sleeping question? My LO is now off the charts, and seems to not want to slow down on her growth, and since about 3 and half months has been waking more. We put it down to the 4 month sleep regression, and she has got better in the last few weeks, but still wakes 2, sometimes 3 times a night. Do any of you have any experience of this? Did you come to the conclusion they they are just bigger and therefore need more calories/food? Or does anyone want to give me some hope that it will go back to just once a night waking soon?

Our 4 month phase lasted 5 weeks. Now mine's always been a shit sleeper but after 5 weeks he went back to normal and stopped eating so much

 

[Kte]

I honestly can't remember very well at all sorry, not much help I know, I was having issues at home at the time and was kind of on auto-pilot, but she certainly didn't start sleeping through until about 7-8 months, she did drop her feeds shortly before then and wasn't waking as much so hopefully you have come through the regression now and are on the other side of it and I hope she keeps on improving for you

 

[xxxleeleexxx]

how big is you LO?

i started giving mine a dummy when she woke at night quiet early on (6 weeks) just to see if she was really hungry or not and turned out she wasnt! she weighed 11lb 14oz at birth so just because they are bigger i dont think it means they need more at night. infact my LO dank less milk in a day than some of my friends babies who were half the size of mine! it didnt get her addicted to the dummy as she always spat it out when she fell asleep and didnt want it during the day. by 7 months she was off it completly because she was infact a finger sucker! good luck xxx (oh she did start waking again for 2 weeks between 3/4 months but did same thing again and worked) xxx


anyway i took Chloe to be weighed today and unfortunatly as she has for some reason become petrified with the baby scales. so she had to be weighed on the big scales and didnt want to stand still so we took a gestamate of 27lb at 18 months lol but who knows! xxx

 

[Dimbo]

how big is you LO?

i started giving mine a dummy when she woke at night quiet early on (6 weeks) just to see if she was really hungry or not and turned out she wasnt! she weighed 11lb 14oz at birth so just because they are bigger i dont think it means they need more at night. infact my LO dank less milk in a day than some of my friends babies who were half the size of mine! it didnt get her addicted to the dummy as she always spat it out when she fell asleep and didnt want it during the day. by 7 months she was off it completly because she was infact a finger sucker! good luck xxx (oh she did start waking again for 2 weeks between 3/4 months but did same thing again and worked) xxx


anyway i took Chloe to be weighed today and unfortunatly as she has for some reason become petrified with the baby scales. so she had to be weighed on the big scales and didnt want to stand still so we took a gestamate of 27lb at 18 months lol but who knows! xxx

She was 21lb 10 two weeks ago, so probably 22lb 6ish now if she continues on her curve. She has never taken a dummy though. I tired from 6 weeks, bought 3 different ones, but she isn't interested at all. She also seems genuinely hungry at night. Sometimes I've got DH to try to settle her first, but she's continued grumbling and I feed her and she guzzles it down like she hasn't fed for days. I suppose some babies are just hungrier and need a midnight feast.

 

[Kte]

Aww, I wonder why Chloe decided she didn't like the scales? At least you managed to guestimate. I usually have to hold my Chloe and stand on the home scales, then just weigh me to figure it out now. At least you have a rough idea

 

[Cookie1979]

Hey, just been told about this thread so wanted to come in a say hi! I have a big baby, at 16 weeks he is 17 lbs 1, and at 8 weeks was in the 98th percentile for his height, wandering if he's even on the chart anymore he's so tall. I'm very proud of my big boy, he's completely and utterly gorgeous but I do have to admit having a bigger baby does have its problems, outgrowing clothes too quickly is one of them, he also outgrew his bouncer so had to buy another that is bigger because he's not yet sitting up, he's almost outgrown his infant carseat which is supposed to last up til 9 months, which means he's not yet big enough for the forward facing ones, so bought him a brittax one. He's outgrown his bath support that should go up to 6 months, so I bought a bath seat but he's too small for it and generally just finding the fact that he is so heavy is causing me to have very painful hands. But I wouldn't change anything about him cos he is perfect!!!

I'm 5 ft 4 and my hubby is 5 ft 11 so we weren't really expecting such a tall boy.

 

[Kte]

Hello Cookie1979 Welcome, your little man looks absolutely adorable in your avetar (and your ticker too!)

 

[LPF]

I've got a big bub too!! At 15 weeks he was 17.2 (91st centile) and height was 98th centile. Last time his head was measured it was on the 99.5th centie!!!

I feel a bit sorry for him because everyone comments how big he is, all the clothes people buy are the wrong size or he grows out of so quickly. He moves up a size every month and we are soon to buy 9-12month stuff!!

 

[Cookie1979]

Hello Cookie1979 Welcome, your little man looks absolutely adorable in your avetar (and your ticker too!)

Thank you, he is a real sweetie pie, feel very lucky to have him. Your little girl is a real cutie too. x

 

[rihanna]

Hi Just found out about this thread too!

My LO was 9lb 3oz born and at last check at 6months was on 85% for height & 98% for weight.

Loves to eat eat eat. He will be taller than me before i know it, im 5ft 2 but hubby is 6ft 1 so gets it from his daddy.

Love him to bits xxxxxxxxxxx
Nice to see a bigger babies thread!

 

[bigbetty]

Hi ladies - only just found out about this thread!!!

I don't know if Francesca qualifies to join yet, but I don't think it will be long before she does lol.

She was 7lb 9oz at birth and midway between the 50th and 75th centiles. She stayed on that curve until around 4wks and then started to shoot upwards.

Last Tuesday at 6wks 4days she weighed 11lb 10.5oz which put her just slightly below the 91st centile line and her height is just on the 75th centile line.

She outgrew newborn clothes a couple of weeks ago and I know she won't be in 0-3months for very long!

Here are a couple of pics of my little chubber - the first was taken at 2 days old and the second at 5wks 1day!!! The others have been taken in the last week or so xxx

 

[Cookie1979]

Hi ladies - only just found out about this thread!!!

I don't know if Francesca qualifies to join yet, but I don't think it will be long before she does lol.

She was 7lb 9oz at birth and midway between the 50th and 75th centiles. She stayed on that curve until around 4wks and then started to shoot upwards.

Last Tuesday at 6wks 4days she weighed 11lb 10.5oz which put her just slightly below the 91st centile line and her height is just on the 75th centile line.

She outgrew newborn clothes a couple of weeks ago and I know she won't be in 0-3months for very long!

Here are a couple of pics of my little chubber - the first was taken at 2 days old and the second at 5wks 1day!!! The others have been taken in the last week or so xxx

Awwwww she is a real cutie!!!

 

[1308emma]

Just found this thread!! Can i join please! I have a big, beautiful and healthy boy!

he's 5.5 months and weighs approx 20lb! He was born 8 9.5lb and was gaining 1lb a week in the early days!

He's followed the percentile curve at 94% from 3 weeks old! i'm 5 foot 5 and OH is 5 foot 10. I was very small in pregnancy and was expecting a petite baby! (bit of a shock when i had an 8 1/2 pounder!!

I am ALWAYS getting comments about his size calling him chubs, big boy, even fatty!! (so rude) and during the early days i used to get upset!

Now i laugh it off as my boy is content happy and bever been poorly, sure he loves his milk but i'd rather that then a baby who you constantly have to worry about getting a few oz's down them!!

A woman i go to water babies with (the one who calls him fatty!) who has an ikkle little boy made a comment of how she likes her DS being small as she gets a baby for longer?... WTF just because Noah is big doesnt stop him being a baby, doesnt mean he will be a toddler before her boy, or a teenager, or an adult!! Silly moo!!

I hate that when i meet new people i feel like i have to get in there first telling them 'yes i know he's a big boy' or 'He sure loves his milk!!' Its become a defence mechanism!!

Anyway, rant over, really pleased to have found this group for support with bigger babies as its been my main issue since having Noah...

Emma

 

[bigbetty]

Thanks Cookie - Addison is just gorgeous too xxx

 

[happigail]

Hi everyone can Kitty reserve a seat in here please?! She was 75 centile born but 6 weeks ago was on the 91st for weight and height and 98th for head, I think she may be off the charts and I'm scared to take her to clinic for some reason even though I am incredibly proud of my gorgeous girl!

I'm on my phone so can't load a pic but will tomorrow x