Bigger Babies Club

[sarah0108]

im 5ft3 and a size 8 OH is 6ft2 with a waist of 34in.. hes long and thin and both of us were small babies!

no idea where my nearly 9lber came from
got a MW appt tomorrow dare i ask her to predict this ones weight x

 

[Floralaura]

Im a size 18 and 5'9 and OH is 6'3 and has hip bones that stick out lol..i did have GD with Jacob but never had high reading, so im not sure if his size was affected by that or not as DS1 was 8lb 8oz and i didnt have GD then...but i didnt expect a diddy one, well i did as a growth scan 7 days before he was born put him at under 7lb 7oz lol..if only!!

 

[kayleigh&bump]

i have a big baby He was 9lb 13oz, 12lb6 at 4 weeks old, and 16lb exactly when weighed last week at 8 weeks He was 56 cm at birth, and is now a long 63cm at 8 weeks Hes on the 99th centile for height and weight so pretty much the biggest there is for his age lol. Im only 5"5, and hubby is about 5"10ish, so dont know where he gets it from really! Although all my family do seem to have bigger babies, but mine has been biggest x

 

[sarah0108]

Hey all

new updates Harriet had her 8-12months review today and here are her stats :

Weight: 21lb 11oz... 75th centile
Height: 76cm... 91st centile
Head circ: 48cm... 91st centile

shes also doing extremely well for her age (proud mummy over here ) x x

 

[MummyToAmberx]

My first born amber was a big baby, for what was expected from me. I was 10st pre-preg got to 14st just before i had her she was 8lb 10oz but very long. Im 5"6/7 OH is 6"4 but wears size 15 shoes! So always thought amber might be tall big feet, she is no idea about whole centile line thing, but she is alot taller than average for her age. Last check up was 96cm & 34lbs ( big enough for 3/4yr carseat ) she is in 2-3 clothes with odd 3-4 she has size 8 shoes.

My youngest is complete opposite, born at 7lb 11oz, in tiny baby clothes & is a short ass lol.

 

[kirmal12]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

 

[kayleigh&bump]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

my HV said exactly the same to me, she said i needed to cut out his 4am feed. how am i meant to do that?! I couldnt just let him scream at 4 in the morning. But hey presto, a week later he dopped a night feed himself as is now going from 7.30 till 3.30 without a feed which I am dead happy with xx

 

[kirmal12]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

my HV said exactly the same to me, she said i needed to cut out his 4am feed. how am i meant to do that?! I couldnt just let him scream at 4 in the morning. But hey presto, a week later he dopped a night feed himself as is now going from 7.30 till 3.30 without a feed which I am dead happy with xx

There is hope for us soon then!. He has a cold at the moment so he is waking up more but the milk quantity hasn't changed. Maybe he might drop a bottle soon, i can only but dream!. He just doesnt seem to know how to sleep for long if that makes sense?

 

[kayleigh&bump]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

my HV said exactly the same to me, she said i needed to cut out his 4am feed. how am i meant to do that?! I couldnt just let him scream at 4 in the morning. But hey presto, a week later he dopped a night feed himself as is now going from 7.30 till 3.30 without a feed which I am dead happy with xx

There is hope for us soon then!. He has a cold at the moment so he is waking up more but the milk quantity hasn't changed. Maybe he might drop a bottle soon, i can only but dream!. He just doesnt seem to know how to sleep for long if that makes sense?

how old is your lo? Finnley has been feeding manicly for weeks and I thought he would never sleep through or drop any night feeds. He was literally doing 9 bottles of 7oz a day on hungry baby formula, 3 of those in the night. But a couple of weeks ago he dropped his 10pm feed, and 2 days ago he started to drop his 1am feed, so now hes going through till 3.30 Gunna give dreamfeeding a go tonight and see if we can get him going from 7.30 till the morning! It does get better hun, trust me

 

[xxxleeleexxx]

wow it's hard to think that some babies can actually manage 7oz bottles 9 times a day!! i thought Chloe was on alot but i don't think she ever managed more than 7oz at a time and has never really had more than 6 bottles a day!! healthy, happy babies with a healthy appetite!!

 

[kirmal12]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

my HV said exactly the same to me, she said i needed to cut out his 4am feed. how am i meant to do that?! I couldnt just let him scream at 4 in the morning. But hey presto, a week later he dopped a night feed himself as is now going from 7.30 till 3.30 without a feed which I am dead happy with xx

There is hope for us soon then!. He has a cold at the moment so he is waking up more but the milk quantity hasn't changed. Maybe he might drop a bottle soon, i can only but dream!. He just doesnt seem to know how to sleep for long if that makes sense?

how old is your lo? Finnley has been feeding manicly for weeks and I thought he would never sleep through or drop any night feeds. He was literally doing 9 bottles of 7oz a day on hungry baby formula, 3 of those in the night. But a couple of weeks ago he dropped his 10pm feed, and 2 days ago he started to drop his 1am feed, so now hes going through till 3.30 Gunna give dreamfeeding a go tonight and see if we can get him going from 7.30 till the morning! It does get better hun, trust me

He is 10 weeks today, he goes to bed with a bottle between 7-8, wakes again 11-12, then again 2-3, then at 5-6. He eats between 5-6ozs at a time. He generally goes 3 hours in the day maybe four if he is really distracted so around 8-9 bottles a day. Does hungry baby formula work? my HV's always say don't even go there!!. He is very lazy in his feeding, he doesn't like sucking, he has been like it since birth, he was on size 2 teats at 3 weeks!!

 

[krissie1234uk]

Just stumbled accross this! Dylan was definately a big baby and is now a large toddler I suppose (sob sob). He was 9lb 6oz when he was born, can't remember how long but quite tall and had a huge head, bless him. At 13 months he was 28lb and is bigger and taller than our friends 2 year old. I'll have to get some pictures up to compare when I find my camera!
We always got comments about what we fed him, and when I told them his age I'd sometimes get "Are you sure!?" as a reply. Well yes, I gave birth I'm quite sure when it happened thank you very much!
One thing that used to annoy me was comments about what I ate during pregnancy to make him so big. I felt like people were saying I stuffed my face constantly and made him this way. I'm not tall, 5'4, and was a size 12 before Dylan but his dad is 6ft and big so he was always going to be that way, I didn't do it!! Also, people telling me I will have to watch what he eats annoys me no end. As if I am going to put a 1 year old on a diet so he doesn't grow any more! He's not even chubby, he's just well built and strong. Some people are clueless.
At the end of the day, he has a good appetite and I can at least say I don't have to worry about his weight gain. He is a gorgeous, healthy, sweet little boy and I wouldn't change him for anything.

 

[kayleigh&bump]

Hello can i join you ladies? My LO is a little on the large side too!!.

He was 8lb8 born so not too huge but he has made up for it since. He is 10 weeks tomorrow and was weighed yesterday at 15lb, he is a long baby 64cm. He is bigger than most babies at my first baby club (only 0-6 month baby's) and everyone seems to like telling me so and it's getting annoying now. He is happy and healthy what is the issue!!. I'm 5ft10 and so is OH, neither of us were big babies though.

Even the nurse/hv said yesterday he should start dropping on his charts now because he can't keep this pace of growth up for much longer, she made me feel really crap!! she even commented on the fact he really should be dropping a feed or two by now!! and how am i going to do that then then, let him scream?. I'm dreading the 3 month growth spurt what is he going to go up too, lol.

my HV said exactly the same to me, she said i needed to cut out his 4am feed. how am i meant to do that?! I couldnt just let him scream at 4 in the morning. But hey presto, a week later he dopped a night feed himself as is now going from 7.30 till 3.30 without a feed which I am dead happy with xx

There is hope for us soon then!. He has a cold at the moment so he is waking up more but the milk quantity hasn't changed. Maybe he might drop a bottle soon, i can only but dream!. He just doesnt seem to know how to sleep for long if that makes sense?

how old is your lo? Finnley has been feeding manicly for weeks and I thought he would never sleep through or drop any night feeds. He was literally doing 9 bottles of 7oz a day on hungry baby formula, 3 of those in the night. But a couple of weeks ago he dropped his 10pm feed, and 2 days ago he started to drop his 1am feed, so now hes going through till 3.30 Gunna give dreamfeeding a go tonight and see if we can get him going from 7.30 till the morning! It does get better hun, trust me

He is 10 weeks today, he goes to bed with a bottle between 7-8, wakes again 11-12, then again 2-3, then at 5-6. He eats between 5-6ozs at a time. He generally goes 3 hours in the day maybe four if he is really distracted so around 8-9 bottles a day. Does hungry baby formula work? my HV's always say don't even go there!!. He is very lazy in his feeding, he doesn't like sucking, he has been like it since birth, he was on size 2 teats at 3 weeks!!

to be honest, the HB milk has made a slight difference for us, nothing major though. But think its different for different babies so give it a go if you want, you can always switch back if he doesnt get on with it. It was actually my HV who advised me to go on it! x

 

[lynnikins]

whoops ive managed to overstimulate my milk supply too ive run out of bottles to store expressed milk so will have to freeze some. EJ is doing well though 7oz every 3 hours lol

 

[Kte]

Chloe is on HB, has been for ages, I just switched and told HV, although mine was fine with it. It helped Chloe even out on a growth curve, before that she was on a different centile each time. Always worth a try These HV all seem to sing off a different hymn sheet too so don't let her stop you if you feel it's something you want to do/try for your LO.

:wave: Welcome to our newest members

 

[xxxleeleexxx]

Had Chloe weighed on friday and she has put on 3oz!! lol (last weigh in was 3 weeks ago) shes now 20lb 11oz and and measures a massive 73cm already!! very long!

 

[lynnikins]

im getting EJ weighed and measured at his 6wk check on Friday so will know then how much hes grown but hes definatly growing and putting on the weight hes filling out rather than just being a really heavy long baby

 

[thechaosismex]

had munchkin weighed today... 12lb8 at 9 weeks from 9lbs11 at birth! go booby juice!

 

[lynnikins]

well i didnt get EJ weighed today caus dh needed the car so i had to change EJ's appointment but i got on the scales with him and admitedly he had just been fed and was wearing a baby grow but had a dry nappy on and the scales went up 15lb 2oz from my weight without him so if hes really 15 lb thats 4 lb in 3 1/2 wks :O on boobie juice

 

[Scally]

Can i ask parents of older babies- did your LO do things a little later than most? such as crawling? Izzy is not even attempting it, but we were wondering maybe it is hard for her to support her weight? She sits fine, lifts her head when lying on her stomach but nowhere near crawling yet.
How is everyone and your LO's?
We had Izzy weighed yesterday and she was 20lb 1 oz! Bless her, still on the same centile. And for once she didnt scream the place down! lol