Son's Weight.

[sunnylove]

My son is 5 and a half months old, about 2 and a half months adjusted age. He only weighs 11 pounds and I'm wondering if this is OK or not. It never really bothered me before because he eats on demand and he's otherwise a very content baby. But he had a NICU buddy who was born on the same day as him, but is gestationally 2 weeks ahead. He is nearly 14 pounds and is only 2 and a half months adjusted age but is wearing 6 month clothes! (My guy is in 3 month clothes.) He has never lost weight, and his doctor doesn't say much, just that she wants him to gain at least 1/2 ounce a day, which he more or less does.

How much did your 2 and a half month old (adjusted) weigh?

 

[TheNewMrsB]

My sons last weigh in was at 14.5 week's so 9.5 weeks actual age and he weighed 9lb 6oz.

He is small but gaining weight on his own curve just tracking above 2nd percentile on prem baby charts.

He is also fed on demand and his doctor is not worried as long as he gains weight.

 

[25weeker]

My 12 week term baby is 11lb 9oz and to me that's massive. My daughter wasn't even 14lb when she turned 1.

 

[rbourre]

My daughter was about 9 or 10 pounds then. She's still tiny, 19 pounds at 15 months. I try not to worry too much about her weight. My cousin had a baby at 29+2 who at like 6 months old was the size of my daughter at 1.

 

[wannabemomy37]

11lbs for 5.5 months sounds on the chunky side if you ask me!!

 

[littlesteph]

my son was 3 and half weeks early he's 9 months and still in 3-6 month clothing, I got him weighed a few weeks again and he was a little over 17lbs.

 

[Foxybabyhg3]

My DD is around the same age actual I think and she's 9lb. Right on the 0.4th line, she's gaining just under an oz a day. The HV said her gain was normal. I'm feeling your frustration with the whole catching up malarkey. They've just changed her formula to a high energy one (I'm not expressing enough volumes for all her feeds) and I think why? On the percentiles 20yrs ago she'd be just fine. People are giving birth to bigger babies on average these days so why does she need to catch up? She's bright, alert and does everything her adjusted age is "supposed" to do. I just wish they'd let us be. Even the HV says she doesn't need to see her weekly anymore.

Sunny-I think your DS is doing absolutely fine

 

[sunnylove]

Thanks, ladies. I am starting to relax a bit more. If I step back, hone in on my motherly instincts and ask myself if I'm REALLY worried about his weight, the answer is no. He's very long, happy, and eats a lot. Plus he is breastfed and breastfed babies are much leaner (generally) than formula fed babies. I think those charts are dumb.