you baby's weight gain + charts
Julii Brainard
weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
comparisons.
2. I have a weight gain chart for breastfed babies from the WHO -- is
there another chart anyone could refer me to?
Many thanks in advance!
--
Julii, Mum to Daniel James, born 2 Nov. 1999
McShane
use the charts for formula fed babies and I have had them argue with me that
all babies need to be growing according to these charts. You may want to
talk with the baby's doctor ahead of time.
Carol A. McShane, RN, IBCLC
Julii Brainard wrote in message <38CBF66E...@dtn.ntl.com>...
Erin Marsh
<j.bra...@dtn.ntl.com> wrote:
>1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
>weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
>comparisons.
I only have 3 months of weight gain to share but you might get some
use out of them.
Cassidy was born weighing 8lb 4oz, at one week was 8lb 13oz, at 4
weeks was 10lb 9oz, at 7 weeks was 12lb 3oz and at 3 months was 14lb
9oz.
I would be very interested in seeing the results of your comparisons.
--
Erin (nz)
Mummy to Cassidy Angela 18/11/99.
<http://members.xoom.com/StumpyNZ/cassidy/index.htm>
Alison Tooth
>
> 1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
> weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
> comparisons.
OK, well my 2 are both girls, so the weights may not be as useful as the
centiles, but here it all is (sorry it's mostly in weeks, that's how my
HVs do it):
POPPY
Birth: 3.39kg 7lb 7.5 between 25th and 50th
3 weeks: 3.74kg 8lb 4 25th
11 weeks: 5.05kg 11lb 2 between 9th and 25th
16 weeks: 5.75kg 12lb 10.5 between 9th and 25th
20 weeks: 6.38kg 14lb 1 between 9th and 25th
24 weeks: 7.02kg 15lb 7 just over 25th
31 weeks: 7.79kg 17lb 3 just over 25th
38 weeks: 8.18kg 18lb 25th
46 weeks: 8.75kg 19lb 5 25th
14.5 months: 10.2kg 22lb 8 50th
and she's on about the 75th now at 3yrs - little fatso!
TILDA
Birth: 4.31kg 9lb 8 between 91st and 98th
3 weeks: 4.78kg 10lb 9 between 91st and 98th
6 weeks: 5.20kg 11lb 7 91st
8 weeks: 5.66kg 12lb 7.5 between 75th and 91st
12 weeks: 6.16kg 13lb 9.5 75th
16 weeks: 6.84kg 15lb 3 75th
21 weeks: 7.54kg 16lb 10 just above 75th
30 weeks: 8.64kg 19lb 1 between 75th and 91st
11.5 months: 10.4kg 22lb 15 between 75th and 91st
and she's still between those two now (21 months).
Anyway, I've never had it suggested that they were doing anything but
very well, and they've moved around a bit on the charts. My HVs are
always more concerned that the child is keeping to their individual
line, rather than one fixed centile.
Laurel
http://www.promom.org/growth.html
Born 7lb 11oz
1 week 6lb 15oz
2 week 7lb 10oz
5 week 9lb 9oz
9 week 12lb 6oz
Laurel
Gena Henderson
Alyssa was 8 lbs. 7oz. at birth. At her 2-week checkup she was 9 lbs. 1
oz. At 2 and 1/2 months she was 13 lbs. 10.4 oz.
Gena
Kevin Derhak
> 1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
> weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
> comparisons.
>
> 2. I have a weight gain chart for breastfed babies from the WHO -- is
> there another chart anyone could refer me to?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Julii, Mum to Daniel James, born 2 Nov. 1999
Kelsey
Born -- 10 lbs 2 oz.
2 weeks -- 11 lbs 9 oz
2 months -- 14 lbs 5 oz
4 months -- 18 lbs 3 oz
6 months -- 20 lbs 1 oz
12 months 25 lbs 10 oz
John
Born -- 9 lbs 10 oz
2 weeks 11 lbs 9 oz
2 months 16 lbs 1 oz
4 months 19 lbs 3 oz
6 months 19 lbs 8 oz
12 months 24 lbs 13 oz
Cate
Born -- 11 lbs 8 oz
2 weeks 13 lbs 8 oz
2 months 15 lbs 10 oz
4 month checkup is next week -- based on her
track record I am guessing 18 lbs 8 oz.
Circe
Birth: 8 lbs. (50th)
1 mo: 11 lbs. (95th)
2 mo: 14 lbs. (95th)
4 mo: 17 lbs., 5 oz. (90th)
5.5 mo: 19 lbs., 13 oz. (90th)
10 mo: 22 lbs., 2 oz. (75th)
13 mo: 24 lbs., 6 oz. (75th)
Today, he is a sturdy 35 lbs., 38" at a bit over 2 1/2.
Aurora:
Birth: 7 lb., 5 oz. (50th)
1 mo: 9 lb., 9 oz. (60th)
2 mo: 11 lb., 11 oz. (60th)
4 mo: 14 lb., 4 oz. (60th)
7 mo: 17 lbs. even (50th)
--
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Julie F.
birth: 8-14
8 days: 9-2
1-1/2 months: 14-8
2-1/2 months: 17-2
4-1/2 months: 20-11
6-1/2 months: 22-2
--Julie F.
ajf...@aol.com
(formerly wesellf...@mindspring.com)
Julii Brainard
> I would be very interested in seeing the results of your comparisons.
Hi -- thanks to all for data -- I think I'll forego being fussy & take
girls too! Sorry to everyone for the typo in the subject line. What I
want to do is refit the polynomial (line) used to calculate the expected
weight gain. I'm wondering if the inappropriate form is being used
currently.
Meg
17 lbs ? oz 4 mo
20 lbs 3 oz 6 mo
25 lbs 2 oz 10 mo
24 lbs 8 oz 12 mo
Those are off my head, maybe wrong on oz, can look up 2 mo and 8 mo if
you want. She's been off the charts for wt except for one check, when
she was right on the line.
-- Meg & Abby b. 1.21.99
--
"A little child born yesterday
A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed"
-- Homer. Hymn to Hermes, 1:406
In article <38CBF66E...@dtn.ntl.com>,
Julii Brainard <j.bra...@dtn.ntl.com> wrote:
> 1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
> weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
> comparisons.
>
> 2. I have a weight gain chart for breastfed babies from the WHO -- is
> there another chart anyone could refer me to?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Julii, Mum to Daniel James, born 2 Nov. 1999
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Meg
b. 1/21/99
--
"A little child born yesterday
A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed"
-- Homer. Hymn to Hermes, 1:406
In article <20000313144916...@nso-cv.aol.com>,
Nikki Kavanagh
Birth ----------- 8lbs 12 1/2 oz
2 weeks ------ 9lbs 6 1/2 oz
2 months ----- 13 lbs 12 3/4 oz
4 months ----- 17 lbs 11 1/2 oz
6 months ----- 20 lbs
9 months ----- 22 lbs 6 3/4 oz
Nikki
Julii Brainard wrote in message <38CBF66E...@dtn.ntl.com>...
Becker-Sander
Wow! Seems like everyone so far had pretty good sized babies so I'll
throw in Helena's stats to conterbalance :-). I don't have the exact
ounces since I am converting from kilos to pounds and am too lazy to work
out how many ounces the ".xxx" works out to be.....
birth 7.3 lbs
2 months 9.6 lbs
4 months 11.9 lbs
6 months 14.0 lbs
13 months 17.0 lbs
Helena started out around the 25%-50% and quickly dropped to the 3% (and
occasionally off the charts) where she has been ever since. I don't have
the stats for Lorenz but he started out much bigger in the first few
months:
9lbs 5 oz at birth
12lbs at 7 weeks
and now 34 lbs at almost 5 years old (also around the 3-10% in weight)
Laura, mama to Lorenz (almost 5) and Helena (1)
Deborah
news:38CE7586...@telia.com...
>
>
> Wow! Seems like everyone so far had pretty good sized babies so I'll
> throw in Helena's stats to conterbalance :-). I don't have the exact
> ounces since I am converting from kilos to pounds and am too lazy to work
> out how many ounces the ".xxx" works out to be.....
>
> birth 7.3 lbs
> 2 months 9.6 lbs
> 4 months 11.9 lbs
> 6 months 14.0 lbs
> 13 months 17.0 lbs
This sounds like my son: he was 7 lbs 14 oz at birth, & now at 10 months he
weighs about 16 - 16.5 lbs. I will know more accurately next week, since I
have a doctor's appointment, at the request of the doctor. My health visitor
weighed him at 7 months, & although I can't remember what he weighed, she
started pushing me to increase the solids he was receiving. I knew this
advice was poor, & confirmed it with various breastfeeding support
organizations, but she apparently does not like being challenged, since she
has raised the issue with the doctors in the practice. I got a letter
requesting that I make an appointment!
Did you ever have any problems with the medical profession re your
daughter's weight gain? I think this is just normal for my son; he's my 3rd
& the other 2 followed similar patterns (although he is a little smaller).
He's doing everything he's supposed to be doing: babbling, cruising, etc.,
but the weight thing is all the health visitor wants to look at.
Deborah
Naomi Lynne Pardue
> 1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
> weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
> comparisons.
Don't have a monthly gain but:
Birth: 6 lb. 11 oz.
2 mo. 10 lb. 2 oz.
4 mo. 12 lb. 11 oz.
6 mo. 14 lb. 1 oz.
9 mo. 16 lb. 3 oz.
12 mo. 16 lb. 13 oz.
15 mo. 19 lb. 7 oz.
18 m. 19 lb. 13 oz.
24 mo. 20 lb. 6 oz.
Naomi
Becker-Sander
Deborah wrote:
> This sounds like my son: he was 7 lbs 14 oz at birth, & now at 10 months he
> weighs about 16 - 16.5 lbs. I will know more accurately next week, since I
> have a doctor's appointment, at the request of the doctor. My health visitor
> weighed him at 7 months, & although I can't remember what he weighed, she
> started pushing me to increase the solids he was receiving. I knew this
> advice was poor, & confirmed it with various breastfeeding support
> organizations, but she apparently does not like being challenged, since she
> has raised the issue with the doctors in the practice. I got a letter
> requesting that I make an appointment!
>
> Did you ever have any problems with the medical profession re your
> daughter's weight gain? I think this is just normal for my son; he's my 3rd
> & the other 2 followed similar patterns (although he is a little smaller).
> He's doing everything he's supposed to be doing: babbling, cruising, etc.,
> but the weight thing is all the health visitor wants to look at.
>
> Deborah
This must be so frustrating for you!! Being called into the doctor's office
over something like this!! I guess I have been very lucky, but I have never
had a problem with the doctors about either of my kids. Of course, it seems to
help a lot when I explain that my husband is 5'4" (as am I) :-). With Lorenz,
he started out and stayed around the 90th percentile until around six months
then dropped like a stone to the 5th percentile. His pediatrician kept
reassuring me that he was just fine (in fact she kept me from panicking about
him not eating any solid food for a year, reassuring me over and over that
breastmilk alone would be just fine until he chose to eat something else). The
one time it really seemed like Lorenz had stopped growing she double-checked
his growth on a "rate of growth" chart and reconfirmed that he was growing well
enough.
With Helena in a new country and a new practice the nurse who did the checks
was slightly more concerned but also noted that her weight is proportional to
her height. Her smallness is probably more exaggerated here in Sweden though,
since most babies are much much bigger (at 13 months she is about the size of
most 6 month olds). The nurse, though, also noted that Helena is in the same
percentile as Lorenz. At one point (around 8 months) she suggested that I try
to get more butter (!) and fat in her diet, but when the doctor saw the numbers
he insisted that she was beautifully proportioned and had no worries. After
the last check-up, when Helena ended up in the 3rdish percentile in height and
weight for the 4th check in a row, even the nurse decided that it was just her
natural growth pattern. She didn't even discuss eating habits with me.
One thing that helps to convince people is a check of the "weight for height".
Maybe you could insist that the doctor investigate whether the weight is
appropriate for the height of your son. In one of my books I have such a chart
and both my children have always fallen somewhere in the 25%-50% which puts
them in the absolutely normal range. In other words, their weight is entirely
appropriate to their height. This chart has saved me soooo many worries about
the health of my children.
Sorry to get so long! This is an issue I have to deal with all the time.....
Hope this helps!
Deborah
weren't expecting humongous big babies. They all started off average or
above for weight & length, but have dropped over the first few months.
My last comment to the health visitor was 'I refuse to panic because my
health breastfed baby does not conform to a weight chart which is based
mainly on bottle-fed babies & was produced in an era when most babies were
fed pureed steak & boiled egg from the time they were 2 weeks old'. I guess
she just didn't like that I wasn't accepting her advice as valuable. One of
the main reasons I am going to take my son in to the doctor is to point out
that the health visitor is giving inaccurate advice & could maybe use some
more training in this area, or at least she could be aware that she isn't
fully informed. I hate it when health professionals make up answers rather
than admit they don't know something.
Deborah
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M. Shroyer
weighed her each time I saw the LC.
Birth: 9'2"
2 days: 8'11"
5 days: 9'4"
10 days: 9'11"
3 wks: 11'2"
4 wks: 12'2"
5 wks: 12'14"
10 wks: 14'6"
11 wks: 14'12"
3.5 mo: 16'4"
4 mo: 15'14" (illness)
4.5 mo: 17'3"
5 mo: 17'6"
6 mo: 17'4"
10 mo: 19'15"
15 mo: 21 lbs
I took a lot of flack from the ped about her weight from 4-10 months, but
she started teething and had several minor illnesses so her appetite was
up and down. She has dropped from 95+ %ile to 10-25 %ile. I'm not at all
worried but it does get difficult to stand my ground against the peds and
their dumb charts. At 6 months I refused to return for weight checks
between well child checks because they were starting to obsess about every
little fluctation and losing sight of the fact that she's healthy and
developing ahead of schedule .
MJ
Mary Ann Tuli
Birth: 7lb
10 days: 7lb 12oz
3 weeks 8lb 14oz
1 month 9lb 4oz
2 months 12lb 2oz
3 months 13lb
4 months 14lb 5oz
6 months 17lb 7oz
11 months 19lb 5oz
He started off on the 10%, went up to just below the 50% until he
got mobile and is now back to just above the 10%
Mary Ann
Chris Herndon
1mo 9lbs
9wks 11lbs5oz
12wks12lbs10oz
I have been supplementing ~10oz a day though.
Chris
Patrick
12wks
jaze...@my-deja.com
Julii Brainard <j.bra...@dtn.ntl.com> wrote:
> 1. Would anyone care to share with me their breastfed baby's monthly
> weight gain stats (up to at least 1 year)? I would like to do some
> comparisons.
>
> there another chart anyone could refer me to?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Julii, Mum to Daniel James, born 2 Nov. 1999
>
Amira:
Birth 8lb 10oz
2 week 10.2 lbs
1 month 12.4 lbs
2 mo 14.8
3 mo 16.6
4 mo 18.8
6 mo 22.4
7 mo 23.6
8 mo 24.6
then she hung around at that 25 lb mark for the longest time, only
gaining a couple of ounces. At a year she still weighed 25 lbs. Now
that she is sixteen months she weighs 26.5 pounds.
Bashir:
Birth 7lbs 8.5oz
1 week 8.3 lbs
2 week 9 lbs
3 week 10 lbs
And that's all I have for him since he is only three and half weeks
old. Don't know if his data will be any use.
Jasmine
Voni Taylor
is 2 months old today! whoo hoo!) and he's now 11 lbs exactly. Is it just
me or does that seem a lot considering he was born at 8lb 6 oz and of
course had the requisite temporary weight loss. I thought the little
munchie kins were supposed to gain a pound a month approximately.
Voni
jaze...@my-deja.com wrote:
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Women have known these things since
the beginning of time.
We just forgot to tell each other for
awhile.
Erin Marsh
wrote:
>Hello! My midwife just came by the house so we weighed little Allan (who
>is 2 months old today! whoo hoo!) and he's now 11 lbs exactly. Is it just
>me or does that seem a lot considering he was born at 8lb 6 oz and of
>course had the requisite temporary weight loss. I thought the little
>munchie kins were supposed to gain a pound a month approximately.
My daughter weighed 8lb 4oz when she was born, never lost any weight
and at 7 weeks weighed 12lb 3oz. I thought 1/2 a pound a week was
about normal dropping down to a pound a month from about 3 months.
Naomi Lynne Pardue
> Hello! My midwife just came by the house so we weighed little Allan (who
> is 2 months old today! whoo hoo!) and he's now 11 lbs exactly. Is it just
> me or does that seem a lot considering he was born at 8lb 6 oz and of
> course had the requisite temporary weight loss. I thought the little
> munchie kins were supposed to gain a pound a month approximately.
No, average weight gain is about 2 pounds/month. A pound a month is the
absolute minimum. (And, of course, some babis gain more than 2
pounds/month, especially in the first few months. So 11 pounds sounds just
about right.
Naomi
Tonia Price
Birth 7.9 Lengh 19 1/2
1 week 7.10 20 1/2
1 month 9 even 22
2 months 10.6 23 3/4
4 months 15 even 26
Tonia and Owen
NJD
Birth 3.15kg (7lbs 1oz)
1 mo 3.80kg (8lbs 6oz)
2 mos 4.35kg (9lbs 9oz)
3 mos 4.70kg (10lbs 5oz)
4 mos 5.05kg (11lbs 2oz)
5 mos 5.72kg (12lbs 9oz)
6 mos 6.50kg (14lbs 5oz)
6.5 mos 7.20kg (15lbs 13oz)
7 mos 8.10kg (17lbs 13oz)
9 mos 9.60kg (21lbs 2oz)
MJ mom to Naomi (6/23/99)
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Misty
and was 20 in. long
(born) November 30, 1999
12/9/99 6 lb. 20 in.
1/4/00 9.5 lb.
1/18/00 10 lb. 22 in.
2/7/00 11 1/4 lb. 22 in.
He was three weeks premature.
My firstborn - Steven:
5/6.97 7.12 lb. 19 1/2 in.
5/13/97 8 lb. 19 3/4 in.
5/21/97 8.12 lb. 20 1/8 in.
7/14/97 13.8 lb.
9/15/97 15 3/4 lb. 26 in.
11/10/97 17 3/4 lb. 27 in.
2/2/98 19 3/4 lb. 27 in.
5/11/98 22 1/4 lb. 29 in.
12/10/98 25 1/2 lb. 32 in.
11/18/99 30.7 lb. 36 5/8 in.
He was born one day after his due date.
Misty