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Her doctor is being kind of pushy about her weight! She's 14lbs, 3 oz and 25 3/4in. So she went from barely on the chart to not on the chart at all. But still, she's been pretty constant in her percentile. He wants me to put her on a higher calorie diet and if she doesn't gain a pound by her next appointment he wants to send her to a nutritionist. He had me give him a chart of her eating schedule, and even said himself that she's eating fine. Actually now she's eating twice as much because she's going through a growth spurt (I'm guessing. She went from 4oz per meal to 8oz per meal) Hopefully this growth spurt will get him to shut up lol. Other than that she's perfectly healthy and I got free formula out of the trip haha.
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8 months, wow. Flies by doesnt it? Is her doctor concerned something may be preventing her from gaining weight? Sounds kinda like Rylies doc saying shes growing too fast.
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My doctor is fiddling with several different ideas why she isn't gaining enough weight. Every time genetics comes up he brushes over the idea. I think he just wants to play it safe incase I'm not telling the truth. I mean I am but I understand why he would do that. I watch House I know people lie hahaha. She's in the 1st percentile so she's wayyyy down there.
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I understand the doctor's concerns but it really could just be genetics. My son hit a plateau at about 18-20 pounds and his doctor got kind of concerned. Not really pushy like yours, but she just saw how fast he was growing in height and said that could be it. He's going to be tall and lean. Also, she told me that the charts are based on averages and nowadays, though everyone pushes the idea of b___stfeeding, most women don't b___stfeed their babies for as long as we did. The b___stfeeding exclusively makes for a leaner physique, while formula bulks up babies. Since your just getting her to try out foods, most likely she'll ease into that and start putting on a little more weight. But I wouldn't be surprised if her growth spurt just makes it harder. I mean you are long and lean, Harold looks like he is. So she may just gain more height and stay pretty evened out on weight until that growth spurt slows.
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House is the best show ever!! Id rather a doctor be overly concerned with something that turns out to be nothing then not concerned enough about something that later turns out to be a big deal. So i just nod and agree at every appt. and do what she says.
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V - I heard it was the other way around. Breastfed babies are supposed to be heavier and formula babies are supposed to be thinner. She's been gaining less weight since she changed to formula. I definitely think it's genetics though. She was small in the womb, she's small now and she's probably going to stay small. I was 102 pre-pregnancy, Harold was 115. (Harold went through a sympathetic pregnancy and gained a bit of weight) And all the women in Harold's family are very short (his mom is 4'11. His sister is 5'1") so it makes sense that she would be well, short and skinny.
NB- YEAH! I love House!! It's my favorite show :) And yeah I agree about having an overly concerned doctor.
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Ive heard like V has. That formula fed babies are bigger and b___stfed babies are thinner. In general, exclusively b___st-fed infants tend to gain weight more rapidly in the first 2 to 3 months. From 6 to 12 months b___st-fed infants tend to weigh less than formula-fed infants.
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