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Percentiles and weight (x-posted)
"Jill" wrote in message ... snip I am just wondering if this is normal for them to have you bring your baby in just to be weighed or if they only do it if they are watching for a problem? The only thing that concerns me about her is, she nurses VERY well and has a great latch and I am not having any trouble with my milk supply or getting her to feed every 2 hours.....but she spits up a lot. It's not a violent, big vomit, it seems normal- it just comes out. But sometimes she spits up a good bit. I guess she's just a spitter? I mentioned it to the dr but she said as long as it wasn't bloody or like vomiting it was normal. And one mroe question---I am surprised a 7lb 6oz baby at 2 weeks old would be only in the 25% of others babies as far as size...that is not *that* small of a baby. ?? It seems pretty average to me, except I know a lot of people who have fairly large babies, 9 and 10 pounds....but I also know people who have 6 pound babies. But at 2 weeks old is 7lbs 6oz really considered that small? snip My daughter weighed 7 pounds and half an ounce and was 19.5 inches long at birth. When we left the hospital two days later, she weighed 6 pounds and 9 ozs. At her two-week checkup, she weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. At her two-month checkup, she weighed 10 pounds and was 23.25 inches long. She seems destined to be tall and a bit on the slender side. My ped isn't concerned about her weight. He has been rated as one of the top ped's in my city, by the way. He did not make any noises about my needing to supplement my daughter, not that I would have followed his advice had he suggested it. She nurses very well and there has been no BF issues since she was born. She used to spit up and once in a great while vomited. She is a heavy wetter and produces 2-6 soiled diapers a day even at 15 weeks. She has small-dinner-plate-sized BM's. I did not introduce a bottle till she was 8 weeks old to ensure a well-established BF relationship. She takes it now and then without a complaint. Just keep an eye on the # of wet/soiled diapers your daughter produces. As long as she is making steady weight gains, she should be okay. Also, make sure that your ped is using the 2000 growth chart, not the 1977 one. There is a website with wonderful information on BF, if you haven't already been the www.kellymom.com. They are saying that the "average" weight gain per week for BF'd babies is 6 ounces. Another Marie |
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