Am I raising a little giant??

[Shades]

I always get embarrassed when I tell people how old DS is because I invariably get a comment on his size... He weighs over 6.3kgs (his weight on the 11/01/10) and I'd guess he's about 63cm long... At 11wks old. Is that really that huge? I don't see a MCHN so I'm not sure how he stands on percentages for his age...

[Visitor7]

DD2 was 5.5kg at 4 weeks, so I don't think it's huge at all. And she wasn't huge IMO. Some babies are bigger boned, bigger built, others are more petite. I wouldn't worry about it hun.

[Trillian]

I think he is above average for sure! but I don't think he is huge. My eldest was a smidge under 8kg at that age and about an inch longer and he was huge LOL. His growth will slow down by about 8-10mths old, but for now he is doing beautifully and you should be really proud I guess people comment if they are only familiar with babies that are smaller, or if they have an expectation in their mind that a baby his age *should* be smaller kwim?

[Shades]

Okay - it's just that he seems the same size as some 4-6m old babies I come across!! He doesn't seem fat though... He's well proportioned for a baby.

Thanks ladies

[Jakabella]

I get that too! But Bella is 13 months old and taller than 2-2.5 yr olds! she is 80cms (well was at 12mth check). Bella has always been in 97th percentile for weight and head cerc - but there is no more chart left for her height! I guess that comes from her dad - DH is 6 foot 7!

Kate

[maz]

Go the booby juice

M weighed 6kg at 8 months old..but then he was a very sick little man and had a lot of cacthing up to do...he now weighs....17kg and he recently turned 2

My second eldest as 8 kg at 4 months old...we called him Chubba chubba. Once he was walking he was off....he is a skinny as a rack with no flies on him.

What im trying to say is that I dont think, from looking at my own children, it really matters at that age. People change so much through their lives and so to babies if not more until preschool.

[Life is Good]

It really is so variable. Our Monster was off the charts for height (i.e. higher that the 100th percentile) when he was CJ's age and the paediatrician said he was perfectly normal. He is now 5.5 months old and weighs just shy of 10kgs. We also get the comments as he is often bigger than some much older kids. Our nurse said that as long as he is in proportion everything is fine.

...and he has been formula fed, not breastfed...

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

My DS was really big for the first few months. 75th-91st centile.

He's midget boy now. On the 9th centile for weight and height.

So long as the child isn't off the charts, they're perfectly normal. And if they are off the charts but so are his parents then again, that's normal.

[tk1999]

Shades - it isn't anything to worry about. Babies grow at their own rate... but I have to add that my 5.5month old DD is currently 6.7kg (or was early Jan) and was 62cm long... now she was 6 weeks prem so should only be just over 4 months old

But just goes to show that there are variances in all bubbas!

My friend has a son who is 5 days younger than DD (but should be 8 weeks older - he was born 2 weeks 'overdue' and DD was 6 weeks early) and when we are together my friend now jokes and tells people her son is 10 months old after I say that DD is almost 6 months old... but compared to DD anyone is big LOL