It's funny you know I only just heard that for the first time yesterday, at an ABA meeting. DD has only just doubled her birthweight at 7 months (now 7.2kg), and her gains have really slowed down. I'm trying not to let it worry me but it does when everyone comments how tiny she is compared to all their younger bigger bubs.
Like PP have said, if the output is good and bub is happy and alert and content, then they are usually getting enough. It's hard not to worry and over analyse though, I know cause I do it myself. Sounds like you are doing a fantastic job with your lil one
Thanks so much everyone, that makes me feel heaps better to remind me that as long as she is happy and getting lots of wet nappies it is all okay. She does have the delayed poos these days though - can go quite a few days without them but they appear nonetheless.
I've always known that. In DH's baby book they suggested that good growth was a doubling by 6 months and tripling by 12 months. I've heard of it from elsewhere too - usually from older people so I guess they used that as a general rule of thumb for gauging baby's health because they wouldn't have had clinics etc? Anyway, DS1 was the only one of ours that ever did that. He'd doubled his birth weight by 3.5months old and DD1 nearly did it, but the other two didn't even come close. I think it's an unrealistic goal to set - some babies will reach it quicker if they are smaller and others who were larger will need to gain more etc.
Last edited by Trillian; October 30th, 2010 at 06:07 PM.
All these guidelines are great. They can tell us what the baby should be doing at any particular point in their life. Unfortunately there is also a major problem with these guidelines.
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