She may be slow thriving in weight but she is thriving in other ways.

[*Beema*]

Awww, isn't she just a clever little chicken

DD was almost the eaxact same weight as your DD at the same age, but she was prem so they weren't concerned about her weight as much, as she had gone from being 1kg below the charts to hitting the 1st%ile it at 6 months, I couldn't imagine what she would have looked like walking along the couch at that age

[skybie]

yay emily! our girls are about the same age and are the same weight! my DD hasnt been classed as failure to thrive, how interesting! my MCHN isnt at all worried about her either, i voiced my concerns about her weight but she said its ok!
but DD2 is nowhere near pulling herself up onto things yet!

[allycat06]

That's great! My DS was the same weight as your little one at 6 months and no one was ever concerned about it. The MCHN nurse just said he was just a little bub (still is) and most certainly never saw a paed about it. Very interesting.

[AwesomeFoursome]

Skybie & allycat - thats weird. The MCHN nurse was making us go in every week for her to be weighed, then she had to see the GP and then he sent her to the paed. He thinks she is okay, just little but she has to go back again in July. It been very stressful. Maybe its because she had a high birth weight 9lbs1oz What was your babies birth weights?

[~Kim~]

WTG baby girl!

Yowie FWIW DS was 9lb1oz at birth too and had only just cracked 6kg at 6months.....maybe my MCHN was too scared to suggest FTT??? I think your DD is going great guns.

[AwesomeFoursome]

Kim - Hi Maybe my mchn and doctor over-reacted, I don't know. You are the 4th reply with a 6 month old weighing 6kgs. Maybe it common .

[skybie]

DD2 was 7 pound 8(3550) at birth, but she was 4 weeks early, so she did have a high birth weight for her gestation