Weight gain in 15 month old

[Now we're 3]

Thanks ladies. Really helps to have your responses.

I know I am silly to be worrying about it - just doesn't help when every single baby I know and see, including my MG and friends are well over the 50% mark weight wise. Having a very close friend whose 8 month old is the same size as my 15 month old can make me feel I am doing something wrong ! BUT I know he's healthy and has masses and masses of energy as he goes non stop all day and generally sleeps through at night so he's not hungry. Marcellus to answer your question what does he look like - he's slim and doesn't have any fat on him but isn't wasting away. His stats are a bit funny though HC is 75%, height is 60% and weight 10% so guess he will be tallish, slim and maybe really brainy - big head lots of room for lots of brains ??? LOL.

Noni*e he already has rice, some pasta, potatoes, bread and loves cheese so think he must just have really high metabolic rate - wish mine was as good! and just burns everything he eats. Will just keep offering and guess at some stage he will begin to put some weight on again like you ladies have said. Don't think it will be this week as molars are coming through :-( so we are not really eating!

Thanks again x

[onthefly]

He sounds fine (and very like my DS, except that he's a bit shorter)

[Early Kids]

I wouldn't worry Sounds like he is just really active and burning it off. Also sounds like you are giving him a well balanced out diet too. Good job

You also need to bear in mind genetics, if your families are tall and thinner build then it isn't fair to expect a child to be on the higher percentiles. Plus in order to have a percentile chart some children need to make up the bottom %iles just as they need to be in the top too

My DS1 was 9.68kg and 75.5cms long at 15m and DS2 was 9.4kg 78cms long and HC of 47cms. DS1 was 1545gm and 40.5cm at birth and DS2 was 3090gm and 50cm so that just goes to show that genetics eventually take over despite birthweights too

At 15 months, they were developmentally worlds apart, DS1 hadn't started taking steps yet and DS2 was running, climbing and into everything.

Hope that helps x