When is a baby too big???

[HotI]

Your first son was above 90th percentile for weight (according to my Blue Book), and your second son is prob 97th percentile. Maybe you have supercharged breast milk? Go Boobies! I wouldn't restrict his feeding at all. How is your first son now? Many babies just carry their weight until they start walking.

[Beach Mama]

We were just talking about this at MG today and one of the girls little boy was HUGE when he was little, Im talking whoa mama! and now he is a lean and fairly tall 3.5yr old! Friends of ours 12mth old was 15kgs! If he is fully b'fed I would keep on as you are going, and yay for boobies!! Great job hun and don't listen to what anyone says, he sounds like a perfectly normal healthy boy!

[*LovemyKids*]

Thanks four your responses, my eldest son is now accoding to "the chart" on the 50 percentile exact!!!!! he is 7 and 22.2kg!!!!!!

[krystals]

He's a BEEYOOTIFOOL bubba, chubby and perfect- you have wonder-boobies!!!!

[ezymay]

Sounds like super booby milk to me!! Well done

[onthefly]

What are you going to do, starve him? It's just the way he is - silly doctor!
Can you go somewhere else rather than that GP?

[*LovemyKids*]

I do really like my Dr other then his comments!!! I will not be taking him back to this Dr i will just take him to the Clinic for checkups and immunisations and if they think i should see a dr i will find a baby friendly Dr I think!!! Thank you everyone you make me feel better!!! XXOO

[Michelle71]

Did your GP ask what you were feeding him?? Did he discuss your form of infant nourishment?? Only because he / she may not automatically assume BF and think FF and there are some babies who are overfed. There is also a parenting book that suggests top ups after feeding. Some people (relatives of mine ) started their babies on solids at 2 months / 10 weeks. There are a number of potential reasons for that statement and without further clarification from the GP they do sound inappropriate. With further information they may have had a valid point they were trying to convey (not very well!!) which may be relevant for some parents.

If you really like your doctor otherwise then use this relationship to adequately discuss what they mean by the comment so there can be no misunderstanding or blanket comment that doesn't apply to you / your situation. His weight is not an issue if he is consistent on centiles. Someone has to be at the top and someone has to be at the bottom (we just happen to be at the bottom and get comments for the opposite reason ) and when he starts to move more they all even out. In my MG there were a wide range of sizes but by about 7 months they were all around the same size and now at 3 they are all average sized little people - regardless of their beginning.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks four your responses, my eldest son is now accoding to "the chart" on the 50 percentile exact!!!!! he is 7 and 22.2kg!!!!!!

Hun it sounds like you just grow some beautiful healthy bubba's... FWIW my 'little' brother is 9 and weighs 40kg, he's not fat he's quite tall for his age and active he (like the rest of my family) just have a big build.. don't forget muscle weighs more than fat
My friends little boy was 11lb at birth and at his 4mth check up he was 8.4kg

[sloane]

he sounds like a gorgeous little man! fwiw, my DS had massive weight gains early on & was fully BF. the nurse kept asking me if i was sure he was BF (in a nice way) then he started crawling & then walking & he's dropped from the 97th percentile down quite a lot. now i figure he was just stockpiling for being an active toddler!

[studymum]

Babies come in all shapes and sizes, hence a percentile graph, of course some babies are going to be on one end of the scale and some on the other. If he is on the 90th all it means is there is only about 10% of babies that are bigger than him, not that he is overweight or too big.

Watch how much you feed him, pfftttt, for starters you can't tell, and obviously this gp has never tried telling a baby, 'sorry hunny, you can't eat this time cause you are putting on a bit to much weight'. Its not possible to cut down a babies feeds, they will have what they require to be happy.

Best thing to do with some gp, is not your head and go uh hmmm, then do as you know best.

[*LovemyKids*]

Thank you everyone for your replies, it has made me feel heaps better about it!!!
My Dr is just very old fashioned, i does know i Breastfeed and i have with all four of my kids!!! I will not be taking Jack back to see this Dr i will be going else where as i just don't feel like listening to his so uneducated opinions!!!!! I will be taking him to my local clinic to a midwife and i know she will be just lovely!!!!!
Once again Thank you everyone XXOO

[*EJ*]

Glad with hearing everyones experiences you feel more reasured. Enjoy your family xo