There is evidence, I don't have it off the top of my head though. I actually believe I read that on average, breastfed babies are generally leaner than formula fed babies, because the milk is better digested and processed, and that not all of the formula chub is necessary. Do even though a BF bub can be super chubby, it's not 'bad' chub and not 'over' fed itms?
DD is still exclusively BF, she feeds 1-2 hours around the clock and I don't think I'd class her as particularly big. Her daddy is tall and skinny so she may just be taking after him?
Last edited by PumpkinZulu; February 8th, 2012 at 11:43 AM.
I'm not sure about the evidence. My DD had rolls upon rolls all over like you described but now that she is crawling, she is slimming down a little (just a little haha!) She hasn't lost weight, just lengthened and the weight gain has slowed right down. Her rolls haven't stopped her from moving. She has done things at a similar rate to DS who was more long & slim with a pot belly.
I've sometimes wondered if that saying is evidence based as well. It hasn't stopped me from being guided by it though, and I love feeding on demand.
Shayla was a pretty chubby bub to begin with. Her weight started out just above the 75th percentile for quite a while. Since crawling and now walking (running!) her weight has dropped off dramatically. In fact, she had her nurse checkup today and while her head circumference is still in the 75th percentile, and her length is still the 50th percentile, her weight is actually now in the 25th percentile. The nurse questioned it a little and wants to check it again in a couple of months, but I'm not worried at all because she is still breastfed and also eats like a horse through the day, lol! She's just an active growing little girl!
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