Digest Number 1177:Weights/Children

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Angel

 

I hear you.

But I'd like to give you a piece of advise here... The

growth chart that docs typically refer to is not

always the right range. Couple of points to support

it:

 

1. I read it in a lot of places that if your child has

a consistent growth in weight and there is no sudden

drop or increase in weight, you don't need to worry

much.. 2. around 1 yrs time all babies go through this

dip in weight because they start doing extra work

(walking, moving around after faster etc)

 

3. I am not sure what ethnicity you belong to but i am

100% sure it doesn't cater to children of different

ethnic background (IMHO its probably more suited for

Caucasian or African descends. I am an Asian Indian

and so my son and a lots of other Asian Indian babies

that i have seen have always been in less than 5%

range in the weight chart. but seem normal otherwise.

 

4. is ur baby BFed or formual fed? Typically Bf'd

babies are a li'l bit lighter than formula fed babies

but that doesn't mean they are not healthy.

 

5. According to his doc, my son has always been low

weight(in 5% or lesser) but as you mentioned he has

been a good eater (fairly good) and very active (hyper

active if i may say)

and she (doc) would constantly ask me to give formula

to compensate his weight (which i did try for

sometime) but then i realized that was not helping and

on top my son didn't like formula that much either so

i stopped and just continued on with BM and other

solids and then switched to cows milk later

and he seems fine

 

 

So bottom line, even if your doc feels that ur baby is

underweight, if you think he/she is healthy then there

is not much to worry about. if you doc insists on her

being to light the consult another doc and make sure

ur doc is not over doing it

 

Shree

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> Sat, 02 Jul 2005 13:11:21 -0000

> " Angel " <darranged

> Weights/Children

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> I took my one-year-old daughter to the pediatrician

> Monday and expected to hear how

> strong she was, how well she walked and how bright

> she was. (All true, of course, and I am

> completely impartial.;.))

>

> Instead, the pediatrician told me he didn't like her

> weight and that I needed to either

> breastfeed her more or give her formula everyday.

>

> I think not. She's 17 pounds and she " should " be 20.

>

> 1. My daughter eats like a horse. (Typical

> breakfast, after nursing: bowl of infant cereal

> mixed with a jar of baby food fruit, cheerios, and a

> yo baby yogurt or a scrambled egg

> amd often some fresh fruit-- like 3/4 cup sliced

> strawberries, plus a beverage either soy

> milk or juice depending how much fruit she eats.

> Lunch yesterday was about 3/4 cup

> homemade guacamole, a bite of cheddar cheese, about

> 3/4 zucchini-carrot cakes, a

> couple animal crackers and soy milk. I've seen her

> eat an entire grilled cheese sandwich.

> Etc. You get the idea.)

>

> 2. My daughter NEVER stops moving. She rolled over

> at 6 weeks, crawled at 6 months,

> cruised at 7 months and walked at 10.5 months. We

> used to swaddle her as an infant so

> she couldn't flail her arms and keep herself awake.

> And she's muscular.

>

> 3. My husband's family has skinny people. His mom

> weighed 99 pounds when she had her

> first child. His 15-year-old neice weighs 78 pounds.

> My daughter does have a big old

> belly.

>

> 4. My daughter eats less JUNK and FAT than the

> average American child and I think the

> weight charts reflect the standard American diet. I

> have heard a lot of you say that you're

> children are like mine: active, thin, strong and

> healthy. I have NEVER had my baby to the

> doctor for an illness. At almost 8 months, she got

> the stomach flu and she weathered it

> better than we did. She didn't want to eat but drank

> a TON of fluids. And she had two very

> nasty diapers and that was it. 24 hours later she

> was normal. Her meat-eating dad took

> three days to recover.

>

> So I am making sure my daughter gets lots of good

> fats, calories and protein but I am not

> interfering with her natural weaning process. That

> would, in my opinion, be confusing to

> her. And I am adamant that HEALTHY children should

> not gain weight just to gain weight.

> Especially not in a society with obesity and

> diabetes issues.

>

> I just think doctors don't know what healthy kids

> should look like, with all this processed

> junk around, they don't see healthy kids enough.

>

> 'Nough said.

>

> Angel A. and " underweight " Baby Eva.

>

 

 

 

 

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