The doctors tell me she's now in the 80th percentile, but what should she weight. She's 17 pounds and 25 inches long. Length is 50th percentile, so that's fine.
2006-07-12 02:50:08 · 8 answers · asked by Geltrude 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
shes fine...my oldest was off the charts ALWAYS!! he was just a big kid...now he is 6 yrs. old and 5 ft. tall and 62 lbs....he's just big! all kids are different...if there was a concern your pediatrican would have talked to you about it...
2006-07-12 02:55:23 · answer #1 · answered by irishmomof3 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
What growth charts are your doctors using? I am including a link to the newest, most accurate ones. They are the first ones *ever* to be based on a population of babies who are known to have been well-nourished. Earlier charts are based on a large number of babies of unknown nutritional status at a time when overfeeding was considered healthy...
According to the charts, 17 lb is just below the 85th percentile. 25 inches is just below the 50th percentile. So she is just fine on *both* measures.
As to what she *should* weigh, I would say 17 pounds. Unless you are bottle feeding *and* giving her more than she wants, she is growing exactly the way she should. She is well within normal limits (normal would be 11 lb. 7 oz. to 20 lb. 4 oz.). Or...to look at it differently, normal weight for her length would be 12 lb. 1 oz. to 18 lb. 8 oz. So don't worry.
2006-07-12 03:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just looked up her weight on this percentile chart I use for my own daughter and your daughter is 75th-90th percentile for weight. I think this is fine-my doctor said as long as they are between about the 5th -95 th percentile, it is OK. Did you ask your doctor if he is concerned about her weight? If he isn't concerned, I would relax. My son was 18 pounds at 5 months and my daughter was 12 pounds at 5 months-every child is different!
2006-07-12 15:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your health care specialist's suggestion is ... strange. Your toddler is eating (assuming he isn't any longer dozing longer at nighttime), about 27 oz. in step with day. it truly is fantastic. it isn't too a lot. in reality, in protecting including his weight, it is actual somewhat lower than you may anticipate him to settle on. it is thoroughly unreasonable to anticipate a toddler this age to bypass longer than 4 hours on any kind of popular foundation. in reality, many toddlers are eating each and every 2-3 hours. ANd his weight benefit is fantastic too. 5 a million/2 pounds in 2 months is somewhat larger than 'everyday' , yet it truly isn't any longer a difficulty. He became smallish at start, so he's likely making up for that. he's top around the sixtieth percentile. you may seek for a sparkling health care specialist who isn't extremely so inflexible. EDIT: a great deal surprised at Allison's suggestion. 2 pounds a month is 'everyday' for a youthful toddler. meaning, for sure that some toddlers will benefit better, and some a lot less. (And a million pound a month may be low adequate to be reason for issue.) And even as it is actual authentic that you do not ought to feed a toddler each and each and every time he cries, if it is been 4 hours then it truly is an effective guess that toddler is hungry. If it is been 20 minutes, perchance it is a few thing else. He needs foodstuff to augment and thrive, and the concept toddlers are one way or the different 'meant to' spend some hours crying each day ... it truly is ludicrous. If toddler is crying he needs some thing. toddler cries -- you meet his needs -- he stops crying. particularly ordinary equation.
2016-12-01 03:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by abeta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm attempting some math here....but to confirm, you may want to go out to www.babycenter.com. It's an EXCELLENT site that has everything you ever wanted/needed to know about babies. If she's 80%, that means she's 30% bigger than "average", so the average weight for a 5 month old is about 14 lbs or so. If you are concerned about the 80% thing, try not to fret. Babies grow at different rates, and she may be 80% now, and then fall below that as she gets more active.
2006-07-12 03:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by julesl68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those are just guidline numbers that they give you. Your baby is fine. My 3 month old is 75% in height and 25% in weight, making him tall and skinny. All babies are different though and you should not worry too much about this. you can always ask your pediatriction if you are ever concerned.
2006-07-12 04:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by Amber D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My baby weighed about 10 pounds
2006-07-12 03:04:38 · answer #7 · answered by mommy2faithat19#3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK 16 TO 18 POUNDS.
2006-07-12 02:56:02 · answer #8 · answered by marcialee_1968 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋