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Hi Ladies
Ive mentioned this before but now im getting worried and parnoid
Amy is 6 and half months now and is so happy and content, sleeps through the night (well except when she cries for her dummy!) eats well and is developing brilliantly (she can sit on her own and roll over - nearly!)
She is a big baby i mean really big. She is already in 9-12 month clothes and has been on the 99.9th centile for months - although started on the 50th at birth but went up quickly even when breastfeeding
What is upsetting me is EVERYONE keeps telling me how big she is and 'wow isnt she huge' or 'God look at the size of her' makes me feel really pissed off all over Xmas relatives were saying 'dont worry she'll loose it when she gets active' even when we werent talking about her weight
I havent taken her to the hv to get weighed in about 6 weeks coz they made me feel shit and when they asked what i was feeding her I said she has 3 bottles (20oz a day) and 3 meals cereal, lunch which is normally sheppards pie and something like cauliflower cheese for tea with yogurt or friut - does that seem about right??????
coz the hv thought i was lying!!!
I just want someone to reassure me that Amy is fine and that she will lose it eventually
I am fed up with people looking at me as if i am over feeding her or that she is 'abnormal' in some way
sorry for the rant but it really upsets me
xxxxxx
Ive mentioned this before but now im getting worried and parnoid
Amy is 6 and half months now and is so happy and content, sleeps through the night (well except when she cries for her dummy!) eats well and is developing brilliantly (she can sit on her own and roll over - nearly!)
She is a big baby i mean really big. She is already in 9-12 month clothes and has been on the 99.9th centile for months - although started on the 50th at birth but went up quickly even when breastfeeding
What is upsetting me is EVERYONE keeps telling me how big she is and 'wow isnt she huge' or 'God look at the size of her' makes me feel really pissed off all over Xmas relatives were saying 'dont worry she'll loose it when she gets active' even when we werent talking about her weight
I havent taken her to the hv to get weighed in about 6 weeks coz they made me feel shit and when they asked what i was feeding her I said she has 3 bottles (20oz a day) and 3 meals cereal, lunch which is normally sheppards pie and something like cauliflower cheese for tea with yogurt or friut - does that seem about right??????
coz the hv thought i was lying!!!
I just want someone to reassure me that Amy is fine and that she will lose it eventually
I am fed up with people looking at me as if i am over feeding her or that she is 'abnormal' in some way
sorry for the rant but it really upsets me
xxxxxx
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She sounds perfectly healthy to me! It's not like you're feeding her on junk food or biscuits so I can't see the problem. My eldest daughter at 6 months was on 3 bottles and 3-4 meals a day (and she had a pudding after at least one of those meals!)
I know it's hard when you feel people are criticizing you because you have a big baby, but that is obviously just her build. My eldest never seemed to weigh a lot, was just about average, but she always looked really chubby. Now she's 20 months and since she's been walking she has really seemed to slim down so I think she's been burning off some of the baby fat.
I'm sure you're doing a great job with your lo hun, try not to worry. xxx
my lo is only 4 months and has lovely chubby cheeks and thighs, at the mo she is exclusively breastfed. she is in 3-6 months clothes from some shops and 6-9 from others. everyone says how big she is but i think generally people don't know how big babies are... and everyone is different, my best mate who is the same age as me is 6 inches taller and 1 stone lighter!!!
I can understand it getting you down but as long as shes healthy and happy ignore them!!! youa re clearly a brillaint mum witha thriving baby...
and as for the hv I have only taken my lo to be weighed twice since she was born.. its such a circus and I can see shes growing so i'm sure its fine!
sending hugs, em xxx
My eldest boy was always between the 75th & 99th centiles as a babe but by age 2-3 he had settled in-between the 50th & 75th centiles.
I def agree with the others...all people are diff & if your LO is happy & healthy then who are these people to comment?!?! Shame we can't say things back - i'd love to tell Dylan's aunty that she is a bit podgy every time i see her - lol!!
I try really hard to let comments go over the top of my head, but i know that can be easier said than done.
Sarah xx
My lo is almost 8 months and I have just stopped getting these comments similar to what you have had. Everyone went on about how big he was (was born on 91st centile and followed it until about 6months) until recently, he is now on the 75th centile and quite tall so is skinny.
Amy sounds like she has a healthy diet so really there's no need to worry, Gabe is fussy with solids and doesnt eat much but he has 4 or 5 bottles of 7oz so a lot more milk and over christmas he's been eating all sorts like choc fingers etc so im the bad mummy here not you, just cos your LO is healthy and putting on weight so the HV should be saying well done x x x
firstly - yes she probably will not put weight on so quickly when she becomes more active, but rude to say it the way they are!
secondly - I'm sure those charts are out of date, they were based on a sample of children years ad years ago (looked it up once cant remember where I found it). They are based on 'average' not nessessarily the norm!
My lo was putting weight on folllowing a 90 degree straight line, not a curve - people think she looks older than she is (I do to when I compare her to friends babies born before her) but the most important thing is that our lo's are happy.
Also, you say she was breastfed - how long did you breastfeed for? As the charts are for ff babies, breastfed babies put on weight differently - they will put on weght more quickly in the first few months then slow down where as ff babies in theory follow the curve.
Lisa
Havent had her length measured since she was born! but me and oh did it and she is in proportion but like others have said even when i was pregnant people always commented on how big i was.
Hubby is also big he is 20 stone rugby guy so she was never going to be small people are just so rude!
Nice to hear other people are having the same!
GO BIG BABIES!!!!
xx
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