hi i took my daughter or her 6 month check on moday and she is not gaining much weight she is 6 1/2 months and she weighed on at 6.6kg which means that she has only just dubbled her birth weight she is only averaging 18gms weight gain a day that is about 130gms a week they have suggested offering more solids any of you had this problem or any ideas on how i can get weight on to her she was 1 months prem but she was a big girl she weighed on at 7lb 5oz for 4 weeks earlie but she left hospital after 2 weeks and was way under birth weight she was 400gms lighter than what she was born and that took just over 1 month to get it back on her she is fully bottle feed never breast feed please help she dose not look unhealthy but my son was said to be on the smaller side and he was 100gms heavery than her when he was 4 months and when he was 6 months he was 7.9kgs sorry the post is so long hope you can understand thanks sharon

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I wouldn't stress either, my DD was also 4 weeks early and has always been well below the 'graphs'. At 6 1/2 months she was only 5.67kg, and at 4 years only weighs 11kgs! As long as your bub is gaining weight, and not losing weight or plateuing, there is nothing to worry about. Some kids just follow their own graph!

Hope this helps.

Nic

mum to
Hannah - 27/04/01
Lachlan - 18/04/04

I was sort of worried too about DJ but when you look at a room full of adults they are all different sizes etc. I kept telling myself that. She was quite tall but average weight, so she appeared thinner than other babies. Now she is heading for 3 and is avearge weight and height. She has a little pot belly

Susana & DH Chris[size=1] aka GoateeCat
DD Delia Jade 13/11/02 & DS Darcy Cole 2/11/04

I was told to look for a weight gain of 100-150gms a week, so it sounds like she is doing ok. I also remember when DD was a baby being told that babies usually double the birth weight in 6 mths and then again in 12mths. So if a baby was 4kgs born it would be 8kg at 6mths and 12kgs at 12 months.

HTH

Bec

Lucy 1/3/01
Samuel 25/1/05

oh dont worry about them
My DD was always on the small side at 5 mths she weighed 5kgs and 6 mths she weighed 6 and then at 1 she weighed 7.5 (She wore 00 clothing on her first Birthday)
Looking back at it, i stressed WAY Too much about weight, i wish i didnt worry so much and spent the time enjoying her.

oh thanks guys she looks healthy she is happy she just looks younger than what she is so i think that i will keep her on 2 solid feeds a day a whan and if she becomes irratied i will boost her feed because feed her more has increased her reflux and has made her wingie thanks for all your help

sharon

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