Is 15 lbs for a 6th month old REALLY in the 5th percentile? - Page 2

[Carma]

According to this : http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/usefu...ercentiles.htm he is at 6% for weight. Not sure which chart they use. BF babies tend to grow faster up to ~6 months and slower after ~6 months compared to FF baby. So a BF baby could appear to fall of her/his curve after ~6 months, which is completely normal.

Carma

[Adaline'sMama]

DD was 14.4 at her 6 month and I was told she was "just above" the 25th percentile.

[busymama77]

DS was almost 18lbs at his 6mo check up and that put him in the 60th percentile. I don't see how 3lbs could make up that much of a difference in the percentage factor. And my DS is tall, too. He measured 27 inches at the appt as well! Maybe that has something to do with it and not just the weight?

[Deir]

Nora was 13lb 12 oz at 6 month appointment. The doc said she was in 10th.

[octobermom]

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

As long as he stays on his own curve and they don't try to feed you any nonsense about needing to supplement him or something it's all good. I'm surprised they didn't give you one of those little charts showing the percentile curves with his data plotted.

I agree like I know my LO isn't the biggest kid but she has made a huge progression, shes was below the charts at birth at the 1% at a month up to the 30th by her 4th month and was down a bit to 24% at this one... BUT her height jumped from 25% to 50%... I'm pretty confident in my milk....


Deanna

[LadyCatherine185]

Originally Posted by busymama77

DS was almost 18lbs at his 6mo check up and that put him in the 60th percentile. I don't see how 3lbs could make up that much of a difference in the percentage factor. And my DS is tall, too. He measured 27 inches at the appt as well! Maybe that has something to do with it and not just the weight?

At that young of an age and low of weight, a few pounds do make a huge difference in percentiles.

[Peace+Hope]

just chiming in b/c my little guy is a similar weight....

at his 6-month appointment, he was 15 lbs 9 oz, and my dr. told me 25th%.

don't know which chart she's using!

anyway, another here to say it doesn't matter unless your LO is dropping percentiles dramatically...

[Addie]

That does seem small to me, but my perspective is skewed, because my only baby is way at the other end of the spectrum. He was 22.5 lbs at 6 months. To reiterate, there's nothing inherently worrisome with being about being at 5% - someone has to be the fifth percentile, just like someone has to be the ninety-ninth. There are also different charts for boys and girls.

[Snapdragon]

thanks for the support.
the weird thing is that the doctor said that I should come back for a follow up appointment a month later. And that if his weight isn't increased ( to a degree they see as appropriate) he wants to do blood work on ds! huh? seems kind of aggressive, y'know- because other than that percentile there are no issues. so I will not do the blood work either way- I hope the doctor is okay with that- I really actually like my pediatrician- he is very kind. He is much more "mainstream" than I am (pro vax, all the norm of a typical doc etc) but he is also a gentle and nice person and he didn't push me on it when I said no vax's. So hopefully it will all be fine. I am not concerned about ds's well being in terms of weight- other than being confused about their concern.

[angelpie545]

Huh, my ds was almost 18lbs the last time we weighed him (at 6 months old, he's almost 7 months now) and he was in the 50% percentile. That was at WIC, and I'm not sure what charts they use.