average height and weight of babies

[Carol Ann]

Morgan is 11 weeks 3 days old and she's huge!! I don't mean fat. I mean she
seems so 'thick'.


Everyone who sees her is shocked to hear she is only 11 weeks old.

Is there a chart to show the average height and weight of babies as they
age?


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~Carol Ann
Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04
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[Jill]

"Carol Ann" > wrote
>
> Is there a chart to show the average height and weight of babies as they
> age?
>
>

What percentile is she in for weight for her age, has your pediatrician told
you lately? I wouldn't even put much stock in that but it might be useful.

Rachel is only in the 25%- she 's 5 weeks old and 8 pounds, 3 ounces. I
think she will tend to be that way and that it's ok- babies tend to be small
like that in my family (and small kids and small teenagers) and then make it
up later. I do wish Rachel would fill out and thicken up some though! We are
working on it, nursing like crazy on demand.

But back to Morgan, how much does she weigh now? I bet you she's probably
right where she should ideally be.

I can't wait to go see my friend's baby who was 6 pounds-something when she
was born and is 2 weeks older than Rachel. I bet she's made up being that
small (and I am hoping Rachel's growth spurts will help her on her end- I
have been kind of worrying about it, and fighting the urge to compare her to
other babies the same age, and to other babies who weighed what she did when
she was born, to see where they are)...

This seems out of whack to me but Rachel measures 25% in weight, 50% in head
measurement, and 75% in length! She's long and skinny with a little bobble
head, lol!

[JennP]

"Jill" > wrote in message
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> do wish Rachel would fill out and thicken up some though! We are
> working on it, nursing like crazy on demand.

Just wondering, why? Some babies just *aren't* thickand won't ever be.
Matthew never was. Honestly, you don't have to work on anything, just feed
her!

I mean this is the nicest way Jill, but *please* don't go making more work
for yourself. I have a feeling I'm not the first person to ever tell you
this. :)
--
JennP.

mom to Matthew 10/11/00
EDD #2 10/24/04
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[Ericka Kammerer]

Carol Ann wrote:
> Morgan is 11 weeks 3 days old and she's huge!! I don't mean fat. I mean she
> seems so 'thick'.
>
> Everyone who sees her is shocked to hear she is only 11 weeks old.
>
> Is there a chart to show the average height and weight of babies as they
> age?

Sure, try here:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/charts.htm

Best wishes,
Ericka

[Jody Pellerin]

"Jill" > wrote in message >...
> "Carol Ann" > wrote
> >
> > Is there a chart to show the average height and weight of babies as they
> > age?
> >
> >
>
> What percentile is she in for weight for her age, has your pediatrician told
> you lately? I wouldn't even put much stock in that but it might be useful.
>
> Rachel is only in the 25%- she 's 5 weeks old and 8 pounds, 3 ounces. I
> think she will tend to be that way and that it's ok- babies tend to be small
> like that in my family (and small kids and small teenagers) and then make it
> up later. I do wish Rachel would fill out and thicken up some though! We are
> working on it, nursing like crazy on demand.
>
> But back to Morgan, how much does she weigh now? I bet you she's probably
> right where she should ideally be.
>
> I can't wait to go see my friend's baby who was 6 pounds-something when she
> was born and is 2 weeks older than Rachel. I bet she's made up being that
> small (and I am hoping Rachel's growth spurts will help her on her end- I
> have been kind of worrying about it, and fighting the urge to compare her to
> other babies the same age, and to other babies who weighed what she did when
> she was born, to see where they are)...
>
> This seems out of whack to me but Rachel measures 25% in weight, 50% in head
> measurement, and 75% in length! She's long and skinny with a little bobble
> head, lol!

Here's something I just dug up that you two might find helpful...
http://www.babycenter.com/growthchart/
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/1620.html
http://www.promom.org/bf_info/growth.html

[Jenrose]

"Carol Ann" > wrote in message
news:c9%yc.41900$HG.39923@attbi_s53...
> Morgan is 11 weeks 3 days old and she's huge!! I don't mean fat. I mean
she
> seems so 'thick'.
>
>
> Everyone who sees her is shocked to hear she is only 11 weeks old.
>
> Is there a chart to show the average height and weight of babies as they
> age?

Eh, skip the charts. You've got a butterball--that's not a bad thing!

My kiddo was 20 pounds at 4 months, and by 9 months her rolls of fat had
rolls of fat. She's now an average sized almost-11 year old, not fat at all.
It was all breastmilk! She hit 27 pounds by 1 year and stayed there for
almost an entire year.

And when she was 7 1/2 she hit 4-foot 7-ish and 83 pounds and stayed there,
not gaining an inch or pound, for two solid years. Then she shot up 20
pounds and is almost 5 feet, 100 pounds soaking wet with all her clothes on,
and that's just in the past 6 months.

Kids do that. They grow like crazy then skid to a stop until you start to
worry, then you wake up and discover they've grown an inch overnight.
(literally... from Oct. 31 to Nov 1...she gained an inch... woke up saying,
"Mom, my feet are smaller." I had to explain... "No, honey, they're just
farther away.")

My point is that as long as she's not being force-fed and she's nursing,
extra chunk just *isn't* an issue. And if at some point she skids to a halt
for a few months, that's normal too, especially when they start crawling.

We swore when my dd went from 7 lb 11 at birth to 15 pounds 2 months later
to 20 pounds 2 months after that that she'd be the world's first 150 pound,
6-foot-tall 3-year-old. At age 3, she was maybe 35 pounds.

Jenrose

[Kari]

You really dont need to go by the charts. They can cause unnecessary worry
if your baby is "too big" or "too small"

I worried endlessly with my daughter, especially being my first born. She
was born an average size but by 6 mos she was in the 20% for both, by a year
she was in the 5%. After tests, and weight checks, height checks, etc, they
couldn't find anything wrong but made us feel awful by suggesting that we
weren't feeding her enough. Well, she's 8.6 years now and she's just over 40
pounds and 45 in tall (about the size of a 5 yr old) She's been the same
weight for about 18 mos now and she's grown an inch in the last year. She's
wearing the same clothes she wore to kindergarten, and actually, her younger
brother has larger feet than she does, wears larger tops and pj's than she
does (they're within an inch of being the same height)

And the baby? He's doing the same thing. At his last weight check, he was
16lbs - he's nearly 9 mos old.

Kari
mom to 3