Doctor said infant is obese?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares what you think. You're his nanny and if the parents trust the doctor, then you need to follow his/her guidelines. You aren't paid to make medical decisions.

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The parents hired a person, not an automaton -- I hope.

They also hired a doctor for medical advice. I doubt the nanny is qualified to give medical advice. That's just my opinion.

WTH? I don't see anywhere on the OP where the nanny is trying to give medical advice. She gave her OPINION in saying the doctor seems to be overreacting and ask other people's OPINIONS. Everybody is entitled to an opinion, whether or not that puts a smile on your face. She is not qualified to give medical advice and she wasn't trying to do so. Jeez... People around here are so tightly wounded it's quite scary.

OP asked what do we think. Sorry if you don't agree. Now unclinch and relax.

[Anonymous]

OP is probably some ignorant nanny that's been doing las dos with the baby. 2 months and 16 lbs is insane. That baby is in trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:OP is probably some ignorant nanny that's been doing las dos with the baby. 2 months and 16 lbs is insane. That baby is in trouble.

Yes. That is EXACTLY what this sounds like.

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I actually think it is encouraging that doctors are saying something to young babies. I read when I was pregnant (only a few years ago) that doctors would not categorize children as obese until the age of 2. I get that because before that age, getting weight on kids is important, especially if they are on the small size, and because some people will go too far and put health toddlers on diets because of their own weigh obsessions. All that said, during the last few years that I have been among babies and toddlers, I have seen some really chunky toddlers and babies. As on pp said, some of these little kids are actually unable to move very much because of the rolls and rolls and rolls upon rolls. So, I think some balanced and measured input from doctors is very good.

Also, I think the whole "percentile" thing can be misunderstood by people who don't really understand it. For example, a 90% kid in height is good--yay, your kid is tall. 90% in weight--maybe not so good after the birth. Yay--big baby. Not so yay when your kid is bigger than 90 of other kids in a country with obesity. As kids get older and older, that is even more troubling.

So, OP/Nanny, is the baby very long in addition to being 15 lbs? Because if the kids is very long and was very big at birth, maybe the doctor's concerns are misplaced. If the baby is a very petite baby in terms of length, then yes, that is a superchunko kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares what you think. You're his nanny and if the parents trust the doctor, then you need to follow his/her guidelines. You aren't paid to make medical decisions.

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The parents hired a person, not an automaton -- I hope.

They also hired a doctor for medical advice. I doubt the nanny is qualified to give medical advice. That's just my opinion.

WTH? I don't see anywhere on the OP where the nanny is trying to give medical advice. She gave her OPINION in saying the doctor seems to be overreacting and ask other people's OPINIONS. Everybody is entitled to an opinion, whether or not that puts a smile on your face. She is not qualified to give medical advice and she wasn't trying to do so. Jeez... People around here are so tightly wounded it's quite scary.

OP asked what do we think. Sorry if you don't agree. Now unclinch and relax.

I am the person you quoted. Thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is probably some ignorant nanny that's been doing las dos with the baby. 2 months and 16 lbs is insane. That baby is in trouble.

why do you have to be so rude?

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I can't believe how derailed this thread is. The baby is two months old!! Both my kids were chunky their first year, top weight percentiles. DS is a skinny four year old who can't keep his pants up (he was 15 lbs at two months) and dd is a slender almost 2-year old.

Op, sorry this thread got so weird. I think the ped was off base, I don't think there's any study showing a correlation between weight at 2m and later issues.

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TO REITERATE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TWO MONTH OLD.

Jesus Christ. A two month old is not obese or overweight. DS was in the 15th percentile for height, 85th for weight, and 99th for head circumference as an infant. He was a round blob of cute up until he started walking and now he is right in the middle for both height and weight (head is still enormous).

If the baby is BF I would totally ignore whatever the doctor said. If the baby is FF, he should be getting the recommended amount for his age. When he is 18 months and not slimming out then you can start talking about ensuring he isn't eating too much of (whatever). At TWO FREAKING MONTHS it's just dumb to even address it and would make me reconsider my choice of pediatrician.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe how derailed this thread is. The baby is two months old!! Both my kids were chunky their first year, top weight percentiles. DS is a skinny four year old who can't keep his pants up (he was 15 lbs at two months) and dd is a slender almost 2-year old.

Op, sorry this thread got so weird. I think the ped was off base, I don't think there's any study showing a correlation between weight at 2m and later issues.

Did you go to medical school or are you just making your opinion based on your 2 kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TO REITERATE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TWO MONTH OLD.

Jesus Christ. A two month old is not obese or overweight. DS was in the 15th percentile for height, 85th for weight, and 99th for head circumference as an infant. He was a round blob of cute up until he started walking and now he is right in the middle for both height and weight (head is still enormous).

If the baby is BF I would totally ignore whatever the doctor said. If the baby is FF, he should be getting the recommended amount for his age. When he is 18 months and not slimming out then you can start talking about ensuring he isn't eating too much of (whatever). At TWO FREAKING MONTHS it's just dumb to even address it and would make me reconsider my choice of pediatrician.

This x1000

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe how derailed this thread is. The baby is two months old!! Both my kids were chunky their first year, top weight percentiles. DS is a skinny four year old who can't keep his pants up (he was 15 lbs at two months) and dd is a slender almost 2-year old.

Op, sorry this thread got so weird. I think the ped was off base, I don't think there's any study showing a correlation between weight at 2m and later issues.

Did you go to medical school or are you just making your opinion based on your 2 kids?

Oh, STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe how derailed this thread is. The baby is two months old!! Both my kids were chunky their first year, top weight percentiles. DS is a skinny four year old who can't keep his pants up (he was 15 lbs at two months) and dd is a slender almost 2-year old.

Op, sorry this thread got so weird. I think the ped was off base, I don't think there's any study showing a correlation between weight at 2m and later issues.

Did you go to medical school or are you just making your opinion based on your 2 kids?

You got a study to show correlation between weight at 2m and childhood obesity? Bring it.

And don't forget that the CDC recommends using the WHO height/weight charts for bf infants. Breastfed babies gain more weight early on, then their weight gain slows down. They show up as higher percentiles for weight in the CDC charts in the early months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe how derailed this thread is. The baby is two months old!! Both my kids were chunky their first year, top weight percentiles. DS is a skinny four year old who can't keep his pants up (he was 15 lbs at two months) and dd is a slender almost 2-year old.

Op, sorry this thread got so weird. I think the ped was off base, I don't think there's any study showing a correlation between weight at 2m and later issues.

Did you go to medical school or are you just making your opinion based on your 2 kids?

Oh, STFU.

I'm so glad I got a rise out of you. My job is done for today. Have a great weekend and have a drink to relax.

[Anonymous]

I was pretty fat as a baby (was born large- over 10 lbs). I had rolls and rolls of fat. But as soon as I started moving around and especially when I started walking I slimmed down to a normal weight. I was not a fat child, just a fat baby.

[Anonymous]

I agree with OP. it's much easier to take care of a kid when he's too fat to move around. Also, candy bribes are much more effective with fat kids.

I see you working OP. you're not foolin' anyone.