Did your big baby slow down in growth and level out?

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Was always 99th percentile. Lately, at 12 yrs old, down to 95th. I expect he won’t hold his curve once puberty hits. If genetics are the guide, he will probably be tall but thinner.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, he is 6'3" and 250 at 21.

My cousin was a huge baby (10 plus pounds) and he's probably 6'3"-6'4" and 200s.

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Is he an IVF baby?

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Yep. 10lb baby. He’s now a 32lb 3 year old. Super tall and skinny just like my Dh. He’s always 95th for height but no longer chunky.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. 10lb baby. He’s now a 32lb 3 year old. Super tall and skinny just like my Dh. He’s always 95th for height but no longer chunky.

Also, Dh was a 10lb 2oz baby and he’s 165lbs and 6’3.

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Anonymous wrote:Is he an IVF baby?

Op here - no he isn’t. He was born at 38 weeks and was 8lbs10oz.

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My son was 10lbs 3oz at birth and stayed on that curve for height - he has always been slim. He is 6’2” and 135lbs at 14, still growing like a weed.

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Mine has stayed big. So has the huge baby from a baby play group I was in. He’s now a huge high schooler.

If your baby’s growth is really out of line with family background, you could get a consult with an endocrinologist. Growths on glands can cause unusual growth.

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My ds was over 11 lbs at birth and was big through toddlerhood. He’s still tall at 10, but is super skinny now (like can count his ribs skinny).

Dd was a blob of a baby - so many fat rolls! Now at 8, she’s average height for her age and also very skinny.

I think it’s very common for kids to thin out once they get mobile, but they usually stay on their curve for height.

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My 99%ers are 3 and 4.5 snd haven’t slowed. Girl and boy

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Dd was 50% height and weight at birth, then shot up to 95th and at some point "off the charts" between 6m and 3 years. DH and I are both tallish and thin. I'm 5'7 and 135lbs. Dd is now 4yo and something like 90% for height and weight (coincidentally 44"and 44lbs). So she's still quite big but creeping down in percentiles. At this point, she stands out for her height more than her weight, i think. She was an incredibly chubby baby and toddler but is now just kind of solid. I imagine she'll always be a bigger kid. My son on the other hand is pretty long and lean (more like me and DH) at 20 months old.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine has stayed big. So has the huge baby from a baby play group I was in. He’s now a huge high schooler.

If your baby’s growth is really out of line with family background, you could get a consult with an endocrinologist. Growths on glands can cause unusual growth.

No not totally out of line. My brother is 6’2” and DH has uncles well over 6’2”. Op here.

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Brother was like this, he grew up to be about 5’9 and 140 lbs. As an infant he was so fat his feet didn’t fit in shoes.

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My son was only 9 lb 5 oz at birth, but 29 lbs at 6 months—way more than chubby. Dr ordered genetic tests, nothing was wrong with him. At age 2 he still weighed 30 lbs but was quite tall. 99 percentile for most of childhood. Now almost 22 and is 6ft 200 lbs –but lifts weights and purposely eating a lot to fuel big muscles. Otherwise he was slender. (Parents short 5’3” and 5’9”and we are both slender)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is he an IVF baby?

Op here - no he isn’t. He was born at 38 weeks and was 8lbs10oz.

My younger DS was that exact weight at birth, and was also 29 lbs at 1 (weird). He was 40 lbs at two, and gained the nickname “Tank” among our friends. But he stayed at the 40 lb mark until he was 6 or 7, at which point he was very thin. He’s now 12 at 5’5 and 90 lbs.