Doctor said infant is obese?

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Op here.
Mom is not concerned about the weight but she is having me drop one feeding everyday. Dr wants to see baby for a weight check at 3 months

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Anonymous wrote:If I were the kid, I think I'd find a new mommy. 24 hr nanny at 2 months? Damn. At least do a 3 month maternity leave before going back to work.

Amen.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

If a kid is 90th percentile for height, why wouldn't 90th percentile for weight be perfectly appropriate? I would think that this means the kid is proportional-- just generally a bigger kid.

I don't know. My DS was the fattest, roly-poly baby you've ever seen-- and he didn't move around a lot, either! We didn't overfeed him at all. He was just fat, fat, fat. (I gained 25 lbs during pregnancy and was on the thin side to begin with, so I don't think anything about my diet/weight gain influenced him, and he was normal sized when he was born). Now he is the skinniest 9 year old in his class. Sometimes when I see him naked, I'm actually alarmed by it and have had him checked by the pediatrician.

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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.

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.

that's kind of pathetic

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Why is this even up for discussion?! Breast fed babies typically look like the Michelin Man until they start to move around on their own. The growing brains and bodies absolutely need the high fat and sugar diet that is breast milk. Delaying feeding times for a 2 month old is completely ridiculous. Why the hell would anyone want to wait until a baby is starving and hysterical to offer food?!

The ped is off his rocker.

THIS!

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I read the book how to get your kids to eat but not too much and she says science says that weight below age 7 doesn't matter in relation to adult weight - that you can't predict obesity until age 7 plus. for a baby, I wouldn't worry if they baby were growing normally - I might be more concerned about something medically wrong (like doesn't have the ability to realize it's full, or thyroid is slow, but I have never heard or seen a baby that just overeats)

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I've known quite a few really fat babies who grew up to be regular sized kids/adults.

I honestly think it's much more concerning when a 2 month old fails to gain weight. 9, even 10 pound babies are born every day. It seems weird that a 15 pound 2 month old would raise all sorts of red flags...but I'm not a pediatrician what do I know..

As long as the parents aren't doing something weird - like giving the baby highly concentrated sugar water or soft drinks, I would tend not to worry so much.

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OP--what was the birth weight? As a PP hints at that would seem more relevant to whether the weight gain is too much (and perhaps an indication of a metabolic issue) than just the weight taken out of context. The rule of thumb I was given (actually to ensure enough weight was gained) was double the birth weight at six months and triple at one year.

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My son grew incredibly fast - born at 8 lbs 7 oz, 13 lbs at 1 month old, 17 lbs at 2 months old, 24 lbs by 4 months old, weighed 33 lbs on his first birthday. 100% breastfed. Off the top of the charts, unmeasurable since he was 1 month old. He's 4 1/2 now, 55 lbs and incredibly tall & thinned out, believe it or not. He's projected to be 6'9" when fully grown. Thank goodness our doctor looked at the full picture when discussing this - family history is important. I have four brothers, one who is 6'8", one who is 6'5", and two that are 6'2" - their BMI's are all healthy. Two of my nephews, both formula fed, had the exact same growth pattern. My son is definitely unusual, but there is nothing wrong with him.

2 months is way too early to be worried about obesity!!

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Anonymous wrote:Did the conversation going something like

you: Is his weight a problem?
Dr: Well, children who are overweight tend to have a higher risk of being overweight later in life.

Or did the doctor come out and say the baby is going to be a tub of lard?

There is a lot of room for interpretation of this scenario.

Agree. I will say, my friend had to put her daughter on a "diet" at 13 months. She was way off the charts for weight and actually was having difficulty mobility wise because she was basically a sphere with arms and legs

omg

funniest line ever

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Anonymous wrote:OP--what was the birth weight? As a PP hints at that would seem more relevant to whether the weight gain is too much (and perhaps an indication of a metabolic issue) than just the weight taken out of context. The rule of thumb I was given (actually to ensure enough weight was gained) was double the birth weight at six months and triple at one year.

Birth weight was 7 lbs 3oz

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Anonymous wrote:OP--what was the birth weight? As a PP hints at that would seem more relevant to whether the weight gain is too much (and perhaps an indication of a metabolic issue) than just the weight taken out of context. The rule of thumb I was given (actually to ensure enough weight was gained) was double the birth weight at six months and triple at one year.

Birth weight was 7 lbs 3oz

Wow, sounds like a metabolic issue. I would get this kid to a pediatric GI, stat.

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Anonymous wrote:OP--what was the birth weight? As a PP hints at that would seem more relevant to whether the weight gain is too much (and perhaps an indication of a metabolic issue) than just the weight taken out of context. The rule of thumb I was given (actually to ensure enough weight was gained) was double the birth weight at six months and triple at one year.

Birth weight was 7 lbs 3oz

Wow, sounds like a metabolic issue. I would get this kid to a pediatric GI, stat.

I don't know. My boys grew incredibly fast in the first couple of months - they are preteen/teen now and tall but healthy weights. I don't remember exact numbers now but I'm about positive that they had more than doubled their birth weights well before their 6 month check ups. And they were not "fat" babies at all.

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Anonymous wrote:OP--what was the birth weight? As a PP hints at that would seem more relevant to whether the weight gain is too much (and perhaps an indication of a metabolic issue) than just the weight taken out of context. The rule of thumb I was given (actually to ensure enough weight was gained) was double the birth weight at six months and triple at one year.

Birth weight was 7 lbs 3oz

Wow, sounds like a metabolic issue. I would get this kid to a pediatric GI, stat.

I don't know. My boys grew incredibly fast in the first couple of months - they are preteen/teen now and tall but healthy weights. I don't remember exact numbers now but I'm about positive that they had more than doubled their birth weights well before their 6 month check ups. And they were not "fat" babies at all.

16 lbs is well above the 99th percentile for weight at 2 months. The pediatrician is right to be worried.

Doubling by 6 months is a LOT different than more than doubling by 2 months.

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I think the baby is okay. Weight gain before growth spurts.