Please tell me your giant baby slowed down…
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Anonymous
| My baby is huge. Not quite six months, weighs 25 lbs, EBF, and starting to outgrow 18m clothes. My back is killing me. I know they gain weight a lot more slowly once they’re mobile but mine isn’t quite sitting up solo yet so that’s going to be…a while. I assume it’s just hard to manage all that bulk? But please give me hope, I cannot carry this child much longer if things continue this way. |
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I hope he's out of an infant car seat? That's what killed our backs, not the baby weight.
Yeah I had an EBF 10lber that doubled his weight in 6months, but then he's been skinny ever since then. He started crawling pretty early (8months?) and then walked at 9 months. Just had his third birthday and he's only 15% BMI now. Long and skinny. He was always long, so even though he was a fat baby, he didn't look so fat. If I were you, I'd stop carrying him everywhere and let him to tons of floor and play gym time. I think when they struggle and want to follow you, that's when they learn to walk and crawl quicker! |
Anonymous
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My 2yr is 34" tall, 33 lbs, and he's a speed demon. He was a skinny baby up until we introduced food, then so much chunk and muscle.
Yours will thin out some once he starts moving (my oldest did, he was SUPER CHUNK as a baby), but likely bulk up again until about 2.5 Some kids are just solid. |
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DS2 is solid and has been since he was a baby. He was also on the clingy side, wanted to me held a lot, and it was terrible for my back.
He's 4 now, and I see other parents still picking up and carrying their kids who are the same age, and it makes me a bit wistful, because I just can't do it. My advice is to get a carrier that puts the weight on your hips, not your shoulders or back. And when he's old enough to want to explore, get one of those "learning towers" in the kitchen so he's not asking to be held all the time. |
Anonymous
| My son was big and also a little slow to roll over, sit, crawl, probably because he was schlepping around so much weight. He's now a very active 3 1/2-year-old, still very big for his age - like 99th percentile. |
Anonymous
My giant baby slowed down when he became mobile. He didn't fit with the stereotype of larger babies becoming mobile late. He was crawling, climbing, running, and walking (in that order) earlier than his brothers. He stayed tall, he's still like 99th percentile at 10, doctor predicts he'll be 6'4" or 6'5", but once he was mobile, he nursed less because he wanted to be down and moving, and he burned more calories. So, he was easier to carry which is good because I was tired from chasing him. |
Anonymous
| Unfortunately our giant baby is now a giant 18 month old— 36 inches and 31 lb!!! She was born big, was a big baby, and now is a huge toddler (people think she’s twice her age). My pediatrician says not to expect a slowdown until around 2.5/3 years. |
Anonymous
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My giant baby is now a giant almost 5 year old. He’s still about 90% for weight and height and almost 1/2 my weight and 70% my height.
You need a carrier, wrap, or sling to help take some of the weight when holding him. Hip seats are great for quick ups and downs and really take a lot of the weight off you. |
Anonymous
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My baby slowed down. He actually gained pretty much no weight between 18 months and 2 year, but got taller.
On the other hand doctors kept saying my sister would slow down and she never did. She's 6'1''. |
Anonymous
| I am still waiting. Baby was born at 38 weeks and weighed 9lbs. He is now 17 months and 35” and 32lbs. My whole body hurts from carrying him all the time. He is in size 3T clothes and wears a size 7 kids shoe. |
Anonymous
| They do slow down around walking age (1yo for mine). Then they thin out as toddlers and get taller/longer. Your back will adapt. I remember mine killing me the first year but now I don't really notice. |
Anonymous
| My younger son was 30 lbs at 1 and over 40 at 2. He looked like a tank. He stayed at around 40 until he was almost 5 though, and transformed into the very tall, skinny kid he’s been ever since. |
Anonymous
| My big baby turned into a very tall kid. She didn’t slim down until 2.5-3 years old, and now at age 5 is solidly in the 98th percentile and will likely stay there until puberty. Then we’ll see |
Anonymous
| 32 lbs at 12 months. 34 lbs at 24 months. |
Anonymous
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My baby was always of the chart - way over the 100th percentile
Now he is 6’2” 190 lbs at 17 years old and gorgeous! |