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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

You yourself clearly don't understand the percentile charts. IF a kid is 95% in height s/he will [b]likely[/b] be a higher weight percentile because of the additional height.  There is no correlation to any weight issues in sonething like that. [/quote]

No "likely" about it, PPs. You need both percentiles to make an informed decision, of course! There are plenty of tall very skinny children, and short very fat ones, hence the concern.
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