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@Julia the doctor wouldn’t know about his weight as their scales are ‘broken’ and he didn’t weigh him at the 6-8 week check, nor at any vaccinations when I asked 🤪 and I’ve not had the same health visitor, I had a few different ones and they’ve not been in contact since 12 weeks and I’ve not got a contact number for them. Maybe I should go to a weigh in clinic!
@Beth So how do you know his weight is decreasing unless I read that wrong? Libraries often have scales to weigh your baby on as well x
My baby is on the 9th for weight and 98th for length and no one is concerned.
@Julia ah!! Apologies for not explaining : I weighed him about 2 months ago at baby massage as they had the proper scales and then again this week at home on our scales (which I know will be slightly less accurate). He’s definitely gaining weight, just going down in percentile. It might not even matter, which is why I’m asking! 😊
@Andreia brilliant, thanks!
Hi there the weight will go up and down as they have growth spurts. As long as he is gaining I wouldn’t worry x
Is your baby moving around a lot? Like rolling and attempting to crawl? They lose their chunk pretty quickly this way and it’s not concerning. I don’t think a doctor would be concerned about dropping weight percentiles if height percentiles are maintained, unless the weight percentile is very low like 5%
Is his doctor/HV worried about his weight? If they aren’t worried then I wouldn’t be worried. My daughter’s weight was up and down due to a milk allergy and even then they didn’t take action when she dropped to the 5th from the 25th x