Big/hungry baby?
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Yup! Our little boy was born September 5th at 8.9lbs now is 17lbs and in 6-9 month clothing but we are having to upgrade to 9-12 month. He feeds every 1-2 hours for 30 minutes a day 😂 we now offer purée in between feeds
@Kristine he’s just quite long and solid I think! He’s on formula now, I tried so hard to breastfeed but didn’t have enough milk, was combi feeding for a while and just giving him what I could pump but he’s just on formula now x
Sounds just like he's a big-ish baby. Just like mine, he's breastfed and very similar on the 75th percentile. Looks like yours in tracking a little higher but not much so I wouldn't worry. If you are take him to the HV for a weigh and I'm sure they'll reassure you it's all good!! At my LOs 16week vaccination the nurse said is we want to see chunky babies 😊
I have to say I feel so so lucky to have been able to breastfed my baby and not have to check on how much he's drank. I have no idea what he has but just making sure he's growing and can feed him whenever. Even though breastfeeding is no picnic, I can imagine formula can be quite stressful too.
I've got a 20lb bub who isn't 4 months for another week and a half...he is breastfed and gets boob at any opportunity. I'm not stressing as he was born 9 2, went up a centile and has stayed on track for that. I imagine formula has more guidelines but maybe see what HV says - I'm clueless as to weather you can offer more? X
My boy was born 18th September at 5lbs 15oz (37 weeker) and he’s now drinking 4-5 8oz bottles through the day, your little one will take what they need xx
What a cutie! He doesn’t look overly chunky to me, looks like a normal chunk! Is he on formula or breastmilk? My boy was born the same weight as yours, but a few weeks behind on the 30th! I weighed him last Jan 3rd and he was 14lb 5oz. He’s breastfed with 1 bottle at night of breastmilk and that’s usually 125ml