How much does your toddler weigh?

Just went for my first plunket visit and they are a bit concern about this weight (not much but they want to keep an eye on it)

She is 8,42kg at 13 and a half months. She never had fat on her and she is quite petite. Both hubby and me looks about the same in photos. (not that you will think that now of me at all. )

She is like really freaking active and have a healthy appetite on her. Not that worried more a bit peeved and curious.

They want me to put her on a high density milk. (something called pedisure of something like that). Not intending to do that as I am still BF and that is only milk she gets and will get.

Hi Shirena,

I just looked up Ella's plunket records and at her 15 month check she was just 8.75 kilos.
They never suggested there was anything wrong with her weight so it is interesting that they are so concerned about McKayla.
Ella was/is a lot like your wee girl. Very very active and always eating (except her veges, grr!) so I think she just uses up everything that goes in. I'd guess its the same in your case too?
Good on you for sticking with the breastfeeding. Plunket are great, but their guidelines for weight etc are not gospel. You know your baby best, and you'd know if she were unhealthily underweight or unwell.

Just before we left SA the pediatrician also told me her weight is a bit light but that the charts are based on Formula fed babies and around 7 months a BF baby wont pick up weight as fast as FF babies.

Charts are the same. She was a really petite girl at birth and looked real small but tall.But a really healthy weight of 3,42kg.

Never had problems of picking up weight but she does it slowly and is like super active. I suppose I was just slightly alarmed as I had it from her pediatrician and now from them as well.

I am intending to BF her until 2 years at least (or if she weans herself beforehand and then see from there. I rather give her mommy's milk than milk from another mammal.

She does have like about 20 ml now and then of milo made with cows milk as I dont have my Breastpump here (still in the container)

LOL Janine - Ayja was smaller than my littlest twin I guess I do make giant babies!

Anyways, back to topic - Maya was exactly 8kg at her 1 year check up, and I just about had a party! She was 4kg born, then failed to thrive due to multiple allergies so by 9 mths was only 7kg. She was in the 97th for height and the 3rd for weight so looked like a lollipop - huge head on a skinny body. She ended up in hospital and the paed put her on a special formula and she started to grow, and I was so stoked that she finally hit the 8kg mark!

The point of the story is tho that she was on a very restricted diet and was very slow to grow but she's now nearly 4 (eek!) and 18kg which is average for her age, still in the 97th for height so quite tall and lean, but has definitely caught up. So I'm sure your little girl will too.

The docs really only start to worry about them when they start dropping across percentile lines, as long as they are growing at a steady rate it doesn't matter whether they are on the bottom of the charts or the top.

Kids all grow at different rates. Like the other ladies said, if your daughter is eating, active and happy then there's probably nothing to worry about. She sounds just like my older boy - who eats enough to fuel his body and is too active to have anything left over to cover his visible ribs or anything like that!

For a quick comparison between different children, here's my kids:
Kiya: Birth - 3.54kg; 10 weeks - 5.6kg; 11 months - 8.4kg; 20 months - 10kg
Josiah: Birth - 3.2kg; 10 weeks - 4.5kg; 11 months - 7.6kg; 20 months - 9kg
Xavier: Birth - 4.02kg; 10 weeks - 7kg

Edited by becca.l

jack is 13.5kgs and he's almost 2.5yrs. he was always in the bottom percentile

I was always told that Bay was on the light side but tall side around 15months he was 9kgs (rounded) but now hes in the middle 50% for his height and weight and he weighs 14kgs now at almost 3 years.

As someone said plunket charts are based on formula fed babies and breastfed toddlers are a bit smaller as a whole anyway. It seems pretty ridiculous to be suggesting cows milk when she is breastfed it sounds like you are doing the right thing.

Jake was 18kg, but in hopsital when they weighed him he was 15kg. but my scales could've been a bit weird anyway