Weight - dropping 2 percentile lines?!?!

I was just flicking through Caitlin's Plunket book and noticed that when she was born and up until she was 12 months old, she was on the 75th percentile line, then dropped to the 50th at 15mths and now she's under the 25th!

She's 10kg exactly according to my home scales (which means she hasn't put on ANY weight since she was 12mths!) and approx 85cms. (she was born 4285kg, 52cms)

She's fairly healthy (no illnesses other than her continuing constipation), eats what I would expect any toddler to eat if not a little less.

I just remember from ages ago someone saying to me that it is only a worry if they drop 2 percentile lines - I don't remember if that was from a reputable source or not though.

Am hoping Kelly will see this and give me her professional Plunket Nurse opinion

I'd really not worry if she is happy and healthy.

They also seem to go through up and out growth spurts at different times, so she could have just been having an 'up growth spurt' each time you saw your plunket nurse.

Just had a look at his plunket book and his line has pretty much done exactly the same thing Caitlin's has - was up at 75th at 10-12 months, then down to 50th by 15 and now is on the 25th line.

we have sat between 9.5 and 10kg for ages....we just keep going over that top height plunket line every weigh / measure we do!!!

10kg!!! Lily weighed just over that at her 8 mth check

I never looked at the percentile charts, I don't even think the Plunket nurse filled them in.

My girl stayed at 10kg for over a year, and after that she very gradually put weight on. Remember that when they start walking they won't be putting weight on as fast!

She is coming up 4 years in a few months and weighs just on 15kg now.

Their weight gain does slow dramatically around 12 months, and she has just had a tummy bug so might have lost a little, my girls lost 2kg each when they had it last year.

Gina has never been a big baby anyways and I tend to think, if she's healthy and happy then she must be OK. Not sure about the 2% thing but will be keen to read more if anyone knows

miss wrote: fattartsrock wrote:    Both are normal, but the chart plunklet uses allows for the fact that mixed or formula fed babies are often a little heavier. See, I keep hearing that, but plunket often tells me that they see bigger breastfed babies and have no problem with them beingint he 97th percentile (like Lily is). maybe they are just trying to make me feel better? Becasue her 10kg came from breastfeeding and veges alone! (and no potato or kumara in there either. We have only started meat recently and bread too).

I think it is what it is. Your baby is Normal for her, if you get my drift. My Jake was always big, and Char has always been little.
Lily is a great size, plenty to come and go on if she is sick!

LOL you are not SO BIG! Caitlin was, that photo on your fridge cracks me up, but she's like my chubbies, she's outgrown her baby fat.