Should I worry?! Baby tripled birth weight by 7 months

[lisastevo]

My lb has tripled his birth weight and he is just coming up to 7months. Maybe I should step away from google but everything I've read says double by 6 months, triple by 1 year!

He was steady on the 25th centile until 4 months and he is now on the 75th! He weighed 6lb 7ozs at birth, never lost any weight and now at 30 weeks weighs 19lb 5ozs!!! Everyone always comments on him being a big baby and I have definitely noticed him getting heavier and bigger but I wouldn't say he looks fat, everyone just says babies are like that.

Weaning is blowing my mind with regards to how much formula and solids I should be giving so I guess maybe I'm worried I'm over feeding.

Any thoughts much appreciated. Thank you

 

[beckyboo1]

I wouldn't worry at all.. You know your baby best

He wasn't very big at birth so is probably making up for it now. Once he gets moving weight gain tends to slow down as they burn so much energy off x

 

[Goat]

I wouldn't worry either. My baby is also 7months and born bordering the 2nd/9th centile and is now bordering the 50th/75th. She's breastfed and loving her solids. My eldest was born on the 50th and by 8 weeks was on the 91st. At around 6-8 months she got to the 99th centile. She then started walking at 9 months and went back down to the 91st.
I honestly don't believe you can get greedy babies, they're just stocking up for when they start moving more. Xx

 

[Ella1979]

Unless you want to be under the care of a paediatrician, I'd just monitor it and see how things go. I took my son to the GP last year about his weight after a HV said he'd put on too much - he'd gone from just above 50th to 99.6th (or whatever that top line is). Cue referral to paediatrician. He was seen last Sept when he was 11 months old, paediatrician just said he seemed to be a big baby and would review him in January; which he did and then said he wanted to check him once more... we have an appointment today. I'm hoping he'll be discharged as he's absolutely fine and I wish I'd never started the process in the first place!

Sorry for the waffle, but basically if he's happy I wouldn't worry. With regard to weaning, I think they only need 20oz of milk once they're eating solids, so perhaps make sure he's not getting much more than that if he's eating well xx