https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 01:44:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020757 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:15:20 +0000 Cherrybee 1020757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Hey, new user name!! Yeah, she has grown so much- in length as well as chub - she's a nom monster! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020639 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:56:03 +0000 MamaBehr 1020639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 9lbs 6 oz and didn't stay THAT big, but is still in the 80th percentile<br /> DS was 7lbs 13 oz (at 37 weeks gestational age...) and got tiny, below the 5th percentile, and then got huge. He is 18 months old and in the 95th percentile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020632 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:54:10 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1020632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I don't think 8lbs6oz is really extremely large. A bit above average but not much. </p> <p>I've also noticed that it depends at what stage of a growth spurt she is in matters for her percentiles. Sometimes she is higher percent for weight, but then she would grow in height and be higher there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020626 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:53:38 +0000 lovehoneybee 1020626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. He's pretty consistently been in the upper 80-mid 90th percentiles for weight and height, and the times he was lower he was measured right before a growth spurt. He's not a chubby baby, because he's tall...he's very solid though, and has been since he was born. We joke that we never had a floppy newborn, but it's true. I'm pretty sure that all of his weight is muscle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020623 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:52:20 +0000 loveisstrange 1020623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Ive read that a lot of times when a baby is really small at birth (like preemies especially) they grow really quickly at first to make up for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020619 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:51:57 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1020619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was exactly in the 50th percentile for weight when she was born--she was 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 18.5 inches long. She was super chubby and super short!</p> <p>Within the days following birth, she dropped down to 6 pounds, 10 ounces. It is a lot of weight to be lost, but she was still a short little thing.</p> <p>She remained on the small end of the scale until she was 13 or 14 months. She was never above the 15th percentile for weight or length.</p> <p>Now, at 15 months, she is 20.0 pounds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020614 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:49:08 +0000 Cherrybee 1020614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is really interesting! E was 5lb 15oz at birth but has gained 2lb in her first three weeks. She is now up to 20th percentile and I reckon she's only going to keep soaring up that curve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020604 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:47:35 +0000 twinmama 1020604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Opposite. DD was barely on the charts at birth, like 3rd% and is now like 90th% at one year. DS has stayed pretty average though. He was big for a twin but I think like 30th% at birth. I think his stats now are like 50/60th%. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020560 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:37:56 +0000 BelugaBean 1020560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was a decent sized newborn at 8 lb 5 oz and 21 inches. She's stayed consistently tall but her weight gain has slowed a lot as she's gotten older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020526 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:31:11 +0000 loveisstrange 1020526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C was 10lbs 8oz at birth and she stayed 100th percentile until she started walking. Now, she is starting to drop. She is still extremely tall, but she is thinning out a lot. She's 16 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020509 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:29:01 +0000 googly-eyes 1020509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The opposite: my dd was below 50th % (around 30-40th I think) for both weight and height but has been in the 60-70th for weight and 80th+ (96th at last appt) for height. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1020483 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:25:25 +0000 heffalump 1020483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was 8lb 13oz at birth, and she's stayed big. She was always in the 90th percentile for height and weight as a baby, and as a toddler she is getting taller and thinner at off the charts for height and 80th percentile for weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1019922 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:47:24 +0000 swurlygurl 1019922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 7 lbs 7 oz, and has stayed at 50% for height and weight at every appointment. I don't know how her birth weight ranks, but it seems pretty average. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1019873 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:36:57 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1019873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: wow, so interesting that P was bigger baby! He is a little bean:) </p> <p>My son was average 7.8lb and has remained exactly average. *Maybe* around 4-6m he briefly dipped into the 70th percentile if I remember correctly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1019857 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:33:50 +0000 purrpletulips 1019857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 8lbs 0.7oz at birth and decreased down the weight curve until she stabilized at about 5%; be she grew an inch a month her first year so was off the chart in height. She takes after DH, tall and skinny.</p> <p>DS was 9lb 6oz at birth. He's hung out around the 50% on the weight curve and is around 75% on the height curve. He takes after me, tallish but fluffy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-was-big-at-birth-did-they-stay-that-way-through-infancy#post-1019819 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:28:10 +0000 stargal 1019819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>P was pretty big sized baby at birth 8 pounds.6 ounces. But he has consistently stayed on the lower end for weight gain. he's a string bean , which is funny bc we were expecting him to be huge bc of how much he weighed as a newborn! </p>