https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:08:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-264708 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:22:13 +0000 red_seattle 264708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just jumped on Hellobee again while Baby X is taking a blessedly long morning nap-- thanks so much for letting me vent and for the support ladies! I'm still working on getting over my issues in thinking he's too small, but reading the replies here helps a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-256438 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:47:48 +0000 looch 256438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was always skinny, that's just his body type. I was expecting him to have rolls, but he never developed them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-256435 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:41:08 +0000 808love 256435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know how you feel. My lo is still under twenty at nearly nineteen months. Yesterday at a party the skinniest lady I know said the same thing I have been hearing since lo was eight months old. She is sooo little. Anyway she eats a lot and is over the top active. I have to have these pep talks for me and my husband too. Doctor keeps threatening to do tests at the next checkup but then gives us 'another chance' and the the cycle of nerves about what she ate today and how much starts all over again.<br /> Btw before six months my lo was huge and dropped fifty percentiles thru the months so that was the main cause for alert. But she really is strong and healthy other than what the chart says. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255454 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:44:39 +0000 loveisstrange 255454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>See, it works the same way when you have a big baby too. My LO is 4 months and the same size as yours and I constantly get:</p> <p>Person: oh how old is she?<br /> Me: 4 months<br /> Person: oh, such a big girl! I thought she was older. </p> <p>I had a lady tell me she was 2 months at 2 weeks old.... </p> <p>Anyway, its the opposite sitation but im just trying to say that i know how you feel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255452 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:25:21 +0000 Ree723 255452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, how annoying! That sounds like a perfectly healthy weight - not too small, not too big, so what is everyone talking about!? It seems like babies are getting so much bigger these days that maybe people are just thrown off when they see a baby that is a more 'traditional' (for lack of a better word) size. I know when my siblings and I were all babies (about 30 years ago), 20 lbs at a year was the norm, and that's what all of us were. 17 lbs at 9 months sounds spot on target to be around there so I really don't know what people are talking about.</p> <p>You know your baby is healthy, your LO's doctor is pleased, and everyone else can go jump in the lake. Keep on doing what you're doing as it's clearly working out just fine for your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255444 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:33:08 +0000 pinkcupcake 255444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is also a small baby. She's around 14.5 LBS at 5.5 months old, and people are always commenting on how tiny she is. My pediatrician isn't worried about her weight, and LO is growing and developing just perfectly so I'm not trying to stress about it... but it's hard to not feel bad when everyone talks about how little she is :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255318 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:30:00 +0000 heffalump 255318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the opposite. My lo is at the 95% in weight. People tell me she is huge, which she is. But she's healthy! She's a good eater and that's a good thing. Of course I always worry that people will think I'm making my kid obese ..... but I feed her healthy food and they should just mind their own business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255313 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:23:17 +0000 Rubies 255313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was the same size as yours when she was 9 months so I know what you mean! However, I try to ignore comments from other people because *I* know she's healthy. She eats well, sleeps well, plays well and is soooo happy so I try not to care what others say. *HUGS* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255240 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:19:56 +0000 littlek 255240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hear that all the time too! It kinda bothers me because it feels like they are judging my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/venting-about-baby-weight-gain#post-255236 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:17:48 +0000 red_seattle 255236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just have to get this off my chest. Baby X is a small baby--at 9 months he's 27 inches and 17lbs. The pediatrician assures me that he's absolutely fine, still within normal ranges for all measurements, etc. But in my head a chunky baby = healthy baby. So while I know it's not necessarily true, and I know that Baby X is totally healthy, a little part of me wants to cry every time a stranger asks how old he is... 100% of the time it goes like this:<br /> Stranger: "What a [cute/handsome] baby boy! How old is he?"<br /> Me: "Aw, thanks. He's 9 months."<br /> Stranger: "Oh! He's so little!"<br /> I then try to keep it together while making a polite exit from the conversation.</p> <p> Rationally, I know that Baby X is just fine, that he's healthy and I should be grateful he does not have any weight or feeding issues-- he's thriving. But somehow I still find myself working to overcome the feeling that I've failed in plumping up my baby.</p> <p>Anyway, just had to vent. I'm sure I'll get over it eventually. :) </p>