https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 17:05:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2381834 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 13:23:14 +0000 littlejoy 2381834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal!! Look at Al's weight ... She was mostly formula fed (so, bigger in general). She went from 3 pounds every two months to less than 2 pounds every 3 months. Also, she's gone from 80% on height to 25% on height, and her doctor isn't concerned. </p> <p>My guess is that she'll pop back up soon. She's going to gaining more muscle, and eating more solids. </p> [attach=5603/15/nz1xqq.450x600.image.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2381752 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:40:31 +0000 youboots 2381752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It looks like she dropped from 40% to 19% since she has been crawling/eating solids. </p> [attach=5281/15/nz1vwc.337x600.image.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375749 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:08:32 +0000 ellewoods84 2375749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the same issue. She dropped percentiles (can't remember exact numbers) around 7-8 months. She started crawling around 6 months and has always been a very active baby. She is still at that lower percentile, but has maintained that same curve since the intial drop. She's now 19 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375685 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:21:29 +0000 youboots 2375685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: thanks for chiming in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375501 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:19:47 +0000 hilsy85 2375501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry. My LO dropped from 40th percentile at birth to 15th at 9 months, and stayed between 9th and 15th until he was 2--he is just a tall thin kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375380 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:21:15 +0000 youboots 2375380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: she is good at indicating when she's had enough, and last week spit up her evening 3oz bottle of pumped milk after nursing- so I'm moderately sure she's getting enough to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375355 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:08:53 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2375355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my girls had dips in weight gain around when they started walking (9 months) and then were back to normal by 12 months. They both had significant appetite increases around the same time. If you offer more solids will she eat them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375350 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:06:34 +0000 youboots 2375350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: good to know- at birth she was 80-100 % then dropped to 50 for everything but head size (still 100). Now I'm guessing she's dropped another bracket or two in weight. We thought she was going to be big based on how she was at first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375347 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:04:13 +0000 youboots 2375347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: yes she started sitting/crawling at 6.5 months and is a really physical kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375345 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:03:03 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2375345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son started walking at 9 months and between 9 and 12 months dropped from the 60th% to the 5th% and has stayed there. I was concerned about it, but my doctor wasn't. He said it was totally normal and that kids typically find their curve once they are mobile. As long as he was still moving forward and getting taller too it wasn't a big deal. He is still (at almost 3) in the 4th percentile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375341 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:59:16 +0000 yoursilverlining 2375341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has she recently started crawling more / being more physically active? My LO definitely had some plateaus whenever she started being more physically active and burning more calories (especially when she started walking). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weight-gain-plateau#post-2375336 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:57:42 +0000 youboots 2375336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 9 months old. She started on solids at 5.5 mo and really got going on them at about 7 mo. She eats about 12-16 oz of solid food a day and breastfeeds on demand- lately about 8+ times a day. I weighed her this week and it seems she has only gained a few oz in 6-8 weeks. She seems totally normal, is happy, weighs about 17 lbs with chunky legs. We see her Dr 12/20 but I'm a touch worried. Any thoughts/experiences? </p>