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@meadow: My DD was 8lbs 7oz at birth and 15 lbs at 6 months!

I know the % are different for boys than girls!
I have a 9 week old DS and his % are in a different range then DD were....looked in her baby book

15lbs at 6-7 months doesn't sound crazy low
Is he long?! Maybe his growth goes to height?

@mfa_lady: yes, they're different for boys vs girls.

My daughter was 9.14 at birth. And regained by 2 weeks. At a month she had gained weight and was on the 50% track and then at 4 months it started slowing down a lot. She was ebf and was not a big solids eater when we started around 5.5/6 months. At 4 months she dropped to a lower percentile and then again at 6 months and it has been stressful for me over the last 6 months. She has always been a good night sleeper and happy though so the doctor didn't have a reason why she wasn't gaining much. At 14 months she is just over 19 pounds. She's on the taller side, but I guess she was/is just a smaller baby despite her heavy birth weight (but being just over 2 weeks late was probably a contributor to her high birth weight too I think).

The only thing I did and continue to do is try to get high calorie foods in her as much as possible.

My guy wasn't a slow gainer but I've always heard that babies normally triple their birth weight by a year. It sounds like he's already almost there! As long as he pretty much sticks to his curve, I wouldn't worry. We did notice DS's weight begin to stagnate when we started solids and when he began to become more mobile. I try to offer high fat foods - veggies with olive oil, avocado, whole fat yogurt, etc

At DS's 6 month check up he was 14.5 pounds. He was 6 lbs 13 oz at birth. His ped has never said anything about his weight.

Um, I am no medical expert, but he's more than doubled in weight, he's breastfeeding and taking table foods, he's happy and seemingly healthy... sounds perfect to me! Also, since you were small it seems normal that he would be small too. It can't hurt to ask but honestly I don't think I would have even thought to be concerned!

@meadow: I was off the charts growing up too. My mom got me a copy of my birth records and each appointment there's notes like "eat fattier food, like milk and cheese."

Another thing our doctor suggested was when cooking to add heavy cream in things like mashed potatoes. But since that's something dh and I would b eating as well were reluctant to do it.

This sounds totally fine to me. Checking my records B was 7lb12oz at birth, 13lb12oz at 6 months, 15lb12oz at 9 months, 17lb at a year. He's never been above the 4th percentile. W is the same, 7lb6oz at birth, 14lb6oz at 6 months, and 16lb1oz at 9 months. They were both EBF until 6 months. Some kids are just skinny, somebody has got to be at the bottom of the curve! As long as he didn't drop from 50 to 4 I wouldn't worry about it. If he's happy and hitting his milestones I think that's more important.

I've always been under the impression that babies should roughly double their birth weight by six months and your wee guy has tripled so he's had great weight gain!

@Mrs. Goose: my wee guy was a similar weight at birth due to my GD but by the time he hit twelve months he'd dropped to the 50th % and at 20 months he's barely 11kg (roughly 25 pounds, I think?).

@meadow: I had the same thing happen with my now 11 month old (who's huge, but plateaued in weight gain). I was told to try apple sauce and rice cereal in the morning or overnight oats with pears and then making chicken stock for purees. LO was a BLW failure (he choked, a lot), but the big take always I got from my ped was that purees plus finger foods were a great compromise and rice/oats a good way to get calories in.

@meadow: I'm glad the appt went ok! From what I have heard, babies find their growth curve more around 6 months.

My DD was in the 50th percentile at birth and went down slowly until around 6-9 months and has stayed around the 5-10 percentile since.

What were his weight/height stats at his appt?

@meadow: I just mix it directly. I buy the grown up applesauce because it is much cheaper than the baby jars and I mix in a tablespoon or two. We've had no problems with constipation.

FWIW at that age my kids liked avocado and coconut oil added to everything

@meadow: just wanted to let you know we had our appt today. Lo was 26.5 in and 14lb 10.5oz. So he gained 1 inch and 11oz. Our ped isn't concerned but said if we were the next thing she would do is blood work to check celiac antibodies and thyroid. So for now we are just going to wait and see how his 9mo appt is