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@tinyperson: yeah, I figured it was too small! I think she was 18 lbs at a year. I mean, she was always short but in pictures she looks fairly chubby.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Oh, I totally understand why she can't remember. She just keeps insisting she *can* remember perfectly. This conversation all came about because my LO has been having a stretch of bad eating again for the past 2 weeks and averaging only 18 oz of bm a day, plus barely eating solids (like a couple tablespoons on a GOOD day) at each meal.

And my mom is like, oh, stop worrying...16.5 lbs is big for a 9 month old---she's fine! Your sister was only 18 lbs at 2 years. Blah blah. I know 16.5 lbs isn't tiny but it's definitely not *big* for a 9 month old and not big enough that I feel like I can stop caring about how much my LO is eating!

You know...Moms, what can you do...I know she's trying to help in her way, but it doesn't help me when she acts like I'm overreacting for no reason. Especially when my doctor is telling me LO should still be drinking at least 24 oz a day and we're 6 oz short over and over.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: we have her official 9 month appt this Saturday, so we'll see. I don't have an accurate scale at home, but when I weigh her with me, she's somewhere between 16.5-17 lbs and at her 7 month appt she was already almost 17 lbs, so I'm a little concerned she's stayed the same for 2 months or even lost a couple oz.

Which sucks because we had 2 really good months (from 5-7 months) where she was drinking milk like a champ.