Baby Weight Dropping Curves...

i wouldn't worry unless your doctor is worried. is she growing tall? My daughter was 97% weight and 97% for height around wbirth and is now 95% height and 36% weight. She is very healthy and active like yours. Laso if you are short, well be aware that that curve is based on a bunch of white folks in Utah. Generally tall people. Maybe she was born really chubby? Did she come out late?

I would start getting creative with ways to feed her. She will probably not gain any weight until she starts eating solids because she is already 7 months. Mix mango with the cereal. Put the cereal away and hand her a banana. Dont push her, let her explore the food herself. I got mine to eat the mushy bland baby food for a while, but she was never interested much in eating until we gave her what we were eating. Steam up some carrots really well, give her a piece of bread and see if she gums it down. hint: that food in the jars and boxes isnt really very yummy. Dont think kids need bland food. There are cultures in africa that start babies on Beef. In parts of Asian, a common first food is the radish.

I wouldn't worry about your baby's weight. If the doctor seemed concerned, maybe then. As long as she's growing she is probably fine. She is probably just growing more in length than in pounds. There is nothing wrong with being in the bottom 25%. My son was average of all average when he was born, and then for a couple years, he remained at the bottom of the chart...maybe in the 10%. He is very active and consumes food when he's hungry. I was always worried about his weight, but he is sprouting wonderfully and is now 3. They seem to know when and what they need...unlike me!!! My son is still picky, but he gets his nutrients and stops when he doesn't need anymore. I'm sure your little girl is fine and she is just catching up with her above average weight that she was born with! I hope this helps!

I wouldn't worry either. Maybe she's just not a big eater and will always be slender. How nice for her!
All my kids were large babies - I just make 'em that way. But they normalized after a while, and my youngest has always been a bean pole. He's just not that interested in food. Ask your doctor, keep trying new foods, I don't know when they can eat avocado but that's high in fats and healthy.

My daughter is in the 20th and 10th percentile for weight and height.

She's half Chinese, and when she plays with other Asian babies, she's always the tallest. I agree that the charts are a conglomeration of mostly white/strapping/tall kid averages from the corn fed states, so I definitely don't worry unless the doctor does. Taller kids do tend to thin out faster...

our tip for weight gain/easy toddler eats: Beanie loves plain tofu chunks, and she really used to go for a mix of tofu/applesauce/vanilla whole milk organic yogurt. That was like heaven for her, and super easy to make. Very sweet, not cereal-ish, and high in protein/digetible dairy. She was eating this around 6 months.

She loved mashed fruit early on too, but has never been big on cereal!

My youngest was always at the bottom of the scale, was always 25% or less on the weight side and always in the higher side for height. This just the way she was until she hit about 3 years old when she suddenly hit the 60% range and has stayed there ever since. My older daughter started out high (though she only weighed 6lbs 11 oz at birth, she was a month earlt) and then at about 6 months slowly started dropping on the charts to about the 30%range. She has stayed there ever since (she is now 12) and is healthy and active just happens to be a slender build. As long as your doctor isn't conserned I wouldn't worry about it. I would try different foods such as fruits or veggies, and maybe some of the yogurt mixes, she may just not like the texture of the cereal or the flavor (you may try making the cereal with breast milk or fruit instead of water if you haven't tried that already.) good luck
Amanda

I just want to echo what the other mothers are saying. Don't worry about the weight too much unless your doctor seems concerned. My little Boogie dropped off the charts when she was about a year old, she has gained about 2.5 pounds and about 5 inches in the last 9 months (she's 21 months now) but she's strong, and active, and healthy. She was strictly breast fed until 2 days ago, never touched formula, and to get her weight up we added a pat of butter to her rice, fed her whole-milk yogurt, let her eat small chunks of cheese for snacks, generally tried to give her things she could eat with her hands that were high in fat and vitamins.

You girl is a bit young for the cheese, but you could thin out yogurt by mixing with whole milk and let her sip at it (my daughter was used to thin South American yogurt after vising my husband's family), or try milkshakes if she can suck a straw.

Good luck! It's hard not to worry, I know, but every kid is different, and as long as she is happy, and your Pedi isn't concerned, try not to stress to much. Most babies do start to thin out in the second half of the first year.