Big Newborn Club

[starry]

Curious how the 9 pound plus birth weight babies are growing.

DD2 was 9 pounds 8 ounces but she lost 18 ounces in the hospital (eeek), and was down to 8 pounds 6 ounces at some point. I have a baby scale at home and she seems a bit over 10 pounds now at one month old, so not nearly as giant as before. Makes sense to me since I was 9 pounds 6 ounces at birth and am a slightly below average sized adult. But it's just funny because DD1 only weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces at her one month check

ETA: Just had our well visit for one month. She is officially 10 pounds 2 ounces

[darkbluesunday]

Alex was born at 9 lbs. 2 oz. When we left the hospital, he was down to 8 lbs. 11 oz. He's now 13 pounds at almost 8 weeks.

[kc730]

Logan was 9 pounds 5 oz at birth, down to 8 pounds 9 ounces at 2 days, now back to just over 9 pounds at almost 3 weeks. DH and I are small people so us having these big babies is a little crazy to me!

[vshumway]

Birth- 12 lbs 3 oz
Left hospital (1 day old)- 11 lbs 11oz
1st app (4 days old)- 11 lbs 5 oz
2 weeks old- 11 lbs 2 oz
3 week old weight check- 11 lbs 7 oz
We don't go back until 1 month appointment.

[traversity]

10lb 4 oz at birth
9 lb 14 oz when weLeft the hospital
9lb 13 oz at 4 days
10 lb even at 1 week, 4 days.
Next appt is 1 month.
They are slower to gain the first few weeks, W was the same way, he was a big baby, and weight gain was slow at first.

[vshumway]

Nov 16, 2015 9:24:25 GMT -5 traversity said:

10lb 4 oz at birth
9 lb 14 oz when weLeft the hospital
9lb 13 oz at 4 days
10 lb even at 1 week, 4 days.
Next appt is 1 month.
They are slower to gain the first few weeks, W was the same way, he was a big baby, and weight gain was slow at first.

I agree- DD was also big (10 lbs 8 oz) and was slow to gain.  Although she stayed slow to gain (didn't get back to birth weight until 2 months old and didn't double birth weight until 15 month old!).  But some of them have so much weight for one little stomach to maintain.  I keep telling myself that just because he was the weight of a 2 month old, he is still a newborn.  He sleeps like a newborn (all day long) and eats less like a newborn, so can I really expect him to maintain the weight of a 2 month old?

[nofksgvn]

Keira was 9 lbs 3 oz at birth, down to 8 lbs 6 oz leaving the hospital, back to birth weight at 17 days, and was 10 lbs 9 oz at her 1 month check up!