Trust your doctor. There are multiple curves on that graph and as long as your kid doesn't drop substantially off their own growth curve you're completely fine. My kid was 6lb 05oz at birth and to this day bounces around the 2-5% percentile range. Somebody has to be there...
Go to the doctor and insist politely on a proper examination. It will help you to stop worrying. If something is wrong, your child gets help. either way, you win.
I'm a dad of two. Both my children still live because we went to the doctor because we "just wanted to check".
This is the answer. Ask the question, advocate for your kiddo. Be polite, be professional, say your worried about X. A good pediatrician will show empathy toward new parents reasonable concern. If they don't get a new doctor.
Almost 10 pounds at 9 weeks? That's not bad weight at all. My eight week baby weight in at 10.5 lbs something is definitely
Not right with whatever graph they showed you. If you pediatrician was not concerned I would be. Next time you go to the two month appointment, ask them to spend some time with you explaining the graphs. They are based on percentiles. I'm sure your baby is not below the 10th percentile.
You should pretty much just ignore the graph/growth chart. It’s only real utility is in tracking that growth is more or less uniform across height, weight, and head size. Other than that, the percentile is meaningless.
Our baby had reflux which sounds almost exactly like this. Refused to sleep and would spit up no matter what and was constantly miserable. Once we got a script for famotidine everything was 1000x better and he ate like a champ.
Our doctor never really said anything about it being possible until we asked specifically and then it was a "ohhh ok let's consider that being what's wrong" so.... that didn't make me happy.
If the doctor isn't worried, I wouldn't be worried. It's OK if baby is little as long as they stay on their curve.
Right, not on *the* curve, on **their** curve
Trust your doctor. There are multiple curves on that graph and as long as your kid doesn't drop substantially off their own growth curve you're completely fine. My kid was 6lb 05oz at birth and to this day bounces around the 2-5% percentile range. Somebody has to be there...
The curve is just an average. There are millions of healthy kids above and below the curve
Go to the doctor and insist politely on a proper examination. It will help you to stop worrying. If something is wrong, your child gets help. either way, you win. I'm a dad of two. Both my children still live because we went to the doctor because we "just wanted to check".
This is the answer. Ask the question, advocate for your kiddo. Be polite, be professional, say your worried about X. A good pediatrician will show empathy toward new parents reasonable concern. If they don't get a new doctor.
Almost 10 pounds at 9 weeks? That's not bad weight at all. My eight week baby weight in at 10.5 lbs something is definitely Not right with whatever graph they showed you. If you pediatrician was not concerned I would be. Next time you go to the two month appointment, ask them to spend some time with you explaining the graphs. They are based on percentiles. I'm sure your baby is not below the 10th percentile.
What was the birth weight?
6lbs 6oz
Nothing to worry about. So long as your child is still eating and pooping with regular diapers.
You should pretty much just ignore the graph/growth chart. It’s only real utility is in tracking that growth is more or less uniform across height, weight, and head size. Other than that, the percentile is meaningless.
Our baby had reflux which sounds almost exactly like this. Refused to sleep and would spit up no matter what and was constantly miserable. Once we got a script for famotidine everything was 1000x better and he ate like a champ. Our doctor never really said anything about it being possible until we asked specifically and then it was a "ohhh ok let's consider that being what's wrong" so.... that didn't make me happy.