Not gaining weight

My LO is nearly 6 months old and for the last 2 months or so has not been gaining weight. She is otherwise growing and developing well, outgrowing her clothes, chubby cheeks, very alert and very active. She has been trying to crawl for the last month. The health visitor is as confused and said everything points to her being very healthy apart from the numbers on the scales. She is thinking of referring us to a paediatrician, as baby has dropped from 25th centile to under 9th.

Has anyone else’s baby been similar? Is it possible that my baby is so active that she is burning up all the calories (which is what our HV thinks is one possibility)? 🙈

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thanks for sharing! I EBF too and it’s got me questioning whether she is getting enough/if there’s something wrong with my milk 🙁 but she does plenty of wet nappies and big poos, so she must be getting something from the milk! How long did yours go on for, before she started gaining weight again?

The HV didn’t recommend this as my breastfeeding is already established and baby is feeding well. LO was gaining weight well from day one and it’s only been recently in the last 2 months that her weight gain has stopped! Was yours at the start or after baby was a few months old?

this happened with my first baby! Slow weight gain at the start then away he went, proper chonkers after that 😅 Which is why I’m a bit surprised with my second baby - she gained weight well from the very first day and just really slowed down in month 4.

Hi. It happened to us too. My LO is exclusively breastfed and didn’t again any weight for 2 weeks when she was around 5 months old. After that she did gain, but not much at all. She’s also super active and been army crawling for a while now. The paediatrician wasn’t worried as she’s developing really well and happy in herself. I was worried at first but now I am trying to follow her cues more regarding feeding and just accept she’s just not a big eater (was born small and has always been on the bottom of the curve), which is absolutely fine.

In exactly the same position at the moment. Feeding well, looks healthy, been checked over by the GP and all looks good but not putting on weight.
We’ve seen HV twice and GP once. Have another GP app in 2 weeks so we’ll see what they say!

it really is strange isn’t it! I wasn’t too concerned at first but now I’m getting a bit worried about any underlying issues. Is your little one really active?

this is reassuring, thank you! I’m glad the paediatrician thinks it’s fine as long as she’s happy and growing well. I am hoping with solids she will put on a bit more weight!

I’m hoping so too! So far she’s only having tiny bits in the best of times x

Hey I’m going through this now. Just wondered if you had any further findings or did baby just start putting weight on? I exclusively BF too and baby has barely gained weight for 6 weeks, waiting for a paediatrician referral now

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