Experiences with/after baby is ranked in the very “low” percentile?

My little guy was in the third percentile and within a month he jumped to fifth and now he’s a perfectly healthy happy 2 year old. 😁

love to hear this ❤️🥹🥰👏

We were born on the 40th percentile but due to tongue tie we dropped all the way to 2nd percentile. After we solved the tongue tie he would put on weight but not as much as others so we only made it to the 9th percentile and took months. All this till we started weaning - once solids were a thing he shoot to 50th percentile and kept there constantly
Remember even if it’s a low percentile, baby I still in range! And there will most likely be a growth spurt at one point when he will just shoot up! I honestly wouldn’t worry and would not feel guilty! I have friends with big strong bodies that had small babies! Nothing to do with you at all!

My LB was also a low centile! Now I’m pregnant again they want me to have more growth scans. I’m not interested because my husband and I are both low centile (small lol) people!

My first child was born at 37 weeks and was like 3rd percentile at a certain point? He had tongue and lip ties released at 6 weeks and was slow to gain at first. He’s 3.5 now and the tallest kid in his class. Around 84th percentile for height and 87th for weight.

Percentiles are much more about like aggregate data than they are anything else. There are perfectly healthy people at all percentiles.

My 4 month old was born at 36 weeks and had her lip tie released at 1.5 weeks. At 2 months she wasn’t even 9lbs yet (I haven’t had her 4 month visit yet). She wouldn’t be meeting all her milestones if she weren’t growing appropriately. Even if she’s in a low percentile.

my baby was born and put in the 5th weight percentile. he was early, but they didn’t think he was gonna be big anyways. his legs were so skinny, that i would hold them and couldn’t believe they were a human thigh. he’s 18 months old now, and in the 93rd percentile. it’s scary to hear a number so low, but they can definitely work their way up to where they need to be. i though my son was gonna be a lanky little guy, but he looks like a mini linebacker lol. in my son’s situation, his percentile at birth, and the first few months were a reflection of him adjusting to the outside world. they weren’t even a good predictor of where he would be in a year. this part isn’t relevant to the conversation, but your little guy is super cute!

My little boy was on the 0.2nd or 0.4th centile for about 9 months, and at one point dropped off the centile chart entirely. After around 9 months though (mostly as he started eating more solids) he went up to 9th centile and has been there ever since (he’s now 3.5 years old). He’s still quite little obviously, but he’s super healthy and happy, he’s never unwell and he’s met all his milestones really early so it doesn’t seem to have affected him in any way 😊

I don’t remember wat percentile my daughter was when she was born. She was a bit small and had trouble gaining weight for a bit. We had to stay in the peds unit at the hospital for 9 days then sent home. Since than she’s grown and grown she’s now in the 99% tile. I kinda wish she was still small. She’s over half my height already. I’m only 4’8.5 she’s already over 2’4 and weights 25lbs. She’s almost 11 months. I wouldn’t worry. Your baby will grow.

As others say, don’t get in your head. As long as he’s following his own curve, he’s good! My little guy was 7 pounds born, but took a while to gain weight. (He was about 5-10% for a while, <1 BMI). He’s 10 months now, and especially since solids and past reflux, he’s now at the 35th percentile, and such a chunk. Just focus on his own curve! I get those numbers can seem daunting though. You’re doing awesome

Someone has to be on the lower centiles otherwise it wouldn't be a average. As long as he is 1. Growing on HIS growth curve and 2. Having at least 6 wet/dirty diapers a day, keep doing what you're doing. Especially since you said that you are petite, it is understandable that your child would be petite too. Don't let the doctor make you feel like you are doing something wrong or did something wrong because he is a lower percentile

I was induced as my son was showing small on 36 week scan. We've just had our 6 week check. He's still small but following his curve on the growth chart. GP had no concerns. He's healthy and happy with a big appetite

Yep. My LO was born apparently on 1.7th centile at 37+4 wks.
When we went home she was on 0.1 centil and then fell off it. We were under so many people to try and find out why she wasn't gaining the weight. It was the most stressful part, as I was getting questioned constantly about every little detail. I couldn't enjoy the newborn stage. It wasnt until now, that shes started to have solids. She's gaining the weight and finally on a centile. She was happy and healthy from the start. We were on HDU but didnt need nicu. She had a couple of tongue ties but what she was having shouldn't have caused issues etc. I hated it. As they genuinely thought it was myself and my o/h who wasnt feeding her. She's still small now for 7/8 month old. As were only just going into 3-6 months clothes. We had to ask family and friends to get us early baby/tiny baby clothes, cause when she was born as newborn didnt fit her at all. They had to give use a tiny hat as ours was too big for her

Both my kids were 1% when born. Now our son (17 months) is in the 17th percentile and our daughter (4.5 months) is now in the 20th percentile. I think as long as they are gaining and still growing on pace everything is totally fine. Kids always just kinda even out as they get bigger anyway!

Both of mine were small for gestational age and for my son I actually had to be induced for not growing enough and had some red flags in the non stress test they did. Fun fact for when you’re feeling guilty - the placenta is responsible for feeding your baby and their size and it’s mostly the dad that’s responsible for the placenta lol. Both are caught up and healthy now! My son in particular is a chunk and in the 75th at this point! Hope everything keeps going smoothly for you with the weight gain! It sounds like he’s working on catching up with the food intake

My daughter was born at 25th centile. She started jumping after birth and at 6 months old she jumped at 50th centile and from that point only dropped. She has reflux grade 2 at 17 months old and is on omeprazole and doesn’t have much appetite staying awake most of the nights from reflux 😔😔 so as long as your baby is healthy don’t worry about other things. My little girl is still on 9-12 clothes. I just wish every day she doesn’t have anymore reflux and could have more appetite

My daughter was born on the 2nd percentile. She then was diagnosed with a milk allergy and severe reflux. We’ve just had her 2 year review and she on 75th percentile for weight and the 91st for height!
She stayed small for a while as a baby but they soon catch up and it’s good he’s eating well. You can’t really do anything more than feed them so try not to stress

My son was born lwfga at 41w so despite being 6lb 15 oz & 21” he was low enough percentile for weight that he had to get heel pricks for the first 24 hours 🥺 within a month he was in the 70s for weight and he’s been in the high 90s since, two months maybe two 2 1/2 ? He’s now 6 1/2 m & 21lbs 30 inches so 97/98 & 100% for weight and height respectively this whole time he’s been ebf just fed on demand - it was really difficult beginning because I have really big boobs and flat nipples and so it was difficult for him to latch and a lot of people said that I should put him on formula but I didn’t want to because I had a very heavy over supply and a very strong letdown and so he was still getting a lot of milk + lactation consultants didn’t think be needed - soon he started doing better and better & im really happy that I stood up for us (mil still wants to put him on formula so she can feed him 🤦‍♀️) growth comes in spurts often and all babies are different in growth patterns & size &

Had a baby that was under the 1st percentile at 37 weeks. The hardest parts were feeding (as he had to eat every 1.5-2 hours regardless of if he were sleeping) and helping him maintain his body heat. We would have to double swaddle and keep the house very warm. He is 10 months now and in the 75th percentile. Hang in there. It gets better

my baby was ranked low in the womb (less than 10th) and has her whole life since. but she’s always been very healthy and had no issues. i take the whole percentile thing with a grain of salt because if your kid is healthy and growing it’s not relevant. all people come in different shapes and sizes and children are no different

That said feeding him means I have left the house maybe 10x in the last 6m & spend all day & night feeding him or since 4m fighting with him to get him to latch bc he gets so distracted & has been crawling since 5m & literally would rather leave than eat 90/100x I needed to do a lot of quite serious medical stuff pp & I haven’t done any of it bc of his feeding schedule (he also refuses any bottles or pacifiers so it wasn’t just me being stubborn) but it’s been really demoralising watching myself get sicker & weaker constantly when if o had any time for anything it would easily have been the opposite - so it’s not like I’m saying that how we did it is the best option it’s just the only one we had . (also I wanted to add in the first part that just because a baby is small in the beginning does not mean that they will stay small as a baby after newborn and definitely not as a toddler they can put on a lot & even if they don’t, the most important thing is that they’re healthy overall. 🤗)

Hello, my baby boy was born at 20 percentile in weight and dropped to 2 percentile at 2 month. I was exclusively breastfed him at that time and I guess it didnt work that well for me and my baby, so we started to supplement with formula and he s now at the 40 percentile and stays there for a while. Now he is 11 month, we stopped formula at 9 month. Only breasfeeding and solid food. He is fine. He never reached 50 percentile but he is thriving now. ☺️

we were (supposed to) have the same experience but I had insane insurance issues that started the day before the scan that showed fetal growth restriction (stress tests were always gone but his waist had dropped from the 55 to the 13 & they wanted to induce from that one sonogram ) & then with the scan I had to change providers bc I was risked out so we ended up waiting until he decided to come himself bc no doctor would take us & neither would a hospital until I was in active labour 😭since I was technically uninsured until a couple weeks pp when it was retroactively reinstated �🤦‍♀️�‍♀️

oh wow that must have been so so stressful! I’m glad to hear from your other post that everything turned out okay!

My baby dropped from 98th percentile at birth (she was real big) to the 50th percentile and has maintained that level but we had a panicked first few weeks. It's more important that a baby isn't falling off the charts and continues growing at an appropriate and proportional rate than what percentile they actually are.

@Estelle yes if a baby is loosing weight that's an emergency and you should see a doctor

so beautiful

Omg I’m overwhelmed (in the best way) by all the love and support and advice! My first post and my freaking cyber village of moms to the rescue! Wish I could reply to you all but we out here in the trenches lol I know you all understand ❤️🥰😅 endless thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️

All of mine where born on or under the 1% centile. My eldest and youngest made it for it big time and steadily climbed up until both are now above the 75th centile. My middle was born under it at 36 weeks through emergency c section due to poor growth and dollar flow. She fell off the chart after birth and was 2 years old when she finally fitted in 0-3 months clothes she was diagnosed with Russell silvers syndrome at 1 year old x