8 week old baby boy is his weight normal? - Children's Health Message Board

toddandjennie · 11-30-2004, 08:07 PM

hey all i have a 8 week old baby boy he is already 12 pounds is that normal? and he is in 3 to 6 mths clothes already wasnt sure if it was normal i mean he is long too so he looks perportioned just courious thanks

Soulcatcher · 11-30-2004, 08:10 PM

He's sounds good and healthy to me. Babies will eventually grow into their heads. haha then as they get older they slim down and lose baby fat in their faces and off their knees and thighs. All mine were long and lean. Good luck. Squeeze him for him!!!xoxoxox

Kiera1595 · 12-01-2004, 07:59 AM

My 1st was born at 11lbs 4oz...so 12 lbs doesn't sound strange to me. By 8 weeks he was probably 13-14 lbs. At 6 weeks most babies go through a growth spurt. Sounds like yours is. Yah, it's a shame that all those newborn clothes go to waste...but the upside is that you have a big healthy baby.

siren1024 · 12-01-2004, 10:01 AM

Not strange at all.... my DS was born at 7 lbs 1 oz and weighed 11 lbs by 1 month, 13 lbs by 2 months, and 19 lbs by 6 months. He was just a good eater and gained alot of weight fast. Around 8 months he started to plateau and is now 27 lbs at 16 months, and is very tall and on the slim side. All babies grow at different rates, and it you are feeding yours the appropriate foods, don't let anyone tell you he's unhealthy.

My pediatrician once told me that infants don't grow because they eat, they eat because they are growing. Make sense?? The new thought is that young babies don't overeat, they always eat what they need. Good luck.

camden · 12-01-2004, 09:49 PM

Sounds normal to me too. My son was 8lbs 2oz when he was born and at a month old I became worried that he had only gained 1lb from the previous week (up to 12lbs from 11)as he was throwing up alot of formula. I was right and to make a long story short he needed to have surgery to correct the problem so he probably would have weighed 13lbs or more if he hadn't had the problem!