i'm not imagining it. O has a proportionally giant head.

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so, he's not gaining as much as would be ideal (but is gaining and is otherwise fine and healthy so no one is worried yet nor is supplementation recommended) and the doctor thinks it's related to his giagantic quantities of spit up, so the main thing to do is to let his digestive system mature.  i'm also trying to up my supply to help out (per doctor recommendations).  and we're monitoring.

ANYway, even though the doctor is all "nbd, we'll do a weight check he seems fine", i've been obsessively googling all sorts of things related to infant feeding/statistics/etc.  i just checked out the CDC height/weight/head circumference charts.  30% for weight, 50% for height, and 75% for head size!  no wonder he looks like a short lollipop.

[pantsparty]

This post could be so much better with a PIP

[daisybuchannan]

I've heard of many babies having percentiles that aren't even (head/weight/height) and even though the dr. brings it up to watch, they evened out.

Has he gone down considerably in weight percentile?

[rex]

L is 90+ for height, 50ish weight and...86th for head lol

Lollipop babies are cuter.

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DD was always way up there with the head size. She seems to have grown into her lollipop noggin, so chances are good that O won't look like Kelly Ripa when he heads off to Kindergarten.

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Dec 16, 2013 21:03:13 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

I've heard of many babies having percentiles that aren't even (head/weight/height) and even though the dr. brings it up to watch, they evened out.

Has he gone down considerably in weight percentile?

40th to about 30th.

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I swear kids heads are getting bigger or something. Ds has always been 50th, 50th, and then 95th up to off the charts. Lol. I retire his tshirts based on when he outgrows the head hole.

[muffin0]

Both my kids have always had 86-99% for head.

[daisybuchannan]

Dec 16, 2013 21:08:55 GMT -5 cville said:

Dec 16, 2013 21:03:13 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

I've heard of many babies having percentiles that aren't even (head/weight/height) and even though the dr. brings it up to watch, they evened out.

Has he gone down considerably in weight percentile?

40th to about 30th.

That seems like nbd, but I know it's a little scary to hear if you're going through the mental game of "is my milk enough???" that bfing moms do- myself included.

C jumped around the charts during his first year too.

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Oh, ffs. Why is it upside down?

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He's soooo pretttyyyyyy!

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Dec 16, 2013 21:13:04 GMT -5 cjoy said:

Dec 16, 2013 21:11:33 GMT -5 cville said:

Oh, ffs. Why is it upside down?

Obviously the weight of his head.

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Spinning the entire axis of the earth!

[miniroller]

I'm not gonna lie- I came in to see if I could catch a glimpse of that adorable, giant noggin. Sooooo cute!!!

[rex]

He's so cute!!!

I wouldn't worry about weight loss either.

L dropped 10 percentile points too and her dr didn't really seem phased.

[sailorgray]

My guy was always less than 10 for height and weight and 95+ for head. I was just looking at pics and was in shock. I didn't realize how big his head was...

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Big head. Big brain.

[sake]

Dec 16, 2013 21:00:38 GMT -5 cville said:

so, he's not gaining as much as would be ideal (but is gaining and is otherwise fine and healthy so no one is worried yet nor is supplementation recommended) and the doctor thinks it's related to his giagantic quantities of spit up, so the main thing to do is to let his digestive system mature.  i'm also trying to up my supply to help out (per doctor recommendations).  and we're monitoring.

ANYway, even though the doctor is all "nbd, we'll do a weight check he seems fine", i've been obsessively googling all sorts of things related to infant feeding/statistics/etc.  i just checked out the CDC height/weight/head circumference charts.  30% for weight, 50% for height, and 75% for head size!  no wonder he looks like a short lollipop.

since 6 months, G has had a 95%+ head... it's ridiculous that his head barely fits through 18 months sized neck holes in shirts... but they said he's totally fine, just lots of brains! haha 

big headed babies are the best

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Thanks everyone. My doctor is so great and he otherwise seems fine, so I'm trying to be cool. I mean, he already does the mini push up so his giant head and non ideal weight gain aren't holding him back from being totes advanced and perfect.

I think he's pretty cute too.

[rupertpenny]

I have no clue what percentile my kids head is. Mom fail.

[KKD]

Cutie! James has the same hat and I think the same car seat, but not the same big head. He is 95% for height and weight though, omg.

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He's adorable! Rosie had a big head at birth but by now it's more proportional.

[lemon]

Both my boys were always off the charts wrt head circumference. To the point that both had to have CT scans to check and make sure nothing bad was going on in there. Nope, just huge heads.

My 4 year old can wear an adult men's medium/large hat, no lie.

Adorable baby btw.

[styme46]

K is in the 50% for both height and weight. His head, however, is in the 97%! His head is huge!