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can you overfeed a baby at 5 months??

post #1 of 8
8/8/06 at 5:56pm
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i always get this asked to me all the time, because Destiny looks older for being 5 months. she does drink her formula and ive been feeding her one jar of food but sometimes she is still hungry. i do remember raymond being this chunky too when he was a baby now he is as skinny as a stick. what do u guys think.. did or does ur 5 months old babies look like mine??


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post #2 of 8
8/8/06 at 6:02pm
I dont think she looks chunky chunky she is just filling out and every baby grows at different speeds.

Do you have a picture of Raymond at 5 months?
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post #3 of 8
8/8/06 at 6:22pm
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yea i do i dont have a scanner so ill have to retake it with my camera.
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post #4 of 8
8/8/06 at 6:49pm
I think if the doctor says her weight and height are fine I wouldn't worry about it. I did read an article in Parents about babies being overweight but that was because a doctor diagnosed them with it. If the doctor isn't worried I wouldn't be either. So many babies grow out of that chunky stage. Other people just like to stick their nose in your business.
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post #5 of 8
8/15/06 at 10:48am
You can definetly NOT ovefeed your baby!!! That would be like saying that I don't feed Isaiah enough. He's underweight for his age. I see lots of babies who are bigger than "normal". My friend's baby is bigger than Isaiah and he's 3 months younger!!!
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post #6 of 8
8/15/06 at 11:17am
I don't think she looks THAT big. I think she looks just fine and healthy.
You can overfeed a baby, though, but I don't think you are.
Emily was a big baby, and her pediatrician always asked me how much she ate in a day. He always said that I wasn't overfeeding her, and to keep doing what I was doing. She slimmed down once she started walking. I think Destiny is just fine!
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post #7 of 8
8/15/06 at 1:35pm
I think she looks perfectly healthy.
My kids were all on the chubby side as babies, but not chubby at all once they got older. ( BY older I mean school age, and teens).
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post #8 of 8
8/17/06 at 12:59pm
I just took Ryan in for his doctor appointment (4 month) and he is the same way. He will eat non-stop. She told me that at this age, they do not eat because they like the taste of it, so it is not possible to over feed him. She has me feeding him cereal and 1/2 jar fruit for breakfast, 1/2 jar of veggie at lunch, and cereal and 1/2 jar fruit for dinner, plus he is still doing bottles every 3 - 4 hours.
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