I'm just curious.....I know there are a lot of BOLers with small babies......

Do you think that 9 lbs. 7 oz. is extremely small for a 3 month old...To me it seems small.............But it has been such a long time since my child was born...I've forgotten.....

What was the birth weight?

Maybe this will help you determine: CDD's growth charts

5 lbs. 12 oz

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For our kids wasn't it triple the birth weight in the first year? Looks like he's doing fine. He's a lightweight now but I'll bet he's a linebacker someday!

My son was born at 6 lbs 1 oz and was little for a while. My 6 month old daughter ws 7 lbs 4 oz and is very small now - 14 lbs 12 oz. The pediatrician said the first benchmark is to double the weight by 6 months then triple by 1 year. Looks like the little one is on the right track.

I have also heard the double by 6 months, which at his birth weight he is almost there in 3. Looks like he is doing just fine. My oldest was always small, she was 3 weeks early and weighed 7 lbs 6 oz, which was pretty big for how early she was, but she barely hit the 20lb mark by her first birthday. Her metabolism is pretty high and the pediatrician was never concerned since she was thriving and hitting other benchmarks. She is now 4 and her 2 yr old sis is almost as big as she is. I wouldn't worry.

I have two friends who's children had some issues when born who were much smaller at 3 months that this child. One was my assistant who's child was alergic to milk. The attempts to find a suitable food for her were very frustrating and she grew slowly, but she did grow. Once they found out the problem she grew faster. (She was alergic to any milk, including mom's and soy milk). She seemed like a happy baby but did have an upset tummy quite often. One would look at her and never know she had problems if they didn't hear her when her tummy hurt.

The other was a small baby and still is a petite little thing, but the healthiest little elf you ever could see. She came by to visit last night and wore out my kitties chasing them around the house. She's tiny, but very very healthy!

At six months I barely topped 5 lbs by the way, and I seem to be somewhat ok now (Paragon would tell you I'm a flaming liberal so I'm not entirely ok)

If the baby is eating, happy, and you can assure it's in a healthy environment, I wouldn't worry too much

My little one was 5lbs 9 oz. at birth and weighed 9lbs 11oz at 3 months.

Thanks everyone....I suppose he is doing fine then.

My son weighed 6lbs at birth....today is is 6'2" and weighs 267.....I just forgot how long it took him to finally start gaining weight.

Thanks again.....