Is he too big?

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My 6 month old had his check up yesterday. We didn’t see his doctor for some reason, but we saw another one. My son is 20 pounds now and was 9.1lbs at birth. The doctor said to take him off formula and put him on 2% milk. Then he said to only give him baby food and finish filling him up with a little bit of formula. Then he said to switch formulas. He’s in the 87 percentile and my daughter was always in the 98 percentile when she was a baby. Is he really too big? How big is/was your baby at 6 months old?

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Ummmm I would call and ask to be seen by your son’s actual pediatrician. I have never heard of any doctor telling someone to take a baby off of formula and put them on skim milk. When you do transition which shouldn’t be until at least 1 year it should be whole milk not skim

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Cows milk at 6 months old? WTFFFF. Call your regular doctor if you’re concerned but it’s perfectly okay to continue feeding your baby formula.  Yes, even chunky babies need formula!   It has all the nutrition a rapidly growing baby needs. 
No cows milk or milk alternatives until 12 months.

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I would not follow this at all. My daughter was a huge baby and was in the 98% until way after she started walking and her doctor never mentioned doing any of that. I would get a second opinion.

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There’s a reason you should not be giving milk before 1 year. If a Dr suggested that to me, especially for a 6 month old, I would be finding a new one!

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I think you're baby is fine

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I would consider a second opinion from a doctor.

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Do not give your baby cows milk before 1 year. Definitely call your regular pediatrician. This other dr sounds like a quack. I don’t think he’s big at all! And he was pretty big at birth! My daughter was born at 6lb 7oz. She dropped to 5lb 15oz a few days later. She’s ebf and at her 6mo well visit she was 17lbs 2oz.

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tell that doc to jump off a bridge 😂😂😂

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Babies should not be put on low fat milk. Full stop. They also need complete milk foods that are enriched such as breastmilk or appropriate formula, not just cow milk. This doctor sounds terrible, see another. My daughter was born 85th percentile and stayed that way all the way through infancy, it wasn’t an issue.

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You son sound almost exactly the same as mine (he was 21 lbs & 27.5 inches at that age) & my doctor was not concerned in the slightest. I would definitely speak with the actual doctor because that sounds a bit off to me. He definitely shouldn’t be taken off formula yet i don’t think.

Is he too big?

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