Is my baby too skinny?

Question

She is almost 3 months. She was last weighed at her 2 month appt and they said since she’s so long they’d like to see her gain more weight for her length. Sometimes I feel like I don’t feed her enough or she’s too skinny. I feed her 5.5oz every feed but I still feel like she’s so lean. I see other babies her age who have rolls and are chunky and she’s so skinny. Is 5.5oz of formula enough at her age?

Answer

She should be eating until she's full at each feeding. Its hard with formula to know because some babies just keep eating and eating. Id say try giving her a little more and see if she eats it or rejects it.
At this age I was exclusively breastfeeding our son and just let him eat as much and as long as he wanted to.

Answer

2/3 of my kids were super skinny. My youngest wasn’t even on the charts until he was a year. He ate plenty and was fed often. He’s still not chunky, but is at least hanging on the charts. My middle who was also super skinny around 2.5 filled out nicely. 🙂 Both of them also had very bad reflux in infancy. 
As long as you are paying attention to hunger cues, nature will generally take its course.

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My child is very tall and always was lower on the weight scale until she got to be around 1.5 years old where she leveled out. She was never a “chunky” baby and always very lean. Maybe try adding a half ounce per feeding and see where that gets you. A one month old needs 3/4 ounces a feeding and then another ounce added every month.

Is my baby too skinny?

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