I said:

>The baby in cillakat's scenario was born on the 9th centile, and at
>5 weeks was still on the 9th centile  which is perfectly normal - 9
>per cent of healthy babies are there!


Now....of course what I *meant* to say was that 9 per cent of healthy
baby are at or below this centile - only one per cent are actually
*on* it which applies to every centile, anyway. Sorry 'bout that :)

I still don't understand why a paed. who uses charts would be in the
least concerned about the weight of this baby, though, still less
expect a baby on the 9th centile to gain 6-8 ounces in a
week....which by my reckoning would put the baby on the 25th
centile at 6 weeks. Nothing wrong with that, as this sort of centile
change does happen in healthy babies, but it's not something that
needs to happen.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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