I've got to say, I don't see a problem here.  This baby could be mine - 
9 lbs 10 oz at birth (also weighed on a nontraditional scale at my home 
birth but I trust its accuracy).  At six months my baby is 15 lbs 12 oz 
which is six pounds over birth weight which is an average gain of 4 
oz/week (actually a tad less than since most months don't have an even 
four weeks to them).  She nurses on demand, cosleeps, has no pacifier 
and I'm nursing her two older siblings and have TONS of milk.  Both my 
girls were slow to gain but they got tall really fast.  My baby is 
definitely alert and active - she started crawling two weeks ago!   Is 
this baby longer/taller than average?  What are the parents body types 
and the other children?   I believe genetics plays a role - we've got 
lots of tall & skinny people in our family so it's of no surprise to me 
that my 3 1/2 year old just hit 30 lbs last month.  My baby is only 40th 
percentile in weight - which is a drop on the scale from where she 
ranked at birth but her height has gone UP from the 50th percentile to 
the 85th percentile.  If I were counselling this mother I really think I 
would be giving her a "if it aint broke, don't fix it" type of 
response.   The only thing I would suggest is that they change the 
growth chart that they use:  the new WHO chart for breastfed babies.  
The baby's growth curve may look better on that chart than the generic 
one.  If there's a big problem with this mother's baby then there's also 
one with mine.

Margo

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