Helping my baby gain weight

[Winnie26]

How do I help my 9 month old Daughter gain healthy weight? The doctor says that she is very under weight. She is 14lbs 7oz. She eats 3 meals a day followed by a 4 to 6oz bottle of formula and at least 3 snacks in between. She is crawling and pulling herself up...

[happy4all]

ok. the word that got bleeped out there must be a 'no no' here. let's try "finger blood test". how's that? :P

[happy4all]

My daughter was very petite also (-5 percentile). She would litterally gain only 1 pound every 3 months, despite everything I did...and I did everything, including tears of fear. Her pediatrician didn't take it seriously because there are many petite people in our family.  But, as a mother, something just felt wrong to me.

Turned out she had iron deficiency (she was anemic). A little finger ***** at the pediatricians office can rule that in or out for you. Once she had that ***** and had been on an iron suplement for 2 weeks, her weight was at a steady increase. She has a very high metabolism, so she is still lean, but she gained weight and height steadily after that. She's now been in the 30th percentile for over 2 years. If you can't aford the *****, you can make sure her baby vitamin has iron (many don't).

[Renee Radenberg]

I need to ask you a few questions in order to answer your question properly. What is her height?What type of formula is she drinking and snacks are you giving her? When you state she is eating 3 meals a day, what foods consist of each meal? Thank you