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Our ped's thoughts....
Our son, at 5 months, was 14 lbs but by the time we got to Gotcha Day at 7.5 months he was only ~17 lbs.
Our ped was not concerned and actually warned us at referral that this would happen. Their theory is that as babies they get pretty good nutrition but when they should start getting more 'table food' at 6-7 months that's when they start falling down the growth charts because they don't get the nutrition they need to sustain as quick of growth. I would never have come up with this but it does make sense.
Every child is different but thought I would share. I love our peds...they are so knowledgable with internationally adopted children and it helped that they didn't compare our son to US borns in terms of size and development. We really got lucky with these guys.
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