Underweight baby – should parents be worried?

The birth weight of your daughter was, of course, usually entered onto her ‘weight chart’. This established her particular growth/weight centile (some babies are big, some small, some average – just like adults). What seems to have happened now – as is shown by a 24-week weight – is that she has fallen to another, lower centile. This is why the Health Visitor is ‘not happy’.

It may well be that the frequent bowel actions are a feature of the weight changes; all of the nutrition taken by mouth is not being used, for example. The Health Visitor/Doctor will look into this, I am sure. It is rarely a serious problem – most often, it is caused by something like milk intolerance. I am sure that you have no major cause for concern. I hope everything settles for you soon.