Just thought I'd share this - you may all already know about it however. One of the birth-prep classes we took was with an amazing lactation consultant and she recommended that this chart be used when looking at babies that are exclusively breast-fed. Her argument is that the percentiles that are used in the US were based on standards established by studies of primarily formula-fed babies (which can often gain more/faster than BF babies?).
The following site includes the growth standards based on a larger WHO study that incorporated mostly breast fed children babies. I'm not sure of the legitimacy of her story (of course she's biased toward BF) but the WHO study is legit and our ped said that not all peds use the exactly the same standards. So, take this with a grain of salt and enjoy!
http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/
-C
The following site includes the growth standards based on a larger WHO study that incorporated mostly breast fed children babies. I'm not sure of the legitimacy of her story (of course she's biased toward BF) but the WHO study is legit and our ped said that not all peds use the exactly the same standards. So, take this with a grain of salt and enjoy!
http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/
-C
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