He's drinking heaps - he's off his milk a bit though, its hard to get anything into him. Before he was at least having LOTS of fruit - now hardly anything (which of course would explain the weight loss I suppose)
But he always wants juice (I dilute it very heavily with water) or cordial (a dash in a big cup with lots of water) and he drinks it in about 2 seconds flat.. so not sure what to do with him.
Mel
DD is 2.5yo and 13.8kg. She lost about 1kg in 6 weeks before her 2nd birthday but that was after being sick for most of that time. If your worried take him to your gp/paed for a check. I did this with dd1 and she checked her fortnightly for a while and she regained the lost weight.
As others have said, different scales will give diferent readings, if the same scales are on different surfaces or uneven surfaces you can get diferent readings. If he is done a poo or jsut eaten a big meal (although if he is anything like my dd a large meal would be a miracle lol) and the time of day can alter the readings on a scale. Try and weigh him same time of day, same scales and on the same even surface ( we dont put the scales on the tiles anymore as they can vary by 1-2kg). Good luck, life with a fussy eater is not easy
Its the same scales, and on the same part of the timber floor as we always weigh on. So I dunno if they differ that much? I hope so, hope I'm really not as heavy as they say I am
I wondered if he's been more active maybe? I know when Riv learned to walk the weight went down again, perhaps he's gotten better at running or something and isn't storing as much fat?
Anyway, like the others have said, a doc should be able to help you figure out if it's an issue.
hugs hun
trust your instinct
if you are worried, then a checkup might be a good idea
perhaps get BSL (blood sugar) tested as well- even if you have a friend with a glucose monitor - you can check it quickly
hope all is good
Another thing that DH has just reminded me of - when we put nappies on him he complains that we are hurting him - even if its just doing up the snaps or whatever, and he never complained about it before, but the last month or whatever, he's been like "ow ow" whenever we put one on him. Dunno if that has anything to do with it? We don't press it onto his skin, we have our fingers under the snaps..
Are the scales digital or anagloge? Cause if they are analouge then it may not be 1kg it could less.
I would actually keep an eye on him first. Weigh him once a week at the same time of day(pref morning before brekkie) while naked so you get a proper reading. Write down what actually goes in his mouth each day. You'd be surprised at how much they do actually eat when you keep a record of it. Then after say 2-3 weeks if his weight hasnt changed or he has gained i wouldnt bother with the checkup. If he's lost more then certainly get it checked. If he is happy in every other way i would say he is fine.
we had the same problem with xavi, he went off his food and milk etc, and when i took him to the doctors, they found he had a throat and ear infection which i hadn't picked up on. since he had a dose of ab, he's been catching up on his food. he's a pretty skinny bugger too...
Mel, lily is only 11kg at 26mths. She hasn't put on any weight in about 3mths. But then the difference in that is that she eats like a horse. But I have read somewhere that it' normal for toddlers to only put on 1.5-3 kg a YEAR!
I would say just weigh him regularly at the same time fo day for a few weeks and see how he goes. Though with the pain thing you've said he does, maybe take him to the dr, jic.
It's so hard to know if it's serious or not with kids, but it's probably better to be safe than sorry.
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Hope things are fine.
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