she was weighed at her 18 month check up at 9.7 so in 6 months she has only put on 300 grams really..
she eats some funny foods lol olives and feta are her fav lol she would eat them all day if i let her lol
she is very acrtive, and i keep saying to myself, how can she put on weight when she eats so much healthy good food and runs around non stop lol. maybe if she sat at ate junk all day and only watched tv she would put on weight lol
i would keep an eye on it but i wouldnt worry too much - the averages are just averages and you need people at the 1st percentile and people at the 99th to make the 'average' iykwim. it could just be her natural build. she seems to have a good diet - maybe if she ate alittle more lunch? but it is great she likes healthy things and is active - and if she is otherwise well then what can you do? is she in proportion (ie height and weight?). i am sure it is hard not to worry.. but i dont think you need to be too concerned.
My DD recently had her 18mth check and she is in the 3rd %ile too at only 8.77kg. She will be lucky to reach 10kg by 2yrs I would say. She has always been around the 5th to 10th percentile but has had several colds, the flu and teething recently.
The child health nurse has got me giving her cream and lots of calorie adding foods. I was getting worried a while back and my friend who's dd was very small and had other issues had taken her to a paed. The info she passed onto me was that the paed doesnt worry if they child is 75% of the weight of the corresponding height.
What I mean is if she is in the 25% for height, look at what the 25% weight is and times by 75% on a calculator. I hope that makes sense. It put my mind at ease.
If you are worried get it looked into but I think it is a pretty common worry with toddlers who are busy!
lunch she is at school 4 days out of 7 so she eats well as she is a little copy cat lol and they cook hot lunch and usually pasta of some sort of rice dishes and soups and she loves those.
she is but her little ribs stick out when she puts her hands up lol she looks like a little monkey you know all ribs no bum lol
i will have to do her height if she stands still long enough lol and see.
she is still in size 0 for waist lol but needs a size 2 for length in her pants its so funny lol
oh forgot to mention, she does spew quite regularly.. and always seems to have an infection in her bladder her wee always smells no matter how much water we give her, she is having a scan for that later this month or week once i book it lol
There could be an underlying issue there then hun. Has she been tested for any food allergies? It could be an absorbtion issue? Maybe get her some probiotics to have as well.
my DDs the same. she eats like a horse and is very active and has only just cracked the 10kg mark (she's 2 in 4 weeks)...
unless you think there is an underlying health problem i'd say she is perfect! have a chat with your GP at the checkup like you mentioned, but i am sure that they wont be too concerned (mine certainly wasnt lol!).
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