The nurse actually uses the Better Health Website - so I know it is correct according to the guidelines.
I will have a think about not getting her weighed next time (I do get other positive things out of the appointments so not sure I would want to miss them) isn't till just before school now anyway. Do they weigh them at school? I remember my mum (UK) telling me they were weighing kids and sending them home with letters saying overweight according to BMI etc which children were reading and it causing some outrage over there.
I suppose her weight gets less noticeable to others as they get older because they get picked up less - but quite often I have to warn other parents so they are aware when they go to pick her up because their kids are all around the 15kg mark and flung around / carried quite easily. People are constantly amazed at how heavy she is in comparison.
She already thinks she is heavy but doesn't think heavy is a bad thing if you see what I mean - we have used the word quite a bit just from not carrying her - not swinging her round and round etc (both DH and I have not great backs) - maybe we should be a bit more careful about how we use it as she gets older.
I had a google around and it seems there are various things for calculating BMI for larger boned people but nothing for children. Oh well - will probably now just forget about this until the next check :-) I think I just find it odd that they don't look at the child, calculate the BMI and do not ask about their diet at all - DS (who is heavy but not like she is) I could probably just feed chips and icecream and his BMI would be fine so they wouldn't care less.
My DD was 17.3kg at 3.5, there is no way she's overweight! dD is crazy tall though and was 106.7cm at her check, she looks far older than she actually is, her BMI wasn't even done. I bet your DD is extremely healthy, I wouldn't worry xxxx
That was the other odd thing the nurse said - that they never like children to lose weight but grow into their weight and that we only need DD to grow 6 cm and she would be within healthy range - almost like she was a plant and with a bit more watering she could grow those 6 cm! She is 100 cm which is just above average.
I am not worried about whether she is overweight or not as I can see she isn't, but I do occasionally have these bouts wondering how on earth she can be so heavy and if is indicative of something wrong - her bones being made of heavy metal or something :-) - if you look at the WHO charts - weight for height she is above the 97th percentile for her age - that just amazes me.
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