How do i get some weight onto my 3 year old?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

DD1 is nearly 4 and is 16kg i think.

looking at my MCHN book it says boys 3yrs he would be about 90th% at 18kg (roughly)

[~*Niadalla*~]

DS is 5 and 17kgs..... I think you're 3 year old sounds like he's doing well.

[MrsFabuloso]

I think his weight sounds fine. My DS1 is 4 and he weighs around 17kg, my DD is 5 1/2 and weighs about 18-19kg. I don't think he sounds under weight, or skinny. Though I suppose it would depend on his height.

[Sunny Love]

The concern with my DD, was that she hadn't put on weight for a considerable amount of time, and was floating in 3rd -10th percentile.

[Ginger]

ok, so maybe i'm worrying over nothing?
90%? really? geez there must be some skinny 3 year old boys walking around if that's right.

[Razzberry]

FWIW my daughter is 3 and is only 13.5kgs.

[Artechim]

W is 17kg at 5, and A is 13.5kg at 3. But they are very average heights and I know your boys are tall so he is probably is quite slim for his height.

[Trillian]

G, I don't think it would matter what you did, he's probably always going to be a lean bean I think the worry sets in when you see how different the two boys are. I was the same with L and E - L was a great lump of a kid like your L is, and E was always such a petite little thing, but still perfectly average kwim? Average height and average weight. It was just that I was used to L being soooo big, that when E wasn't you start to wonder if there's something going on. But then I had P who was soooo tall and skinny and I was *meh* about it then. Heck, P was still wearing a size 00 skirt when she was well over 3 LOL and it was only that it got too short for her that she stopped wearing it. And even now, for as tall as A is, he's a string bean with no ass to speak of to hold his pants up - the kid can still wear size 1 shorts for crying out loud and he eats like you wouldn't believe. All my kids have eaten full fat everything, it's just that they are skinny like DH was as a kid and L will be a bit heavier like my side of the family

[LuluHB]

My DD2 is 4.5 and weighs 12kgs at the moment - she's lost just under 2kgs with being sick over the last few months but even at 15kgs she's still a little flea. At her "normal" weight I still have moments of worry that she is too light. I've spoken to her paed about it a few times and he repeatedly assures me that she is active, alert and intelligent, and that she is just a little person and perfectly healthy. I've asked about changing her diet (she gets full fat dairy etc) but he says there's no need.

Its reassuring that I have an expert tell me that medically she's fine, but I still can't help but worry about my little bag of bones at times