Weight gain (or lack of it) in 4yo

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

He has full-fat products and eats more than I do most days - I'm only concerned because some of what he eats must be stored in his body, but it just doesn't look like it is happening. I remember being stuck just under 30kg when I was 6ish - twice DS's current weight (I've always been a big girl). But DH is really slight, so I suppose DS may be taking after him.

[LuluHB]

My almost 3 yr old DD2 is still the same weight as she was this time last year, but in that time she has gone from wearing size 1 jeans to size 3 jeans so has really shot up in height.

We're seeing a paed for her about other issues and he has no concerns about her weight. If your DS is happy, energetic and alert then I really think its just one of those kid things where they burn up almost everything they consume just in development, whether that is physical or mental development. Any day now and he'll wake up one morning 5cm taller and 2kg heavier.

[RainbowBrite]

If he is happy and healthy and eating well i wouldn't be to concerned.
I also think genetics has a lot to do with it.
My DS3 is 9 and is just over 20kg...he is a scrawny boy but I am 5'6" and 48-49kg so he is very much built like me.
My 2.5yr old is also very petite at not yet 10kg and 87cm...very petite like my XDH's side.

[Gigi]

i've had an underweight child for most of her life (compared to her peers at playgroups, childcare, and now Big Kindy).

Early on i was told by a child youth nurse, the best things to go by, are SKINTONE and EYES. Do they LOOK healthy and alert, interested, curious etc.

i give my child full strength cheese and milk, she eats like a sparrow - still she's similar stats to your child. 101cm tall and 16kgs. but at the start of this year, she was 14kg, so 2kg has snuck up really fast, without her increasing her daily intake.

smaller children get picked on at kindy, so it's a sore point with me. Her, in isolation, i feel fine about her being small, but i do get myself in a twist, about her being in groups of much larger children (taller and heavier).

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Thanks all. I do also worry about his height - I am nearly 6', so expected my child to be tall - but he has such a dominant personality he doesn't get picked on at all at Nursery; that may change at school though.

I'm going to go with him being fine and healthy and enjoy the fact I can still carry him around with ease.

[Rach75]

jack is 4 1/2 and has been same weight since he turned 4 but he is also 21kg and 110cm

[Early Kids]

DS1 is about 100cms and 13.9kg at 4yr 2m. I'm not concerned at all.