I hate to admit this but I do worry, especially about DD2. My daughter's have different fathers - DD1's father is the skinniest thing in the world, fastest metabolism and I can tell DD1 takes after him (she was nightfeeding till almost 3 and wakes up starving, tiny little thing but eating constantly) and I'm pretty small myself, never been out of healthy ranges and although am curvy, I don't imagine DD1 will be. My curves (breasts and hips) were something I was SO self concious of as a teen but have grown to appreciate as I've grown older, if DD2 ends up like me then I hope I can help her to appreciate it sooner... her dad was overweight for his entire childhood and most of his adult life, he is now within healthy ranges but is a solid person. DD2 is a huge baby, 99th percentile (8.2kg at 4m)... I feel awful for worrying about how she will go but especially am concerned with how different my two girls seem to process food... I can imagine DD1 eating anything but maintaining a slender petite figure while DD2 will probably always have curves and have to work a lot harder... I will always try to focus on health but I know teen girls can focus on the other side...
I can imagine DD2 being jealous of DD1 as a teen but as they grow older it will probably flip... or before... or both... I don't know, you always want what you don't have so I just hope I can help them to see that beauty comes in so many shapes and being healthy is what is important.
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