Little Miss Skinny Minnie

After looking at some pics of DD1 the other day i'm wondering if I should take her to the Dr. She is weeny, she's nearly 7 and she weighs 17KG...DD2 is 3 and weight 19KG (she is a solid little thing though :D ).

She seems perfectly happy and healthy - eats really well, although she does eat a LOT of fruit. She is constantly in the fridge eating fruit and if she's at a party or something she will always go for the fruit over the lollies. But if there are only lollies she will happily wolf them down! She also eats chips etc (not all the time I might add!).

At dinner she'll eat about the same as DD2 which is about a kids bowl size...maybe Ishould give her more?

At lunch, prob a asandwhich and at Brekky she has two pieces of toast.

So should I give her more? Would you be worried? She was always petite but now she's bony :( She's not tall either.

Do you think I should take her anyway just to be sure and get some tests done?

BTW i'm quite small but not like her and neither is anyone else in my family that I can think of...

TIA x

DD1 is a skinny minnie too!!

have you worked out her BMI?? down in vic after 3 they go by bmi rather than weight alone,

Thanks Olive - I did it and it said her BMI is 15 which is right in the middle of "healthy weight range" hmm ok! But it makes me feel better!

BMI can be a misleading source of health information, for example, someone like Arnold Scwarzenegger (at his peak) would be classified as Morbidly Obese on the BMI Scale as muscle weighs more than fat despite the fact that Arnold was super super fit. Some people are just built to be skinny, If in doubt, go and see a GP for an opinion.

Things could change too, at age 10, my little brother had knees that stuck out of his legs like giant ball joints and was all skin and bone and Mum used to be so worried that people would think that she wasnt feeding him!

He is now 6'5 and about 135KG!

Thanks hun, yep I know about BMI and I would never use it or recommend a client use it as a form of fitness testing but in children I think it's slightly different as there is no serious muscle mass to be considered. But yep, I think I will take her to the Docs just to rule out anything specific (like hollow legs or a giant tape worm lol!).

I agree with looking at BMI and asking GP.
If she is eating well I would not worry! She may just a high metabolism!
Good luck xoxo