DS, 15, gained 13 pounds in two months!

[Anonymous]

Is he in menopause?

[Anonymous]

I can guarantee he's probably sneaking food when he's outside the house because he has a mother who thinks it's normal to lock up snacks in their house. That's an awesome way to make sure he has a healthy relationship with food. #beentheredonethat

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Did he also grow? My son seems to grow in spurts. He’s on the thin side and I don’t track his weight, but he can grow an inch in two months and he must put on weight as well. If your son only put on weight you might talk with the ped, but if he grew too you might just need to watch in awe!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, call his doctor to talk about any concerns.

Our your own doctor to get to the bottom of these food issues.

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Anonymous wrote:According to my handy CDC chart, the 90th percentile height/weight for a 15-year-old boy is 5'11"/160 pounds. Is this about what he is, OP? If he stays at the 85th percentile, at 18, he'll be roughly 6' and 180 pounds. That's within the normal BMI range for an adult, so perfectly fine. Please get a grip on yourself and stop harping on his weight.

Surely you know that it s perfectly normal for teenage boys to outgrow their pants?

In the time between January 9th grade and September 10th grade, my teen boy outgrew four sets of pants. He is getting ready to outgrow the fifth set and I am just hoping he can stretch them through Christmas so I can buy presents instead of more new jeans.

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He's 6" and 168 lbs and you locked up the snack cabinet!! You are a middle aged woman, he can't be eating the same amount you are. The kid needs food! His body is still forming it's adult shape and finishing growing, if he's hungry let him eat.

[Anonymous]

When my 15 year old said he needed a size bigger in pants, I just bought the next waist/length size - I didn't put him on the scale! I haven't know his percentiles on the growth chart since he was maybe 9 or 10.

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OP here. I am not "crazy." You people are ridiculous. I locked up all the Costco snacks because of their volume -- there's a lot of them. So we only bring a few at a time upstairs.

As an idea

He eats a breakfast of milk, juice, bacon and biscuits before he walks out the door at 6:30 a.m. (egg allergies -- can't have those)

He eats a lunch (at 10:20 -- crazy school time lunch) of a water, sandwich, chips, fruit, maybe cookies. I've tried packing a second sandwich but he refuses.

He eats again as soon as he gets home at 2 ish: protein, more fruit, maybe some veggies, milk

Dinner at 6 is protein and veggies, rice.

Maybe popcorn or ice cream at 8.

I'm certainly not trying to feed him my post-menopausal diet. I was just trying to get an idea if people saw this type of weight gain over a a couple months in their kids. I have seen in from doctor's appoint to doctor's appointment over a year, but not in 8 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:The snack pantry is literally locked?

If you don't want him to go through a case of Pringles, then don't buy a case of Pringles.

Uh, no thanks. That's not the point. We basically had a spare cabinet in the basement laundry room and put all the chips we buy, cookies, things like that, down there in the locked cabinet. He hasn't even noticed it yet. But if leaves the upstairs pantry with the healthier stuff, fruit on the counter, yogurt in the fridge etc.

OK, I can see storing extras from big Costco packages in the basement but WHY is the cabinet LOCKED? That is so weird.

What is wrong with you people? I don't want him gorging on chips and cookies, but we buy them in bulk so they are cheaper for the whole family. That's why the cabinet is locked.

There's plenty of other food in the pantry upstairs, the fridge, the fruit bowl, etc.

My question was -- is it normal for a teen to put on weight that quickly? He is gaining all that weight in his waist.

I get you OP. We too shop at Costco and I also lock the storage room where I keep all the bulk stuff. If not, without thinking the kids with their friends can eat through a month's budget of snacks in a night! The pantry upstairs is fair game but stay out of my storage room! I also have a freezer in there that is locked away to protect the ice cream and other frozen stuff!

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Anonymous wrote:

OP here. I am not "crazy." You people are ridiculous. I locked up all the Costco snacks because of their volume -- there's a lot of them. So we only bring a few at a time upstairs.

As an idea

He eats a breakfast of milk, juice, bacon and biscuits before he walks out the door at 6:30 a.m. (egg allergies -- can't have those)

He eats a lunch (at 10:20 -- crazy school time lunch) of a water, sandwich, chips, fruit, maybe cookies. I've tried packing a second sandwich but he refuses.

He eats again as soon as he gets home at 2 ish: protein, more fruit, maybe some veggies, milk

Dinner at 6 is protein and veggies, rice.

Maybe popcorn or ice cream at 8.

I'm certainly not trying to feed him my post-menopausal diet. I was just trying to get an idea if people saw this type of weight gain over a a couple months in their kids. I have seen in from doctor's appoint to doctor's appointment over a year, but not in 8 weeks.

Look, I get it. Teen boys will bankrupt you with the amount of food they eat.

My brother used to eat double that easily at 15. He'd go through a gallon of milk in like 3 days.

[Anonymous]

How much does he weigh? Otherwise, it sounds like normal growth spurt happening. Is he over 200lbs?

[Anonymous]

I have never heard of normal people without food issues locking up food.

[Anonymous]

I agree the mom needs therapy. Does she not realize that children have growth spurts? She says her son is 6 feet tall and 168. No way this is even chubby. My 15 year old son is 5'11', 190. He is captain of his soccer team, and a competitive swimmer. He is really athletic and muscular and eats and exercises constantly. I never considered his weight an issue. I only know his weight because its on his PE form. If you don't want your child to eat Pringles at home do not buy them. They are not healthy even for skinny people in the family. Locking up food is weird, and you cannot control what he eats away from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OP here. I am not "crazy." You people are ridiculous. I locked up all the Costco snacks because of their volume -- there's a lot of them. So we only bring a few at a time upstairs.

As an idea

He eats a breakfast of milk, juice, bacon and biscuits before he walks out the door at 6:30 a.m. (egg allergies -- can't have those)

He eats a lunch (at 10:20 -- crazy school time lunch) of a water, sandwich, chips, fruit, maybe cookies. I've tried packing a second sandwich but he refuses.

He eats again as soon as he gets home at 2 ish: protein, more fruit, maybe some veggies, milk

Dinner at 6 is protein and veggies, rice.

Maybe popcorn or ice cream at 8.

I'm certainly not trying to feed him my post-menopausal diet. I was just trying to get an idea if people saw this type of weight gain over a a couple months in their kids. I have seen in from doctor's appoint to doctor's appointment over a year, but not in 8 weeks.

OP, my ten year old (low weight and size) eats at least that amount each day.

And how do you know what your high schooler is eating at school? Mine buys lunch at school and I could not tell you what he eats on a given day. Let your poor boy eat.

You are way to fixated you your teenager's (normal) weight.

[Anonymous]

ps your child should be going in to the MD by himself. You stay in the waiting room until the MD calls you in. Don't mention weight unless the MD brings it up.