s/o - Bone growth and proportions

[Anonymous]

I saw the thread on height and 10 year olds and it made me think of this. . . . DS is 9. I have noticed that his hips now seem wider, proportionally, when compared to his upper body. His upper arms and shoulders seem a little spindly in comparison. When his friends hit 9 I noticed some of them had this same set of proportions. DS is pretty slim, in the 60th percentile for weight. Is this a usual growth pattern? I obviously don't want to ask the pediatrician in front of DS.

[Anonymous]

how is he slim if he is in the 60th percentile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how is he slim if he is in the 60th percentile?

Well, I'm looking at the pediatrician sheet and I got that wrong. He's in the 50th percentile for weight and 65th percentile for height.