2 yo is 94th percentile for height, below 1st percentile for weight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

OP here. Which aspect of what I described suggests to you I am "overthinking" it? Or somehow not feeding my child? Honestly asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

OP here. Which aspect of what I described suggests to you I am "overthinking" it? Or somehow not feeding my child? Honestly asking.

People are a mess, OP. Ignore them.

My son was like this. He’s now 9 and now 95% height 10% weight. He’s super skinny. Just how he’s made.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

OP here. Which aspect of what I described suggests to you I am "overthinking" it? Or somehow not feeding my child? Honestly asking.

People are a mess, OP. Ignore them.

My son was like this. He’s now 9 and now 95% height 10% weight. He’s super skinny. Just how he’s made.

Thanks. I'm genuinely curious how people come to the conclusion that a child that is in the 94th percentile for height gis underfed. Like, send me some resources about this is if they exist (that was my original ask).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who has always been around 25% for height <5% weight. I guess I would want to know from your ped why the concern now if your kid is maintaining her growth curve. My child's ped has always said that she's built the way she's built and not to worry. Personally, I don't worry too much about sugar as long as my kid is eating a good variety of food. If you do want to increase her calories maybe foods like homemade ice cream or rice pudding which are rich but you can control the sugar.

For snacks vs meals, I know some people say to try to consolidate eating around meals and some say give plenty of snacks and small meals. I do the latter because my kid seems to have a really fast metabolism and just can't eat enough at meals to keep her going until the next one.

+1, I have a 2yo who is 60% for height, <5% for weight, and BMI is <1% too, but she's kept on her weight growth curve and the ped said they'll always keep a close eye on her weight but as long as she's track her growth curve and seems healthy, the ped is not worried. In fact, the ped didn't even mention BMI. I just saw it on one of the school forms later.

I do use full fat dairy, avocado oil in cooking, and add nut butter to recipes to bulk them up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

OP here. Which aspect of what I described suggests to you I am "overthinking" it? Or somehow not feeding my child? Honestly asking.

People are a mess, OP. Ignore them.

My son was like this. He’s now 9 and now 95% height 10% weight. He’s super skinny. Just how he’s made.

Thanks. I'm genuinely curious how people come to the conclusion that a child that is in the 94th percentile for height gis underfed. Like, send me some resources about this is if they exist (that was my original ask).

Np. Good fats are necessary for brain development. Your kid might be tall, but we can't tell if she's getting enough if everything she needs in her diet. Weight /BMI s a proxy that (and a proxy for bad eating on the other side of the spectrum. It's like a flag saying there might be a problem. That's why you're triggering these responses.

If you're sure that your kid is getting enough nutrition-wise, then you have no worries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please feed your child.

This! Healthy development requires calories. Do you have a weight problem/struggle? Don't overthink this. Feed your toddler what she is willing to eat (within reason), and you can shape healthy habits as she grows older, once she is a more appropriate weight.

OP here. Which aspect of what I described suggests to you I am "overthinking" it? Or somehow not feeding my child? Honestly asking.

People are a mess, OP. Ignore them.

My son was like this. He’s now 9 and now 95% height 10% weight. He’s super skinny. Just how he’s made.

Thanks. I'm genuinely curious how people come to the conclusion that a child that is in the 94th percentile for height gis underfed. Like, send me some resources about this is if they exist (that was my original ask).

Np. Good fats are necessary for brain development. Your kid might be tall, but we can't tell if she's getting enough if everything she needs in her diet. Weight /BMI s a proxy that (and a proxy for bad eating on the other side of the spectrum. It's like a flag saying there might be a problem. That's why you're triggering these responses.

If you're sure that your kid is getting enough nutrition-wise, then you have no worries.

I didn't ask you to assess the health of my child. Who on earth would do that on an anonymous forum? That's absurd. I asked for resources, which you obviously don't have.

[Anonymous]

I left my son's 3rd year annual checkup thinking he gained almost no weight over that year. Turns out the woman weighing him was incompetent. He sized out of the kiddie scale and he was bouncing around for the stand up adult scale. I remember thinking "how did I not notice"? He is 90th percentile for height and 60th for weight. (The doc is ok with this). I believe that because he fits in size 4 pants for height but they slide off his bottom. Once they are pushing the curve a measurement error can really push them off the rest of the way. The doctor told me to give him healthy fats but not load him up on sugar. The sugar is not going to build the body mass you want anyway.

Incidentally, I keep hearing these 1st and 99th percentile numbers so often I wonder what is up with the scales.

[Anonymous]

OP, you get these nasty responses because people are just simply jealous that you have a tall and thin child. They are themselves fat or have weight issues and cannot stand the fact that someone has good genetics or that you have self control and do not feed your child junk food. I am not American and can tell you that your daughter is not considered underweight in my country. Good luck and be prepared for a lot of jealous people along the way who would tell you to “ fatten your child up”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a super skinny kid, then just stopped growing at age 12 and my weight caught up. If the pediatrician isn't worried, I wouldn't be. I ate everything as a kid and still was super thin.

Her ped suggested smoothies, so it sounds like ped is a little concerned in this case.

[Anonymous]

Saying that you are limiting salty and sweet snacks suggests that you are limiting your kids eating. And there's a big difference between a dozen donuts and other "typical" toddler snacks like graham crackers with nut butter, goldfish, yogurts, etc. that could be considered sugary or salty.

That's what people are reacting to.

If you want "resources," contact a nutritionist instead of posting on an anonymous forum.

duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you get these nasty responses because people are just simply jealous that you have a tall and thin child. They are themselves fat or have weight issues and cannot stand the fact that someone has good genetics or that you have self control and do not feed your child junk food. I am not American and can tell you that your daughter is not considered underweight in my country. Good luck and be prepared for a lot of jealous people along the way who would tell you to “ fatten your child up”.

I'm 5'9" and 120 lbs on a heavy day. My kids are 99th for height and 50th for weight. I was one of the responders you're talking about. OP sounds like she has some weird feelings towards food and weight and she's projecting that on her kid.

And let me guess, you're the French poster? Enough said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you get these nasty responses because people are just simply jealous that you have a tall and thin child. They are themselves fat or have weight issues and cannot stand the fact that someone has good genetics or that you have self control and do not feed your child junk food. I am not American and can tell you that your daughter is not considered underweight in my country. Good luck and be prepared for a lot of jealous people along the way who would tell you to “ fatten your child up”.

I'm 5'9" and 120 lbs on a heavy day. My kids are 99th for height and 50th for weight. I was one of the responders you're talking about. OP sounds like she has some weird feelings towards food and weight and she's projecting that on her kid.

And let me guess, you're the French poster? Enough said.

+1

I'm 5'6, 115 and most certainly not jealous of a random internet poster asking for advice. My kids are banana babies (especially one of them, who was a stick as an infant and toddler). I'm the "let them eat ice cream" poster.

OP, you are concerned, otherwise why would you post. You may have to let up on sugar/salt limits a bit. I hear you, I try to limit those too, but you gotta look at each individual kid and made decisions for them, not for the average pre-diabetic overweight child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you get these nasty responses because people are just simply jealous that you have a tall and thin child. They are themselves fat or have weight issues and cannot stand the fact that someone has good genetics or that you have self control and do not feed your child junk food. I am not American and can tell you that your daughter is not considered underweight in my country. Good luck and be prepared for a lot of jealous people along the way who would tell you to “ fatten your child up”.

I'm 5'9" and 120 lbs on a heavy day. My kids are 99th for height and 50th for weight. I was one of the responders you're talking about. OP sounds like she has some weird feelings towards food and weight and she's projecting that on her kid.

And let me guess, you're the French poster? Enough said.

+1

I'm 5'6, 115 and most certainly not jealous of a random internet poster asking for advice. My kids are banana babies (especially one of them, who was a stick as an infant and toddler). I'm the "let them eat ice cream" poster.

OP, you are concerned, otherwise why would you post. You may have to let up on sugar/salt limits a bit. I hear you, I try to limit those too, but you gotta look at each individual kid and made decisions for them, not for the average pre-diabetic overweight child.

OP here. Again, I would love to see some resources on whether giving junk food is a healthy/effective way to increase a toddler's BMI. Or are you just here to diagnose an internet poster with food issues? Because that's just bizarre.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you get these nasty responses because people are just simply jealous that you have a tall and thin child. They are themselves fat or have weight issues and cannot stand the fact that someone has good genetics or that you have self control and do not feed your child junk food. I am not American and can tell you that your daughter is not considered underweight in my country. Good luck and be prepared for a lot of jealous people along the way who would tell you to “ fatten your child up”.

I'm 5'9" and 120 lbs on a heavy day. My kids are 99th for height and 50th for weight. I was one of the responders you're talking about. OP sounds like she has some weird feelings towards food and weight and she's projecting that on her kid.

And let me guess, you're the French poster? Enough said.

+1

I'm 5'6, 115 and most certainly not jealous of a random internet poster asking for advice. My kids are banana babies (especially one of them, who was a stick as an infant and toddler). I'm the "let them eat ice cream" poster.

OP, you are concerned, otherwise why would you post. You may have to let up on sugar/salt limits a bit. I hear you, I try to limit those too, but you gotta look at each individual kid and made decisions for them, not for the average pre-diabetic overweight child.

OP here. Again, I would love to see some resources on whether giving junk food is a healthy/effective way to increase a toddler's BMI. Or are you just here to diagnose an internet poster with food issues? Because that's just bizarre.

Why don't you ask your doctor or a nutritionist? You get the advice you pay for and the advice here is free.