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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We give him milk with cereal for breakfast (unsweetened cheerios are his fave but we also do honey bunches of oats), but it's probably at most 1 c. He won't drink it straight. We've even tried making[b] chocolate milk with cocoa powder and some honey but again, not interested. 
The pediatrician suggested fortified oJ, and yes he will drink that but i don't like the high sugar content. 
In the smoothies -- almond / coco milk or coco water[/b] [/quote]

OP, this is a problem.

You say he's a picky eater and are concerned about his calorie intake and then you restrict oj (sugar!) and make smoothies with almond or coconut water instead of milk or yogurt. 
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Agree. If you're concerned about his weight but don't want to overload him with sugar,  those smoothies should be made with unsweetened whole milk yogurt. Add banana and frozen berries. My picky eater lived on these.

That said, a kid who is 20th percentile in height is perfectly sized at 20th percentile for weight, which is why your pediatrician is not concerned.  Children need to be severely malnourished before height is stunted, so regardless of how picky he is your son is not small because he doesn't eat enough. He's small because he's short. Will he stay short? Maybe, maybe not, but stuffing him with food will not make him taller. (By comparison, as a toddler my picky eater was 75th percentile in height and 10th percentile in weight. It was not great.) [/quote]

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