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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all! My 2yo DD has always struggled to put and keep on weight. Now that she's becoming more aware of the conversations adults around her are having, I'm becoming increasingly uncomfortable with having a 30min conversation with the pediatrician about her weight with her in my lap, but she's also too young to wait in the waiting room without me. Her pediatrician is great but very old school. I was similarly petite as a child and have bad memories of doctors appointments and feeling ashamed of my body, and would like to avoid repeating the experiences with DD.

[b]I was wondering if anyone had experience with a particularly body positive pediatrician in the DC area? Or a pediatrician that was well suited for an underweight child?
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More background on DD: She has a number of allergies and used to have some GI issues that have since resolved with medication and time. Her gastroenterologist and allergist are pleased with her progress. She is a cheerful, energetic, smart little girl who has consistently been ahead in her language, gross, and fine motor skills, and she's also sprouted up like a string bean in the last few months! However, she recently took a dramatic drop in her weight percentiles. At 12mo, she was at the 2nd percentile, climbed up to 15th by around 20mo, but now is back down to 1st percentile at 26mo. I share the pediatrician's concerns, but we've also spent the last year doing everything under the sun to try to get more calories in her (high cal medical formula, having set snack/meal times with high cal foods, making meal times fun + low pressure). I am starting to feel that her weight is out of control, and the level of pressure my husband and I feel around it is not healthy for us or DD. We're ready to seek out a second opinion on her weight, and I would love to be in an office that is more modern in terms of expectations and conversations around weight.

Thank you![/quote]

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