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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. I have the opposite problem with a larger kid who may always been that way given genetics. Around this age I emailed his ped outside of a visit and expressed that if she had any concerns or questions regarding his weight that she please reach out to me here or we can have a phone call. I shared my concerns, how we approach feeding, etc. and said I want to be able to have an open dialogue if she has any ideas or concerns, but that it's important to me that it's not in front of him at a young age.

So even if you find a new ped, I would have this conversation offline and ask to have any convos about her weight by phone at a separate time. My ped was fine with this. She gave me a call and we chatted and now she doesn't bring it up at visits (it's not really a concern right now but he seems to ebb and flow so sometimes his weight will go up before he has a big growth spurt in height and if he happens to be at the dr before the height growth spurt I realized it could be a flag and be brought up in a way I wouldn't be comfortable with)

The poster that said this is a modern phenomena that is a good thing is misinformed from everything I've read. Weight talk in front of kids has been shown pretty strongly to be quite negative for kids and not helpful.

You are right to advocate for your kid in my opinion op![/quote]

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