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[quote=Anonymous]My just turned 5 DS weighs about the same as yours which is almost off the growth chart, maybe even a bit less although I'm not sure because I don't think our home scale is totally accurate.  His height, about 42 in., is on the chart, but he is not as tall as we would have expected based on DH's height and my height.  It has been cause for concern for us, but we kept a food diary for our ped to evaluate and he is getting enough calories.  He is otherwise extremely healthy.  He is somewhat picky and I definitely wouldn't say he is a super enthusiastic eater (not one of those kids who eats 5 bowls of cereal or 3 hamburgers), but he eats an overall pretty healthy and decent diet.  Without loading him up on sugar and saturated fat, I try to up the calories of his food to some extent -- e.g. adding olive oil to pasta, baked beans, etc..., making smoothies with lots of fruit and yogurt, lots of peanut butter.

We did bloodwork to have him tested for all kinds of possible issues and everything came up negative.  I think at his next checkup (soon) our ped may refer us to an endocrinologist for further investigation, but he may just be a smaller, skinny kid.  It's something I worry about a lot.[/quote]

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