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[quote=Anonymous]My older daughter was/is small. Our first pediatrician was like yours in that he was very concerned about her size and made me feel like crap (“you need to be doing more for this child than you are” when said to a mother of a 1 month old baby is just tactless particularly when I was doing everything he told me). We were referred to a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s when DD was 8 months old because her weight was still unsatisfactory. The specialist evaluated her and we talked about her diet and activity and developmental milestones and her conclusion was that some kids are always at the 5%ile and some are always at the 95%ile and if DD was meeting her milestones and had enough energy and slept well, she wasn’t concerned about the 5%ile. Her dad and I are not large people, which the doctor pointed out.

We got a new pediatrician and DD is now a 12yo dancer who is still around the 5%ile. It’s just the shape her body is.

I know how hard it is when you are being told your baby is “wrong” somehow but yes, get a second opinion. [/quote]

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