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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have any strategies, but I know the feeling. If she is not showing any signs of malnutrition, perhaps there is nothing to worry about or change. I don't think offering sweets and ice cream will change much in that case.

My younger one was 87 percentile height and 10 percentile weight at birth. At 6, she is 99 percentile height now and 40 percentile for weight. She looks very thin and every one close to me mentions it (not in her presence). I point to my younger sister and say "she gets it from her." My older one is 99 percentile for both height and weight at 8. 
They eat the same things. My younger one just eats very little while my old one eats much more.

I am not very concerned because my younger sister and I were exactly like this. My younger sister was very thin (even as a baby), and I was bigger(never overweight as a child/teen but much bigger than her even though we are only a year apart). Our dad was always worried about her. He would offer to buy whatever she wanted to eat. She would ask for sweets, eggs, ice cream, soda - she named it, he bought it. It did nothing. She remained thin.

My younger sister and I are in our late 30s with kids. We are both tall. I am now overweight (BMI ~27), and she is just as thin as she always was. She hasn't gained a 
pound since she was 14-15. She is strong (played soccer in college); she just eats less. Her body does not need more, and she listens to it. Ironically, our dad, who was so concerned about her has a similar appetite to my sister and has not gianed any weight in over 40 years.

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It’s true kids differ, but the split you mention ((90th percentile for height, 40th for weight) is not that unusual or worrying. Your kid is still a normal weight. OP’s kid is under the 1st percentile for weight. That’s quite different and can be a flag for other conditions.[/quote]

OP here. Sorry there was an error in the subject line which I corrected in my second post. She is 25% for weight, under 1% BMI. She was born at 2% for weight but has been at 25% for a while.[/quote]

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