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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is 8.5 and in 3rd grade.  She has always been off the charts in height and 95+ percentile for weight since in the womb.

I’m average size (5’6” & 145 pounds) and her father was a very big man (6’6” and usually around 285-300 pounds).  His entire family is the same.  Big and tall.

DD is 4’8” already and around 100 pounds.  Doctor is not concerned about either as she’s been consistently on the same curve and she’s not overweight.

She eats healthy and plays sports.  She doesn’t have an athletic build but excels  in the sports she’s interested in (swimming and softball).

She also looks much older despite her personality and interests being like your average 3rd grader. She’s starting to have some signs of puberty but nothing concerning yearly.    People often guess she’s 10 or 11 and I’ve noticed if she’s in a group or her peers other adults and even kids often have expectations of her beyond the rest of her classmates.  Like they just assume she’s more mature because she looks physically mature.

It’s pretty frustrating and I feel like she’s not allowed to be a little girl.  She just wants to play horses and Barbies. [/quote]

My daughter was about 4’8” in 3rd grade and she wasn’t the only one.   She didn’t reach 100 lbs until she was past 5’ tall.  She was in the tall end of normal.  If she was over 5’ at 8 years old I would get it .    [/quote]
She's 3" taller and 40 lbs heavier than my 5th grade girl.  That's a lot of weight and I think a bigger delta than her height.[/quote]

Read it carefully.   The 100 lbs is when she grew over 5’.     Your daughter is on the other side of the chart. [/quote]
OP's daughter is 4'8" and [b]over 100lbs[/b].  You need to go reread the OP.  I wasn't talking about your daughter.

I maintain that the OP's daughter's weight is a bigger issue than her height.  And that's something that can be influenced with more activity and a healthy diet.[/quote]

Interesting assumption to read into "around 100 pounds," but sure.
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Close enough.  It's a message board not a sworn statement.[/quote]

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