Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 10:18     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My 9.5 year old is 4'-10" and somewhere between 85-90lbs. She's definitely taller than most of her friends. She's a competitive dancer, so pretty solid muscle.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 22:25     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My 11 year old daughter is 5’2” and 122lbs
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 14:20     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
I mean, doesn't the percentile give you the answer to your question? If she is 45th percentile she is basically right in the middle in terms of weight and height for age.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 14:20     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
I mean, doesn't the percentile give you the answer to your question? If she is 45th percentile she is basically right in the middle in terms of weight and height for age.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 09:46     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Anonymous wrote:My almost 10 year old is about 80-82 pounds. I don’t know exactly how tall she is, but she looks very fit to me. She is tall-ish. My problem with her is that her closest friends are all extremely thin and they’ve started telling her she is fat. She has muscle and fat… and just looks so healthy to me. We’ve been talking about this once or twice a week for the past month. They just casually tell her that her arms or legs are fat. Apparently, yesterday one started telling her that because she was on 60 pounds, 80 pounds was clearly fat. My daughter cried while telling me and told me that these comments are the only thing making her feel bad about her body. On Friday, she asked me for plastic surgery. (!!!)

Sorry - I know this is a little off topic. But eye opening? I’ve always taught my girls that they are beautiful just the way they are. They eat pretty healthfully. Eating disorders are a thing in my extended family… from my childhood.


Same thing has been happening with my 11 year old in 5th grade who is 4’ 7” and 80 lbs. They’ll compare clothing sizes too saying she’s big for wearing 10/12 in kids when they wear 7/8 which is tiny for 5th grade. There are definitely kids her size and bigger than her in class so I don’t know why she’s listening to these kids and wanting to be friends with them. She’ll come home saying her shoulders are too big and won’t wear certain styles anymore and is always trying to weigh herself. We had to hide the scale. She never even knew her weight until these kids started saying they’re 60 lbs and asking her what she weighs. Even her doctor telling her that her weight is healthy hasn’t helped. Luckily she still eats normally.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 09:12     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Anonymous wrote:My almost 10 year old is about 80-82 pounds. I don’t know exactly how tall she is, but she looks very fit to me. She is tall-ish. My problem with her is that her closest friends are all extremely thin and they’ve started telling her she is fat. She has muscle and fat… and just looks so healthy to me. We’ve been talking about this once or twice a week for the past month. They just casually tell her that her arms or legs are fat. Apparently, yesterday one started telling her that because she was on 60 pounds, 80 pounds was clearly fat. My daughter cried while telling me and told me that these comments are the only thing making her feel bad about her body. On Friday, she asked me for plastic surgery. (!!!)

Sorry - I know this is a little off topic. But eye opening? I’ve always taught my girls that they are beautiful just the way they are. They eat pretty healthfully. Eating disorders are a thing in my extended family… from my childhood.


It's very common for children to grow out before they grow up -- get wider/fatter before a growth spurt.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 08:51     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Anonymous wrote:My almost 10 year old is about 80-82 pounds. I don’t know exactly how tall she is, but she looks very fit to me. She is tall-ish. My problem with her is that her closest friends are all extremely thin and they’ve started telling her she is fat. She has muscle and fat… and just looks so healthy to me. We’ve been talking about this once or twice a week for the past month. They just casually tell her that her arms or legs are fat. Apparently, yesterday one started telling her that because she was on 60 pounds, 80 pounds was clearly fat. My daughter cried while telling me and told me that these comments are the only thing making her feel bad about her body. On Friday, she asked me for plastic surgery. (!!!)

Sorry - I know this is a little off topic. But eye opening? I’ve always taught my girls that they are beautiful just the way they are. They eat pretty healthfully. Eating disorders are a thing in my extended family… from my childhood.


OP here - I have made a VERY conscious decision to make sure my daughter knows that people come in all shapes and sizes and to NOT comment on anybody's body and their size. Yes she is much smaller than her friends but that doesn't make them big. I would HATE to know her comments, even off hand, would make another child, especially a girl, feel bad about their body.

And of course 80 pounds at 10 is very appropriate!
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 08:49     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My almost 10 year old is about 80-82 pounds. I don’t know exactly how tall she is, but she looks very fit to me. She is tall-ish. My problem with her is that her closest friends are all extremely thin and they’ve started telling her she is fat. She has muscle and fat… and just looks so healthy to me. We’ve been talking about this once or twice a week for the past month. They just casually tell her that her arms or legs are fat. Apparently, yesterday one started telling her that because she was on 60 pounds, 80 pounds was clearly fat. My daughter cried while telling me and told me that these comments are the only thing making her feel bad about her body. On Friday, she asked me for plastic surgery. (!!!)

Sorry - I know this is a little off topic. But eye opening? I’ve always taught my girls that they are beautiful just the way they are. They eat pretty healthfully. Eating disorders are a thing in my extended family… from my childhood.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2025 00:58     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My 10 year old is 5 feet tall and about 105 lbs - no period but I’m guessing she’s close.

My 14 year old is 105 lbs and 5’4z
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2025 15:03     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
I would rather my kid develop late than early...
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2025 13:20     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Not true about weight. Teens go through puberty before 100 pounds.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2025 11:12     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Everyone follows their own growth curves and if she stays steady around 45th percentile, I'm sure she'll be fine.

My DD just turned 10 is on the other end of the spectrum- 4'11, at least 100 lbs, and started developing after turning 8. She's been around 90th-99th percentile for height since birth but weight has gone between 50th-90th percentiles over the years.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2025 07:44     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
Why’s that boo?
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2025 00:51     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My 10.5-year-old is exactly the same size as OP's. We know many kids who are much bigger and taller, but we also know many who are shorter and some who are thinner. She has just started to develop, but I suspect it will be years before she gets her period.

It doesn't seem abnormal to me for a big baby to turn into an average kid. I have an 8-year-old son who was a huge baby and big toddler, but is now on the shorter side and very lean.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2025 23:58     Subject: How much does your 10 year old girl weigh?
My almost 11 year old is 65 pounds and about 4’6 which seems to be right in the middle where she’s always been. She has not begun to develop.

My almost 13 year old 5’3, is less than 100 pounds. She’s begun to develop and menstruate, so definitely did not reach 100 lbs first.