s/o skinny kids

[ringstrue]

DD has gotten skinnier as she's grown and while I know she is fine (and just had her 3 year old dr. appointment too) I feel really weird about having such a skinny kid. Her belly is basically gone. I wonder if in a year or more she'll be all legs and arms.

How can I tell if she's in the normal range for her age? Do they still offer those growth graphs online somewhere in the 3 and up ages?

She also eats like a bird which doesn't help me feel better.

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our doctor tracks it and shows us a graph every year so there is one.

FWIW I look at old pictures of us growing up and we were so skinny compared to what is considered "skinny" now.

[InBetweenDays]

My doctor calls the age from about 4-7 their insect stage. Because they are just all limbs. If your doctor isn't concerned about her size I wouldn't be. Especially if she is remaining on her growth curve and/or you or your DH are thin.

DD is tiny - she is 6 years old and just hit 35lbs (but DH is also very thin). She is still very healthy and althetic, and can keep up with the boys on her soccer team.

And here is a link to a growth chart for ages 2 and up.
www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set1clinical/cj41c022.pdf

[ringstrue]

thanks inbetween!

[crazytalk]

My LOs are tiny too. My first is the pickiest eater alive - I mean, he's really nuts about it - he'll gag and then eventually throw up if I pressure him too much into eating anything (even if it's something he normally likes). So I have always had all this stress about him eating, because he's so thin, and OMIGOD WHY DON'T YOU EAT MORE. But, like I said, dramaboy, so I always have to remind myself to not say a word about what he's eating. He eats so much better when I ignore him. Lol. (He's 5.5 years old and about 35 pounds, but typical height.)

Anyway ..... Now I have a 2nd kid, he's going to be 2 in a couple months, and he is a great eater. Eats most everything, not picky at all, sometimes eats more than my husband or I do.... and he's just as skinny as the first kid.