[MacMattico]

My daughter is almost 9 and weighs 42 pounds. But you should see that girl eat!! I guess it's just a great metabolism (not inherited from me!). Her doctors know that for her, that's normal. She's always been around the 5th percentile for weight on the growth chart they plot kids growth progression on. One of her teachers once said to me “Does that girl eat?”, kind of in a probing way, so I told her to watch her at lunch. I also let her buy breakfast at school for a while and by mid-year her teacher was more like “Where does she put it all?!”

[ozarkgirl]

I’m sorry that you are the 5% because that puts you on the defensive as a mother but as long as you have well baby/child check ups and the doc knows, that shouldn’t be a problem.

I had a friend whose daughter was at a 25% at 2 years old and her little girl was the same size as my 9 month old 85%. All kids grow at different rates. My child looked like a monster next to hers.

If your doctor said to feed her differently, that what you were feeding her is harmful to her, would you change what you fed? I suspect yes. You feed her well and that’s just the way God made her. I would never intend to make someone feel guilty and I’m sorry if I did.

I believe these parents were told their diet was harmful to their child, they chose not to make any changes to give their child needed nourishment.

Our kids put us through hoops as they grow up. Your cross to bear is your 5%. Beats the heck out of the 105%. Everyone is different and we thank God we’re not all the same.