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[alfabetsoup]

I would be worried about the slow weight gain together with the constipation and anemia. FWIW, she weighs more than DD2 did at 18mos! She's 21mos now, just realized she's wearing size 9-12mos pjs--too short in the arms and legs but loose on the body, butt and legs. She's just slim, some people are, but she has been gaining steadily (if slowly, was 8lbs at birth then dropped right off and now hovers on the 3-5th centiles)

I do feel she needs all the calories she can get, so here's what I do:
don't let her snack on crackers etc--if she needs a snack it's yogurt, fruit, toast, more like a mini meal
make sure her meals are as healthy and high calorie as possible, so that if she only eats a bit at least she's getting good stuff. We eat lots of fish and chicken, homemade mac n cheese, cereal with whole milk, whole milk yogurt, lots and lots of fresh fruit
ALWAYS have dessert--this is like the chocolate ice cream thing. I count a healthy dessert like good ice cream, fruit crumble with cream, puddings or custards as part of the meal.

ETA: I try very hard to be relaxed about what DD2 doesn't eat. Now that she's consistently eating well, one skipped meal or an 'off' day doesn't bother me. I plunk down the food and let her decide how much, if any, she eats. Very tough with a skinny baby! DD1 is a fab eater and has always been a good gainer and grower so I've had practice not worrying, but still!

[waiting2bemommy]

That sounds ridiculous....my ds just had a physical yesterday and at almost 28 months (so almost 2.5 years old) he is 3 feet tall and weighs 25 lbs. and yes, he eats, and yes, you can see his ribs lol. he's just skinny. the doc did not even comment. My SO who s dying to turn him FF in the car was more bugged about his weight than the doc

I give him whole milk, cream top yogurt, avocado etc to encourage weight gain but I'm not stressing it. A kid is not FTT imo if they are playing, eating, running around and so on. Some people are just smaller!

[Marnica]

Originally Posted by bobandjess99

My son is under the charts also. He was basically 20 lbs from 12 months through 24 months. He just had a growth spurt and at 27 months is about 24 lbs.

Ditto. My 23 month old DS flucutaes beteen 22 and 23 pounds. Not sure how tall he is now, I haven't measured in a while. He has alos lost weight recently because we found out he is gluten intolerant and are in the process of readjusting his diet which is resulting in him eating less carbs. I am concerned about his weight frankly, since he basically has not put on much in the last 6 months. He is almost 2 and wears size 18 months mostly, even some 12 month pants because the 18 month ones tend to be too big aroundhis wiast. His dad is very skinny naturally so?? I will be inetrested in what the ped says next month at his 2 yr visit.