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hi everyone,
I have been having issues with my ds's sedentary lifestyle essentially all his life. He was a healthy baby and toddler but around 4-5 he kind of changed. i had always had troubles getting him to play like other kids. He has always hated being outside. until around 4 he was pretty lean and tall. Weight 50-75% and height 90% +. I think school, having dd and the divorce kinda did him in. He is still extremely tall. Just turned 9 and is 5'2" and his weight is at 95 for BMI. I took him to the dr last fall and he ran a bunch of tests and he was fine. Dr was not worried at all. He said since he is still growing height wise so much not to worry. But i still do. Dr said to get him more active and I have done so as much as i can. He did swimming, then karate, then tennis. But I am having many health issues so I cannot be as active with him...
He never asks to go outside. He does have a video game habit that may get in the way. But his diet isn't that bad. Dr asked if he drinks lots of pop and i said no. He likes sweets but they are drastically limited. It is just so frustrated because he just seems to lack motivation. He always complains if we go on walks or do anything outside ish.
I will continue to put him activities as finances allow but just looking for suggestions and am i overworried for nothing? I was always a bigger kid and didn't end up as an obese adult. I hover within 10-15 ish pounds of my same weight high end of normal/slighty overweight for my height since i was a teen. So it could genetic. I have lost sleep and worry about this all the time. My concern isn't that he is bigger, it is that for the first 4 years he was lean and then he went from lean to husky in a matter of months. Suggestions? thoughts? anyone dealing with this?
I have been having issues with my ds's sedentary lifestyle essentially all his life. He was a healthy baby and toddler but around 4-5 he kind of changed. i had always had troubles getting him to play like other kids. He has always hated being outside. until around 4 he was pretty lean and tall. Weight 50-75% and height 90% +. I think school, having dd and the divorce kinda did him in. He is still extremely tall. Just turned 9 and is 5'2" and his weight is at 95 for BMI. I took him to the dr last fall and he ran a bunch of tests and he was fine. Dr was not worried at all. He said since he is still growing height wise so much not to worry. But i still do. Dr said to get him more active and I have done so as much as i can. He did swimming, then karate, then tennis. But I am having many health issues so I cannot be as active with him...
He never asks to go outside. He does have a video game habit that may get in the way. But his diet isn't that bad. Dr asked if he drinks lots of pop and i said no. He likes sweets but they are drastically limited. It is just so frustrated because he just seems to lack motivation. He always complains if we go on walks or do anything outside ish.
I will continue to put him activities as finances allow but just looking for suggestions and am i overworried for nothing? I was always a bigger kid and didn't end up as an obese adult. I hover within 10-15 ish pounds of my same weight high end of normal/slighty overweight for my height since i was a teen. So it could genetic. I have lost sleep and worry about this all the time. My concern isn't that he is bigger, it is that for the first 4 years he was lean and then he went from lean to husky in a matter of months. Suggestions? thoughts? anyone dealing with this?