U.K. News, Government Takes Boy From Parents Who Refuse to Give Him Sweets. (grandmother, mother)
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My niece is under 20 lbs, and she just turned two. Some kids are just really small. SOMEBODY has to be at the first and the 99th percentiles; otherwise, the curve would not exist.
My niece is under 20 lbs, and she just turned two. Some kids are just really small. SOMEBODY has to be at the first and the 99th percentiles; otherwise, the curve would not exist.
But 17 lbs for a 2 year old isn't even ON the chart, let alone 1st percentile and THAT is the problem. I would argue that your niece has problems too.
My niece is under 20 lbs, and she just turned two. Some kids are just really small. SOMEBODY has to be at the first and the 99th percentiles; otherwise, the curve would not exist.
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Originally Posted by golfgal
But 17 lbs for a 2 year old isn't even ON the chart, let alone 1st percentile and THAT is the problem. I would argue that your niece has problems too.
20lbs isn't as off the mark as 17. If you look at the chart, the lowest line is the 3rd percentile at 23lbs.
The 1st percentile could be close to 20lbs--especially when you consider that the chart you provided is for boys, not girls.
Maybe you're right. Normal range is 10th and 90th percentile.
But mine was always way above the 97th percentile and doctors never said anything about it.
He was 10lbs when he was born. He was never a fat child either.
And he continues to be above the 97th percentile at 6'3". Granted, his weight is only in the 80th percentile now.
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As long as the child is consistently in the normal range (between the 10th and 90th percentile) and stays in that range on multiple well child visits, everything is fine. Physicians become concerned when the child repeatedly falls below the lower limits for weight or height, or above the upper limits for weight. What is important is that the child gets on a steady percentile line and stays there. For example, a physician might worry if at a six-month-old baby was in the 75th percentile and at nine months was in the 25th percentile and then at 16 months was below the 10th percentile.
Interesting that staying in the same percentile is the preference.
Did the doctor bother to run any tests to see if the child was suffering from a condition which could lead to failure to thrive such as celiac disease? I find it really sad that they took this poor child away from his parents for 4 months. Can you imagine how sad and confused the child must have been?
whoa, why do we base on numbers. some kids are small. chips chocolate and cakes ....geeez, I would never give my kid those things. results in hyper annoying kids not to mention health problems.
my daughter is 21 lbs at 14 months and was 17 at one year. the scale is based off of current kids norms. and most of these kids are big kids.
I was 35-40 lbs in 8th grade, maybe 100 in college until the beer ot ahold of me
My niece's "problem" is that her mother is a size zero, and her father is rather small as well. LOL! Her doctor is not concerned, and neither is her mother... I was just stating that people come in all sizes.
The junk food recommendation by supposed medical professionals is just plain stupid though, that's the real problem here.
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