https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:42:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts/page/2#post-2603276 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:51:59 +0000 BSB 2603276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: @winniebee: Yeah, now that they are both off the chart for weight, I am beginning to re-think what I'm feeding them. </p> <p>I'm not stressed about it because I'm pretty tiny and was tiny as a child. Also, they are preemies and I know they should catch up by 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts/page/2#post-1905927 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:47:34 +0000 pinkcupcake 1905927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Same. At 30 months, my LO weighs 26 LBS on a good day :( She's tall, though, and is around 50% percentile for height. Girlfriend just does NOT EAT. It drives me crazy. I swore I wouldn't be the mom chasing their kids around with food, but when your kid only eats a couple bites at dinner, you don't have much choice...</p> <p>I honestly didn't worry too much until she started preschool last month and she is SO MUCH SMALLER than everyone else. Like, the other kids (2 - 3 year olds) are double her size. :( I worry constantly that she will get knocked over or pushed around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts/page/2#post-1905779 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:16:28 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1905779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, breastfeeding issues made me constantly concerned about weight gain. We seem to be doing well now though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts/page/2#post-1905771 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:06:37 +0000 jedeve 1905771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not really. </p> <p>Lo1 had problems with vomiting for about six months, and when we finally figured out it was a dairy allergy he jumped from the 35th to the 60th percentile. So for a minute I felt terrible we hadn't realized the vomiting had affected him that much. And the GI told us to watch his weight to make sure it didn't keep spiking but it hasn't. </p> <p>Lo2 was 2nd percentile for weight, 3rd for height and 22nd for head when he was born a month early. At his two month appointment he was 60th for weight and 86th for head size. The pediatrician said we should keep an eye on his head to make sure it wasn't growing too fast, but I think he was just catching up to his true place on the chart. At his four month appointment it wa in the 93rd percentile. His brother is 95th for head size. It makes tummy time and getting shirts over their heads hard but they are fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts/page/2#post-1905572 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:19:49 +0000 winniebee 1905572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: totally agree!!</p> <p>I worried a lot when T was a baby because he was so small he wasn't even on the charts when he was born. For most of his life he has been around 5th percentile for weight and 15th for height. I stopped being concerned about food at age 2 for no real reason other than he's old enough to decide when he is hungry and can tell me when he wants or needs something. He's 29 months and still shy of 25 lbs. Me and my husband we're the same way as kids so it's genetics rather than food intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905494 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:17:08 +0000 yoursilverlining 1905494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don’t really worry about it. I "worry" about getting in trouble with the ped because LO has gone from 75%+ to 20% (or less), but I don’t actually worry about her growth. She eats well (both variety and amount) and she’s healthy. I was OFF the growth chart (under 1%) until I was like 3 or 4 and I’m perfectly average now in height/weight so her % now is just not something I’m going to stress over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905430 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:37:09 +0000 SeptMomma12 1905430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Ugh, I HATE comments like that. I had a friend tell me after LO's 2 year visit that she was surprised the doctor hadn't told us to start feeding him less. You don't starve a kid just because he's at the top of the growth charts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905410 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:27:26 +0000 MapleMoose 1905410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't worry. But maybe that's because she's always average height and weight, right on track. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905405 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:26:18 +0000 loveisstrange 1905405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's like 97th for height and like 82nd for weight. She was 100/100 until she got closer to 2. It used to bug me when she was little because this bitch woman I used to hang around who used to talk about how her daughter was so "tiny and cute" and how giant C was. As she got older and I realized my friend was a terrible person, it bothered me a lot less. lol</p> <p>@yellowbird: @SeptMomma12: @oliviaoblivia: C is 2.5 and commonly gets mistaken for 3-4 also. People are always shocked when I tell them how old she is. Of course, she got mistaken for 2-3 months old as a newborn. ha! But yeah, the only thing that worries me now is that people's expectations of her behavior are not realistic because they assume she is older than she is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905387 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:19:33 +0000 SeptMomma12 1905387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Same here! My LO is literally off the charts in height and 97th percentile for weight. I worry that he is so much bigger than all his peers. And the doctor said we have to be very careful that people don't expect him to act the age he looks. He just turned 2 but commonly gets mistaken for 3.5 or 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905370 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:09:52 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1905370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't worry because both kids have always been taller than average for their ages. </p> <p>@mrbee: long legs and limbs also make a person appear taller than they are! olive looks like she has much longer legs compared to her torso. two people can be the exact same height, but usually the person with the longer limbs seems taller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905319 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:37:25 +0000 Orchid 1905319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. This is on my worry list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1905012 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:27:16 +0000 Pirouette 1905012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! A lot. I'm not really a worrier by nature but this is something that I am constantly very worried about :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904983 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:14:19 +0000 erwoo 1904983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not so much since our kids don't look small in height and weight. My oldest is probably average with height and I have a feeling he won't be as tall as his little brother who is taller for his age. He's been wearing 3Ts for months now and he's almost 31 months old. His weight is in the 93% which is why he needs to wear 3Ts. His waist and butt are both thick but he's not overweight by any means. Just has a lot of squishy fat on him which I'm sure he'll lose soon enough with all the running around the boys do together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904981 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:12:07 +0000 .twist. 1904981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: One of DH's brothers is taller and so are both our dads... Maybe there's hope ;) They totally could and we could scout out nice, sweet petite little partners for them! :D haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904977 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:10:27 +0000 petunia354 1904977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: HA! Not at all. We have pretty similar stats as you and your husband. But both of our siblings are tall so I was hoping that he'd get those genes! I guess that's probably wishful thinking though, poor kid. L and O should be each others wingman when they get older :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904952 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:00:47 +0000 Anagram 1904952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worried a lot from her 1 month appointment until her 4 month appointment, just because every month she would be in a lower percentile than the month before, so she wasn't staying on her own growth curve.</p> <p>But once we got her MSPI figured out, she got a lot better and has always been on track. So now I don't worry much.</p> <p>I would absolutely worry if something seemed really off, though--a huge jump or dip either way. I would wonder if I wasn't feeding enough, or too much, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904940 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:56:45 +0000 .twist. 1904940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: Are you and your husband tall?? I'm having the same concerns. :( </p> <p>I realize it seems superficial. I do worry about his height. My husband is 5'6" and I'm 5'0". I know from my husbands experience and the seeming desire of women to only have 6'0" tall men, it's hard for the shorter guys. I hope he at least gets my husbands height. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904939 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:55:33 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1904939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's easy not to worry when your kid is somewhere on the chart... I mostly don't worry about it now that Dylan is 2 actual, 20.5 months adjusted, but when you are below the chart, food is always on your mind. He hit 20 lbs (20.5 actually) at his 2 year visit which was our Ped's goal. Our new goal is 22 lbs by age 3. His height and head circ. are on the real chart though (not adjusted) which is comforting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904930 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:52:15 +0000 Mamaof2 1904930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I worry about bullying too but on the opposite spectrum - having a short boy - gosh I hope he isn't picked on!! :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904901 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:38:40 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1904901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: I have the same worries. I'm not concerned from a health standpoint, but from a social one. DD is 99% in height and 85% in weight I don't want her to be bigger than everyone else (especially the boys) and certainly don't want her to feel self-conscious of her size. I was taller than my classmates until high school and it wasn't always great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904884 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:22:25 +0000 stargal 1904884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes.both. my kids are small when.it.comes to weight. P I don't worry so much because he is older and his growth chart has been steady for weight.. D is so young and small and is 5% for weight. We struggled.so much to fain weight.in the beginning with breastfeeding so at weight checks I literally hold my breath. It doesn't help that ppl comment with.how.tiny he is. I got asked.the other day of.he was a.preemie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904746 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:20:48 +0000 Mamasig 1904746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, but both my boys are big. They take after their father's side if the family with their build. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904743 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:18:03 +0000 nana87 1904743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very much so! Lo was about 3% for weight when she was born and the fell off that curve btw 6wks and 2 months, but stayed at about 50% for height that whole time. Now at her last check up she was up to 25 percentile and I am SO relieved! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904735 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:12:01 +0000 mrs. wagon 1904735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do worry a bit about Wagon Jr. because his height has always been small to average, and between ages 3 and 4 he dropped from like 30th percentile to 4th (gulp). But he's just short. We're not tall people so we're not too worried.</p> <p>LMW is just gigantic for her age in every measurement so no worries there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904703 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:41:48 +0000 RsMom 1904703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep an eye on it for sure since he was born with some health issues but he's just a slow grower. At almost 30 months he's just reaching 26lbs. He's also on the lower end for height, which makes him proportional so he doesn't really look that small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904676 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:22:54 +0000 petunia354 1904676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. He's not even on the chart for height :( And his weight % has been dropping now that he's a toddler and very active. His weight doesn't bother me because he is still pretty solid, but I worry about his height for sure. He was late preterm at 34 weeks but I'm hoping he'll catch up to his peers at some point! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904672 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:17:26 +0000 Mamaof2 1904672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my kids are small framed and short but they are following the growth curve so I don't worry about it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904665 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:11:33 +0000 tinyperson 1904665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: We've always kept an eye on it because she's been in the 5th percentile or below for height and weight since she was born! Everyone says she looks tall too - it's bizarre. I think she has a short torso (like me) and long legs, so they look at her legs and think "tall." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-worry-about-your-kids-growth-charts#post-1904598 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 01:29:42 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1904598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. My daughter has always been slim. The first 18 months I was okay with it, but as she has gotten older I have become more and more worried. She's a terrible eater and when she is sick she doesn't eat at all, and she has ZERO reserve. I feel like maybe sickness wouldn't be as hard on her little body if maybe she had some meat on her bones!</p> <p>I found out at her last doctor appointment that she has dropped 35 percentiles for weight over the last 6 months. She weighs 25 pounds at 29 months. I worry for sure. </p>