https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:55:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786303 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:12:58 +0000 catlady 2786303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was around 50% height/weight at birth and gradually went down to around 20% for both by age 2 and has stayed there (she's now 4). Honestly I expect her percentiles to get even lower as she ages. DS was 30% weight/10% height at birth and is now still 30% weight but only 1% height at 11 months.</p> <p>I expect them to both stay small. DH and I are both probably around 10% height for adults so it makes sense for them to be small. I just hope that DS isn't tooo short (my father and brother are both like 5'2" which is crazy short for a man, DH is more like 5'5" which is better). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786299 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:53:23 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2786299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: I think the doctor is more concerned if they rapidly change off course. My doctor hasn't batted an eye as he's tracked the same all this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786287 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:14:57 +0000 Truth Bombs 2786287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think parental stature is a better indicator than first year percentiles. Through six months my son was in the 3rd% for both height and weight so he was a tiny little nugget, but my the pediatrician kept looking at my husband (6'6" 225lbs) and saying "I just don't think this kid is going to stay small......" sure enough, at his 18 month appointment my "little" guy was 75% for weight and 50% for height. His 2 year appointment is next week and I expect the height % to have gone up even more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786279 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:47:24 +0000 yoursilverlining 2786279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There’s no way to tell now. My brother was almost always the smallest in his class (by a fair amount) and very slightly built. He’s still slender but he’s also well over 6’ - - he didn’t really grow until high school, but once he started he didn’t stop! Lol</p> <p>Opposite of your experience, my LO was an 8 lb newborn turned peanut. Since about 18 months she’s been below 20% for height and around 6% for weight. They just all have their own individual growth curves and “plans”. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786277 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:40:41 +0000 ValentineMommy 2786277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it just depends.</p> <p>My mom was a teeny tiny baby (not a preemie), and eventually grew to be 5'10". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786269 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:02:30 +0000 Ajsmommy 2786269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: I suspect my brother was like your dh and uncle so I wonder if DS will be too?<br /> @erinbaderin: @muffinsmuffins: I suspect this is what DS will do. I really think he'll stay on the smaller side of things. He eats well and is active, I just think he's small<br /> @PinkElephant: DS does have a vsd and early on the ped said this could cause him to have a higher metabolism<br /> @Chuckles: this is kinda why I'm surprised DS is so low. I am not a small person and DH is BIG, he was over 10 lbs at birth and was always big and our DD is in the 60th for both.<br /> @Mrs. Goose: I'm really trying not to worry, the ped's don't even mention it. So I guess it's ok. I had to specifically ask to confirm it was ok and ped said yes, he's growing on his curve..... so I guess i'll try to put it out of my mind. And like I said I honestly feel like he's in the 30th when I look at him.. LIke he doesn't look small to me. I see that he's not huge but I don't see that he's tiny either. I guess that's kind of why I am always shocked when I see the numbers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786261 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:50:18 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2786261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m the opposite in that I had a nearly 10 pound baby who became a peanut and is a peanut toddler. I worry about it frequently, less now, since it seems to be her normal, but I still obsess about food consumption from time to time. Just under 15 % for weight and 15 % for height. A generally happy and energetic peanut though and adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786231 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:48:34 +0000 skipra 2786231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is now 5. He maxed out around 10% for weight around 1 month, then fell off the chart for a looonng time and has been hovering right around 5% for the last few years. His height seems to range from 10-30% depending on whether or not he has just gone through a growth spurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786229 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:45:38 +0000 Chuckles 2786229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4 year old was born at 7 lbs 13 oz at 37 weeks but dropped down the curve through the first year or so. He's been consistently around 5-10th percentile for weight and 20th for height since then. I was off the charts (below) my whole childhood and my husband is really slim, so it's no surprise that he's a munchkin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786224 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:30:40 +0000 PinkElephant 2786224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's all relative, I guess! I wouldn't consider a lot of the weights/heights mentioned on here to be unusually small....but DD3 has just hit the 3rd percentile for weight and 10th for length at 13 months (after being off the charts so far), so I guess that colors my opinion. Interestingly, though she's small, she's by far my chunkiest kid (her length &amp; height percentiles are closest together).</p> <p>DD1 (who is now 5.5) was born in about 3rd percentile for weight, I think 13th for length....she stayed there for awhile, and gradually started crawling up the curve around 3 years old. Now, while still small, she's something like 13th for weight and somewhere around 30th-40th for height. So while she's still on the small side, I wouldn't consider her a real peanut anymore.</p> <p>DD2 started equally small, but "caught up" a lot sooner - she's around 25th for weight and 50th for height at 3.5 years. People comment that she looks tall.</p> <p>ETA: My pediatrician has always said that kids who are off the charts small because they are early, or have a feeding issue, or some other "reason" for their size, catch up a little bit at some point by around 2-3 years (though obviously they're not likely to turn into 90th percentile kids!), but most kids settle into a quartile and stay there, with some fluctuation for growth spurts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786213 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:37:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2786213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my girls were fairly big at birth (just over 8 lbs and 8.5 lbs). Now the 4 year old is roughly 50th for height and weight and the almost 2 year old (8.5 lbs at birth) is a peanut- 15% for height and in the 20% for weight. </p> <p>I’m fairly tall (5’7”) but didn’t get tall until high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786204 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:23:18 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2786204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was born at 4 lbs 13 oz at 35 weeks but he's hovered around 10th percentile his whole life! He's 3 now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786202 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:16:32 +0000 erinbaderin 2786202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my boys (20 months and almost 4) have hovered between the fifth and tenth percentile since six months in weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786201 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:12:00 +0000 Pollywog 2786201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler has maintained his percentile (roughly). But my husband was a peanut and is now 6'3. He grew into a tall kid in high school and then continued growing through college. My uncle was also the shortest kid in his class until college where he grew from 5'9 to 6'4 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanut-parent#post-2786199 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:07:33 +0000 Ajsmommy 2786199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you had a small baby, percentile wise, did they remain in the lower percentiles as they got older or did they eventually bump up? If so when and by how much?</p> <p>DS is a peanut and before every appt I try to guess what percentile he'll be in and I'm always way wrong and he's way lower.</p> <p>We just had his 9 mos and he's 11th for weight and 15th for height. I was thinking 30th for both!!! DD who is 4 is in the 60th for both....... Will ds ever be "bigger"?? </p>