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A is pretty low on the chart (somewhere between 7% and 14% for weight and height, I think), but I'm not worried at all. E is a little higher up, maybe 23% and 41% or something close that. DH and I are not very tall people so I wouldn't expect my kids to be super tall either. Their doctor isn't concerned so I'm fine with A's low percentiles.

D is around 35% for weight, but like 2% for height. For several months, our first pediatrician kept telling us that he was 5% for weight, but that never seemed right. We changed peds and the new one confirmed that he was just fine at about 25%, and he's gained on the weight chart since then. But he continues to sit under 5% for height. He's a shortie. It does run in both families. Poor kid.

Worry? No. But sometimes I wonder about his height because he has fluctuated so much from 95th percentile to 50th percentile. He is only 25 months so I can't tell yet. My dad is on the shorter side and I know men like to be tall and e might want to be tall like his dad who is 6'1". We shall see. His weight is in the 15th percentile.

Yes! They were born small (at 38 weeks, so not too early) and weren't even on the charts for weight. They were slow to gain and didn't hit birth weight until 3.5 weeks. At 4 months Blake finally made the chart at 1% and Alice was 10th perecentile (or thereabouts). They both had a big growth spurt between 4 and 5 months too. Weight gain has been a huge concern of mine but Blake has caught up to his sister and seems steady on his own curve. Alice is still small too, but not as small as Blake so I haven't worried as much about her.

Not a bit. I don't keep track of them, actually. As long as both are meeting developmental milestones around when they should and are growing (even at their own pace) and healthy I don't worry. All kids are different!

I did when LO was younger. She was a born a bit early (36 weeks) and continued to be on the smaller side. We had a lot of feeding issues and stuff so I always worried, especially when she started to go down in her percentiles. At her 18 month check up she had lost weight but had gotten quite a bit taller, just something for us to keep an eye on. Now at 22 months I dont put too much stock in it. I know she eats well and is healthy and growing, what more could I ask for

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!

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.

Both of my kids are small framed and short but they are following the growth curve so I don't worry about it

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.

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!

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.

@yellowbird: I worry about bullying too but on the opposite spectrum - having a short boy - gosh I hope he isn't picked on!!

@petunia354: Are you and your husband tall?? I'm having the same concerns.

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.

@.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

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.

Yep. This is on my worry list.

@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.

No, I don't worry. But maybe that's because she's always average height and weight, right on track.

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.