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Theakston's always been... bony... he didn't look too amazing when he was born and was kind of long and thin. He's 18months old and up until this week was in 9-12month clothes. He lost his pot belly very early on (he started walking at 11months so think this had something to do with it) and lost some weight when we started dropping milk feeds.
He's a health 26lb 2oz and on the 56th centile for weight, not sure about height, he dropped from the 75th to the 50th when he was a year old but hasn't been measured since.
The thing is, he's had a growth spurt this week and has gone up and thin and this morning he just looked awful. You can see his ribs and everything and the health visitors rule was always "you don't need to worry until you can see their ribs".
I know I'm worrying over nothing because it's just his build and he is a scrawny little thing and he's on the 56th centile so nowhere near underweight and he's hardly emaciated!! But I just wanted reassurance from other people with helpful comments such as "ooh that's how my child looks" or "my child is waaaay skinnier than that" etc.
Pic of him this morning when I was fretting:
https://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/70b6953061.jpg
He's a health 26lb 2oz and on the 56th centile for weight, not sure about height, he dropped from the 75th to the 50th when he was a year old but hasn't been measured since.
The thing is, he's had a growth spurt this week and has gone up and thin and this morning he just looked awful. You can see his ribs and everything and the health visitors rule was always "you don't need to worry until you can see their ribs".
I know I'm worrying over nothing because it's just his build and he is a scrawny little thing and he's on the 56th centile so nowhere near underweight and he's hardly emaciated!! But I just wanted reassurance from other people with helpful comments such as "ooh that's how my child looks" or "my child is waaaay skinnier than that" etc.
Pic of him this morning when I was fretting:
https://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/70b6953061.jpg