I have posted about DS before and my perpetual struggle with his weight. He is now 14 months old. Over the past 4 months I have actually stopped weighing him because he actually seemed healthy and had a lot of energy.
Anyway, this week he has been quite ill. Yesterday we had to pay a visit to A&E because he had a high fever and was having problems breathing. We got there and they found out what was wrong (apparently it was tonsillitis). The paediatrician weighed him and basically said he was underweight (which he has always been but I have resigned myself to believing it is his metabolism).
The thing that upset me though was the fact that both DH and I have tried ridiculously hard to get him to gain weight and for a period of time he will gain weight but then it is followed by a period of not gaining weight and dropping down the centiles (he has now dropped from 7th to 2nd).
He does eat well most of the time and will only not eat when he is ill so I am really feeling a bit stressed about this again.
Does anyone have any experience of dealing with a skinny child? I need some advice because I am really starting to lack confidence about how we are dealing with it.
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still desperate to feed DS.....
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AliGrylls · 26/08/2010 18:56
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