Ds is 6, (7 next month) and has a extremely fast metabolism (he gets treated on a diabeties type diet)
He is 3st 2oz and wears 5-6 year old clothes.
We call him tin ribs as you can see every rib in his body, including his back bones.
When he eats, he needs to use the loo on average 5 to 30 mins after every meal and sometimes even snacks.
He is pale and over the past few weeks has started getting dark circles under his eyes.
He's fit and healthy otherwise, plays football twice a week, does karate, and runs around like a normal 6 year old.
I'm just worried about his weight and metabolism, he eats well and has a good varied diet.
Is this normal or would you get your child checkout if it was them. Just seems he's not growing (been in the same shoe size for 20 months now and showing no signs of sprouting. (Shoes size size 10.5)
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Would you take your child to the doctors for this?
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AltinkumATEalltheTurkey · 02/01/2013 22:20
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