My 19 month old is very energetic and bubbly. She eats well, and isn't really fussy: she will eat protein, fat, carbs, veg, fruit in good proportion. She prefers savoury. She's short for her age but both parents are naturally short and slim. No allergies, bar slight dry skin from some bath products.
Since she started walking/running/climbing she has lost all her baby chub and become really slim and wiry! I worry people will think she's ill or underfed. 
She eats 3 good square meals a day plus snacks, and is gaining along her line in the red book.
I'm being PFB, aren't I? Some kids just look wiry? I think it's because she was a chubby baby a few months ago, and also i never see other toddlers in the bath etc so cannot compare really (especially in winter clothes).
To put in in context I'm 5"1 and weigh 7stone 10lb, perfectly healthy. DH is 5"7 (he says 8 LOL) and slim-with-a-beer-belly even though he's a lazy so and so who could do with exercise.
She goes to nursery daily and no one has raised any concerns, even when I ask. They say she eats like a horse and runs it off.
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squizita · 04/05/2016 11:17
You're being pfb 
. My ds is 2.4 and so far seems be tall and slim-low in the 50th centile for weight and high in the 90th centile for height. He had about 6 months or so of fussy eating but now eats well so I don't worry. I don't give him any low fat options, so full fat milk still, cream and butter in mash etc but Tbh I'd do that for any toddler. He's in age 2-3 trousers and they are just the right length but all bunched up at the waist! Several of my friends have just had their two year reviews and it's turned out their toddlers have high bmi measurements, it's a ridiculous measure at this age IMHO.
Another skinny toddler. DS (2.6) was born looking like a racing snake and has always been wiry despite being an absolute milk monster and now it's like he has hollow legs. He never, ever stops moving, even as a baby we haven't got any photos without one or more blurred limbs 
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Mine is in 18-24 month clothing (so average I guess) but her waist is 12 month size. I have recycled some old leggings as capri length/shorts for summer. Saves a few ££.
I found mine eating up all the spare snack time food when I picked her up yesterday. Like some kind of little hoover..! Waste not want not.
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