My 5 year old is on the 9th centile for weight. Looking at him running around naked this summer I can see he is actually quite bony.
I am 5.3 and my husband is 5.10, both slim, so we were never going to have a chubby child. He was 6lb at birth.
He is very easy to feed, he will eat absolutely anything, but not a lot of it, so I have so far only given him "food of high nutritional value" since he doesn't have large portions. Also, that's what we eat.
I know he would put on weight if I gave him a donut twice a day, but then he would eat less good food.
He has full fat milk, cheese, yogurt, and the occasional piece of chocolate for calories, but I don't have things like biscuits, crisps or cakes in the house as Im so terrified of getting fat.
Any suggestions as to how I can bulk him up a bit while still giving him a decent diet?
The other thing we were wondering, is, are should we even worry about those weight charts? I know that 1 in 3 children is too fat, so does that mean being on the 50th centile is actually quite chubby, and I should be happy with him being on the ninth and leave his diet alone?