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To think my kid would look weird with these proportions?

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 21:52

Apparently my 1 year old is 2nd centile in height and 60th for weight so quite a difference. His 12 to 18 months clothes fit him and sometimes fall down at the waist. Surely if them proportions were correct hed look funny?

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:08

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Cachailleacha · 04/12/2018 22:21

When did he turn one? I'm surprised that a child on the 2nd centile would be in a size 12-18 months. My DC is average height and I found kids clothes to mostly run big once they were out of babygrows.

Ilovedotcotton · 04/12/2018 22:22

How many months is he? My DS is 22 months and 9th centile for weight and height and is also in 12-18 month clothes.
If he’s been weighed and measured the centiles are correct and he obviously doesn’t look funny to you - or does he?!

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:23

He's 14 months and has been in 12 to 18 for a couple of weeks. Don't get me wrong he could still fit some 9 to 12 but he looks more comfortable in 12 to 18 x

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Grannyannex · 04/12/2018 22:23

Is he crawling? Moving much?

ILoveDolly · 04/12/2018 22:24

6Oth is pretty much in the average range for his age. Is his height definately right? Its easy to make a mistake they're so fidgety at 1

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:24

He's in Boots 12 to 18 months I don't know whether there small sizes? He was 5 weeks early too but they've stopped correcting him at 1

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:25

He's crawling and never stops moving lol. I wonder whether they've done his height right? she did do it very quick.

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Grannyannex · 04/12/2018 22:27

Thosel percentiles show that he is short and heavy. Kids change shape rapidly so I wouldnt worry about it.

My teens were all 2nd percentile aged one. They were all in clothes much much smaller then their age

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:29

Do the centile change alot?

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Grannyannex · 04/12/2018 22:34

My teens are small to average now. The average sized ones were tiny till secondary school

Pythonesque · 04/12/2018 22:35

Did they measure height, or length? It should be length up to the age of 2, I think, and to be accurate their legs need to be stretched out. I'd vote for the measurement being an underestimate.

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:36

They measured length as he lay down.

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minipie · 04/12/2018 22:41

At that age DD2 was 9th centile for height and 91st for weight. She definitely looked well fed but the proportions didn’t look ridiculous. And she was in right age clothes because her width compensated for the lack of height 😄 although we did have to roll up some trouser legs.

Now age 3.5 she is about 25th for height and 75th for weight, she’s definitely a bit more solid than some of her friends but doesn’t look particularly different. I’m hoping she continues to convert weight to height (but I’m only 5’3” so I suspect that may be where she ends up)

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 22:55

I'm 5 3 and his dad is 5 7 so we wouldn't expect a tall boy.

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RightSaidErica · 04/12/2018 23:02

He doesn't seem to be wide as such or stocky. I'm wondering if they need to count him back again on the charts as he was 5 weeks early. Some stop counting back at 1 whereas others count back until 2

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BareBelliedSneetch · 04/12/2018 23:07

When my DS was 2 he was 9th for height and 75th for weight. He didn’t look out of proportion at all, and was usually about a size down in clothes. (So at 2 was in 18-24, moved into 2-3 around his 3rd birthday). Now he’s still on the 9th for height, but around the 25th for weight.

Ilovedotcotton · 05/12/2018 05:58

Gestational correction is normally only done until the age of 1 so you don’t count back if he’s 14 months.
I really wouldn’t worry about it. Lots of children are one different centiles for height and weight. There’s no need to remeasure him unless someone is saying that there is cause for concern.

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RightSaidErica · 05/12/2018 08:45

Both of us were bullied about our height. i don't want that to happen to him. The attitudes on a thread on here about short men is an eye opener too

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Ilovedotcotton · 05/12/2018 09:24

I’m 5’10 and my husband is 6’3”. Our son, who is adopted, is on the 2nd centile. I understand your worries about your son being bullied. On my 10th birthday I was 5’5 1/2 so I experienced it from the other side. However, you can’t change how tall he is, all you can do is give him confidence in who he is and reassure him that size really doesn’t matter. Tom Cruise is a 5’6’’ sex symbol - it hasn’t done him any harm. Talk positively about your own height and it will help him to se it the same way.

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RightSaidErica · 06/12/2018 08:03

I'm seriously considering no more kids due to the stress of the stress of the centiles

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Onescaredmuma · 06/12/2018 08:26

My son is second centile too but height and weight after some health scares with him the hospital and us are trying to bump his weight up (we obviously can do nothing about his height) so I wouldn't worry they like babies to have some extra weight because they need it my DS was on a ventilator and nill by mouth for almost a week when he got out of hospital his skin was actually hanging from his bones it was an awful sight.

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RightSaidErica · 06/12/2018 08:39

The attitudes on some of these threads towards small man makes me think he's going to need a hell of a lot of support from us so maybe we should stick at one

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AHeartAPenny · 06/12/2018 08:53

OP there are some horrible, narrow-minded people in the world but tbh most of us have been teased for something. If it's not height, it's bad skin, or the "wrong" clothes, or sticky-out ears, or a big nose, or an accent, or...!
Don't be disheartened by snide comments on the "short men" threads. Most women are able to see past a man's height - the few who aren't are drawn to the threads where that's being discussed.