16 month old 91st percentile for weight and 50th for height 🙈 should I be worried?

[Theladypatience]

Just updated his red book. He was weighed recently in hospital and they said he was 12kg. Nobody commented on this

I decided to try and do his height today to see if he has grown and plotted it in his red book and he seems to be bang on average for height but a few points under the 91st percentile curve for weight

I’ve never worried overly about these things but I had it loosely in my mind the percentiles should be the same?

He was a very tiny baby but then chunked up quickly so he’s not following the same curve he was at birth as he was tiny then jumped up the percentiles rapidly

Anyone had the same? I don’t really want to speak to health visitor unless I have to as ours are really alarmist generally and I could do without the stress unless there’s actually a problem!

Please don't put him on a diet! I have a similar DS who is now 20 months. He was on the 9th percentile at birth (and I think most of that was his giant head!) but he quickly zoomed up to the 90th odd percentile for weight. Nobody was the least bit concerned. He'd always been measuring big so it was a surprise he turned out so little! He's still at the top but is perfectly in proportion and his legs/arms have now lost that toddler chunk and he just looks like a normal boy. He needs lots of fat and carbs (luckily yoghurt and bread are his favourite foods!) plus I trust him to know what he needs to it and be guided by his hunger.

Thank you.
I worried at the beginning when he wasn’t gaining weight then forgot all about it once he started and just went by how he looked.

Recently he has looked chunkier and stockier and some of his 12-18 month clothes are getting snug and then when they weighed him at hospital I was a bit surprised at how much he was! Which is why I also measured his height and that’s what started worrying me when I plotted it on the chart.

I wish I hadn’t now!

DS tends to grow up, and then out. So he will have a growth spurt, start to look a bit lanky, then he catches up with his weight, starts to look a bit chunky, then shoots up again. Always has. So it could well be that your DS is due a growth spurt too. Not that he looks anything other than lovely - I think he looks like a perfectly healthy young toddler, personally.

That’s interesting
He doesn’t seem to have grown much in height over the last few months since we last measured him - barely anything - so maybe he is due a shoot up

He has a cousin who is much smaller and seems very lithe in comparison, definitely not overweight in any way shape or form and seeing him next to him also made me wonder!

I wouldn't worry about it. My son was the same, always very small for his age. We brought him to the doc and he was referred to the hospital. They kept an eye on his height, weight, puberty growth. Said he was just a slow developer. When he hit 15 he took a stretch and is now just under 6 ft, taller than both dh and myself. I do know how worrying it is.

@Theladypatience my girl is 13 months and 12kg 😆 she was also born at 37 weeks, she's a twin, her brother is 9kg.
They don't eat junk food, snack the same but my boy is more active, he started crawling two months before her.

Both me and my husband were big babies so I think she just takes after us.
I'm trying not to worry. She is perfectly happy and healthy.

She is also 50th for height, brother is 75th.

Ah @huuskymam glad he’s ok what a worry
I don’t even know if he’s short for his age it was more the difference in height and weight that was bothering me!

It sounds like it should all even out though

I was an incredibly chubby baby so maybe he gets it from me!

well, I got him some new pjs today and got 18-24 months and he still has plenty of room in those so he's not massively over where he should be. Plus if he stops gaining weight at the rate he has been in his first year, I imagine it will even out along the way

Apparently I didn't lean out until I was about 3 then I was a rake of a thing and DH was the same!

My eldest was incredibly chunky, was a milk monster as a baby and by 18 months he ate more than me at breakfast and lunch and sometimes had thirds (thirds!!!) for tea at his nursery. HV said not to worry as it was all good stuff. He's 12 now and there is not an ounce of fat on him, I can't get school trousers to stay up on him! Try not to worry and enjoy the squishiness!

I know this goes against the grain but sometimes you’re right to keep an eye on things. My DS was on the 90th centile. He did lots of sport pre-teens and never slimmed down.