Hi all
I'm looking for a bit of perspective here as to wether I'm being over anxious over nothing, or not.
Ok here's what's been happening (DS1 is 4.5yo)
- His weight is dropping. He has always been slim but since Feb we have been concerned he has lost a lot of weight. I've no idea what he weighed before this time, but I weighed him in March and he weighed 14.5kg (and was 103cm tall). To DH and I he seemed pale, dark rings round his eyes etc. We spoke to preschool and they did us a food diary of what he eats there for a while, which seemed fine, and we put him back on whole milk. He put on 1kg in a month and I was pleased things seemed to be moving in the right direction. But now a month later and he's back down at 14.7kg. All his trousers are on the tightest setting and still seem to be in danger of falling down all the time. There's nothing to him when you hug him. He can be fussy over food but I'd say he eats as well as most other kids his age and has a balanced diet of fresh fruit, veg, etc. drinks and toilet all normal. He always was between 25th and 50th centile for his weight/age. Now he's on 1st/2nd
- tiredness. He sleeps 10-12hrs solidly a night but will still seem tired all day, lying on the floor or sofa etc. We bought him a new better mattress in case his old one was uncomfortable, it has improved the quality of his sleep but not resolved the tiredness.
- over the last couple of weeks he's had maybe 4 small nosebleeds, one during the night.
MIL thinks I'm overreacting, because 'kids are meant to be thin, better than all these fat kids you see around these days' 
So what do you think? WIBU to take him to the GP?
Sorry it's so long, didn't want to drip! Thanks for reading this far