to ask how tall your 4 year old is?

[LissaLoves]

We went to a theme park with friends today and their similarly aged DD (4 a few weeks ago) was 20cm taller than my DD

118 cms and 4 year 4 months. He's a good 2 inches above the second tallest kid in his class.

Please don't worry, hopefully during assesmemt you can get help with the eating.

My 2yo and 4yos are both very fussy eaters, the two year old is fairly average height and the 4yo is at the smaller end about 97cm. He's still okay at that height though - has actually improved he used to be 0.2 centile!

MN seems to be the land of taller than average, brighter than average kids so I would take the results you get here with a pinch of salt.

My ds is 3.5 and 108cm. He wears 5-6 clothing. He's really solid and needs the room in the shoulders! I dread to think what size his first school uniform will be when he starts in Sept 2017!

I worry about him being cast as the "big kid" or being a target for older kids, he also has a huge appetite and I worry that he eats too much. There is always something to worry about.

My DTs are 4 in a 3 months. One is 104cms and the other one is 97 cms. The little one is the smallest in her class but i'd say the bigger one is about average height.

When mine were 4 they were in 2-3 clothes and at 5 are not much bigger. Very prem though so i think that might be why. Only ever on the 2nd centile and never been above that line. Annoys me when people always comment that they are small, never would i say to a parent "oh isnt your child chunky/fat" but its ok to say mine are small. (Not that it bothers me )

DS 3.5 is 104cm

My 2 year old is around 95/96 cm, I'm 5ft and my husband is 6ft 5in. I always worry that my son will end up being massively tall, and getting picked on for it. My husband hates his height and I don't want my son to go through the misery of that too.

He is also fair haired like his dad, and I'm worried (bit of a strong word) if we have another and it's a boy, he'll end up being short and dark haired like me, and they'll look like Del Boy and Rodney!

I'm much shorter than some of my sisters, some people are smaller so try not to worry. I'm sure the main reason you are concerned is because of ongoing health problems, but their height doesn't sound worryingly small to me. If there are any issues it should be picked up at assessment, even though it must feel agonisingly slow.

Bear in mind growth spurts too, I stopped growing at 13, whereas other people who were originally smaller than me carried on and now I'm much shorter than them, so he has plenty of time.

Ds is very nearly 4 and he is 110cm tall and weighs 21kg. He's between the 91st and 98th centile and has tracked that since he was born. He is the tallest in his nursery class apart from one boy who's 6 months older (September birthday)

OP You need to go back to your baby book and look to see what percentiles she was on when born and in first years. If she has always been smaller then that's OK, but if there has been a recent(ish) drop, e.g. from the 9th percentile (shown as a solid line in my book) to the 2nd (also solid line) then personally if you are concerned I'd pop to the GP.

The other thing is you would expect weight and height to be on similarish percentiles.

My DD has been around the 2nd percentile all her life, she on track to finish at around 5ft or so I think. A low percentile isn't an issue in itself, but a drop, especially if linked to poor eating is worth checking.

Well my DS1 turned 5 last month and he is 121 centimetres, which is approx 4ft. He's tall and looks more like he's 6/7 rather than a just turned 5 year old.
His younger brothers are big for their ages as well.

She's low for weight as well I think. She weighs 27lbs and her 14 month old brother is 26lbs! She was always plump when breastfeeding but self weaned at 2.4 and has looked skinny ever since. Her trousers hang off her and she's forever ill.

DD will be 5 next month, she was 116cm when I last measured her in January. I'm 5ft8 and her dad is 5ft10. She's noticeable taller than most of her peers and people do expect more of her than her age... I feel
Guilty the she's probably been 'babied' less because if it.

DS is 3.10 & 106cm tall

gininateacup I know what you mean about your DD being noticeably taller than her peers. DS who is in reception is like that. They all line up in the morning before they go in and he and another boy in his class both really stand out height wise.

ok if she is she's forever ill. then you need to get her accurately measured and track her height and weight for few months. if there is no growth recorded referral to growth clinic.

in meantime ask for referral to dietician and feeding specialist (they will work with older kids who are food refuseniks) keep an accurate food and drink diary everything she eats and drinks and quantities recorded for at least a week so you can discuss with community dietitian.

restricted diet itself doesnt need to mean it's bad in itself or few calories, what are the food items she eats? are there fats/protein/carbs? you could also supplement eg pediasure if she will take that.

keep her on gluten products for a coeliac test.

She will usually definitely eat:

Salami
cream crackers
cucumber

And sometimes :

Smoothies
A little toast
cheese

That's it

My 4 year old is just under a metre and was mistaken a 3 year old other day! His older brother is nearly 6 and gets halfway thru a year before onto next clothes size. It varies hugely for many reasons X

My eldest was 3"9 when 4 yrs olds hes really tall , im 5"8.5 and DH is 6"4 thought and my youngest is going the same way hes 3yrs in size 11 shoes

My 4 year old is 90cm

I have no idea what centile that is!

DD is 3.3yo and currently 88cm tall. She was large at birth (in terms of weight and height) but somewhere tailed off and then her height dropped under the chart. There are food intolerances but she eats well in spite of them and once we got her diet resolved she didn't grow any faster. DP and I are medium/tall so no reason for her to be as short as she is.

Anyway, after lots of testing she's been found to have a genetic deletion which is causing her not to grow. Still awaiting tests to find out if it's hereditary or happened spontaneously. No other health issues with it thankfully but she'll be on growth hormone injections daily until she's an adult.

When she's at home we see her as average size but then when she's with other children we're like at the difference.

I'm feeling like I should be worried about Dds height based on the other posts on here...

If it makes a difference she is 4 years 3 months .! I am 5 foot 3 and dh is 6 foot

I do feel for what my kids are facing /having to face though ive been there as a tall child, "ooh arent u a big 6 " he's never 4 ! Its well intentioned *sometimes but it makes them self concious its singling them out as different. My eldest us getting to the point now where he looks uncomfortable when people say it.