AIBU to ask for a visit from hv because my child is short?

[wholefttoastonthestairs]

My 4 year old is really short compared to the other children in her class . She is 4 years 9 months and is 93cm tall. She was 83cm at her two year check which is the last for in her red book . Everyone tells me she is just little but tbh I feel like she is not keeping up her growth?.

The hv came when I had my last baby and measured her she was on the 0.4th febrile and the hv again said she was probably just going to be short.

I have tried to work it out and I think she is now below that?

But people act as though I'm crazy if I mention it!

I am not tall I am 5 foot 3 but dh is 6 foot and out other children are all around 50th-75th centigrade for height.

Aibu to ask for another hv visit or even visit gp?

Is this something I am wayyyyy overthinking?

[hazeyjane]

In the 1970s my mums idea of a healthy tea was german spiced sausage and a tin of potato salad followed by a ski yoghurt....mind you compared to my nan, who used to put a slice of butter on top of our chips, my mum's cuisine was positively glowing with health. I don't know about less screens too, I seemed to manage to glue myself to Crown Court, The Sullivans and all manner of shite on TV!

Back to the OP - you want to see the GP, rather than HV (who yes is for preschool children - even my disabled child moved on from the HV at when school started). The first thing to do would be to make sure you are getting accurate measurements, as it is quite hard to do this with children.

[bruffin]

In the 70s convenience food hadnt just started to take off, it was just different. Tea for us was a tin of irish stew and timned potatoes, all of which had been around for decades and were cheap

[Cucumber5]

My parents 70's fast food treat was boil in the bag cod. They were on a tight budget so it was mostly shepherds pie or chilli. Followed with home made rice pudding. Basic cookery. With horrid margarine.

Factual statistics show that fast food and convenience food is a much bigger thing. Statistics also show that children spend much more time in front of screens. The knock on effect is much higher rates of diabetes and obesity, costing the NHS and tax payers.

[museumum]

My red book has a chart for children in it that goes beyond age 2. If you plot her in that and she's really plummeted from her previous growth then I would go to the gp just to be sure.
I'm short (5'2") and my ds is and always has been on about the 9th but he was 93cm at 3.

[youcantgoback]

Definitely take her to the GP and insist on a paediatric referral. There tends to be a lot of wait and see and they like to monitor growth over a period of a year or so before they really do much investigation.
The Child Growth Foundation has a website with lots of advice. She might be about to have a growth spurt but it's always best to check it out and monitor growth if growth has tailed off or is unusual compared to the family.

[Outofoptions]

Take her to get checked over, if only to get your mind put to rest. I know the worry you feel - although I had the opposite worry ! DS has always tracked higher than the top of the percentile chart and dh and me are average hight as are the rest of the family! Nothing appears to be wrong he must be a genetic throwback from some long lost giant ancestors! i was worried for a long time but felt much better once a dr told me he was healthy.