My child called me fat...

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She was on the trampoline, I was laying on the sun lounger watching her playing with her sister (6.5yo) and she just stopped, came over to enterence of the net and laughed and said 'you're fat mummy'

Now, she's not wrong. My height to weight puts me at morbidly obese. But I have no idea where she would have gotten that from? I don't call myself fat out loud because I'm very aware of putting my insecurities onto them etc.

She will be 5 in a few weeks. How do I deal with this? My DH spoke up before I could and explained why it isn't nice to call people fat etc. I won't bring it up again unless she does, but what do I say if she says it again?

I’m 5’6 and After I gave birth I was a size 12 and around 10 stone. Was very fat for me. Anything above 9 stone for that height I think is fat!

Sorry, I agree with others that this comment is a load of rubbish. I've heard my DD1 (now 11) worry about her tummy when she's actually as skinny as a rake. She also once said that her arms 'looked fat' in her school cardigan. Nothing could ever make her look overweight.

Please be careful about saying that around your DC. Because 9 stone objectively isn't overweight at your height. It really isn't. Best to say that it's heavier than you want to be.

Handle it positively. She will know what fat is. Either from the tv, media, someone’s comment, school etc kids don’t live in a bubble.

Explain to her yes you are, explain to her that it’s not good to comment on someone’s appearance but it’s ok with mummy. And explain that being significantly over weight isn’t healthy.

As others said, she’s simply stating a fact.