Hello,
My son turned 5 only a few days ago so is currently 60 months. He has always been on the slim size but over the last few days, we have noticed he seems quite skinny and family members even commented on this when going to the beach. By skinny, we mean that we can see his bones quite defined beneath his skin.
I checked his weight and according to the average for his age (from what I can find) he seems normal but still so is looks particularly skinny at the moment.
He is 115cm tall exactly 5 years old (60 months) and is 19.5kg (3stone 1).
He is a very fussy eater and will only finish off small portions although is always offered larger portions. He will often turn down "proper food" and I find it difficult to get him to eat "proper food" (not just biscuits and treats). This is upsetting as when he was younger he would eat a very varied diet and I was very strong willed about ensuring his diet was varied in the right way, over night he changed and refuses a lot of things.
His diet now consists of mainly pasta dishes (bolognese/tuna pasta/cheesy pasta etc.). Fruit wise, he will now only eat apples or bananas. He won't touch vegetables now (I can't even offer him soups anymore over the last 2 years). He loves his cereal and jam sandwiches. He does enjoy treats such a sweets, chocolate, biscuits but I do try to limit these.
His diet has become very basic as it's the only things he will accept, although I do offer other things, they just get refused.
Back to my concern, I am worried about his weight and if he is too skinny. He is thriving and very energetic in himself which is good but I can't force him to eat anymore than he does unless I allow him to eat rubbish snacks all day which I don't want to do.