DS (2.9) eats like a bird - will it get better with age?

[MrsWB]

My DS eats hardly anything compared to his friends. Often his entire food intake for the day would comfortably fit on one of his child plates. He is fairly fussy though not to extremes - think it is just normal toddler fussiness. He just has very little appetite and is always more interested in everything else than food.

He is just below the 2nd centile and generally happy and energetic and (usually) sleeps well, so I know he is ok in himself, it would just be nice to see him eat a bit more than survival rations.

Am not really looking for a magical solution (we have tried lots of things like cooking and eating together, and bribery etc, without much success) but am interested to know if anyone had the same situation and found it improved by itself with age?

i think that if he is happy and healthy and meeting milestones and you have no other worries i would trust him to eat what he needs
i guess some children just need less than others

Thisis has hit the nail on the head, at least as far as my dd is concerned. She is an incredibly fussy eater, the list of what she will eat is incredibly short, yet, she is healthy and energetic. Her appetite doesn't seem to exist and she's said she is hungry three times in her life, she is 8.8 now.