4 year old small for her age :(

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My little one seems so small for her age :(

She's 4 and still in 2-3 clothing :(

Being in age 2-3 clothing at 4 is within the realms of normal in my experience of teaching reception aged children.

Have you actually measured her height?

I'm going to tomorrow as I'm worrying she's small due to a health condtion I've missed :(

I wouldn't be concerned about that are you and or her dad short

Do you have a 'blue book' for her with a height chart? Where is she on centiles? Where was she at last health check?

My daughter was the same, she was a little baby. She's twenty three, five foot three inches now and healthy. She's just on a low percentile, it's nothing to worry about if she's in proportion.

My DD was in 18 month clothes when she was 5.
She was just teeny tiny.
She is now an adult and still shops in the children's section 🤷🏻‍♀️
Nothing wrong with her health, she is just petite.

My 4.5 year old boy wears 2-3 for a lot of things. If you buy at only certain shops you might actually find you have some very large sized 2-3 items. I always found that Next and Tu measured bigger.

My boy was 2nd centile at birth so he's following his curve.

What was her height at birth or when she has been measured previously?

If she's tracking along a curve I wouldn't be at all concerned.

ETA - I have reported your post and suggest you do the same please don't post pictures of your child on the Internet.

Shes perfect she looks like a happy healthy 4 year old

Are you and her dad small? I qouldnt conpare ger to anyone else. I think you'd be better to check if shevus following her percentile in her red book. My kids are big. They have always been big. The have followed their percentile line for height and weight. If she dropped percentile its worth investigating.

Lovely picture but reported, you really shouldn't post pictures of your child.

All mine have been little apart from one not quite sure where he got his height from but im short so was expected

Im 4”11. I’ve always been tiny. Always the smallest in my class. I am however perfectly healthy and it’s never affected me in any way

She looks absolutely perfect. Just check shes following her percentile

Im sure its when they drop 2 they get concerned

Shes completely in proportion her arms would be shorter if there was an issue

Don’t post your child on a public forum.

she’s fine. Many 4 year olds are in smaller clothes. They won’t all be the exact same size.

DS2 was the same, no health issues, just small. He was still wearing age 2-3 pants at about 8. He had age 7-8, but for some reason a handful of 2-3 ones were still floating around.

He's about 5ft 8-9 now, so a nice average height.

All mine are small, my oldest use to wear her favourite T-shirt 9-12 months when she was 4.

They are all perfectly healthy and happy, all smallest in their friend groups, my youngest regularly complains she’s the 2nd smallest in the whole of KS2, she’s in year 5.

Sadly my genetics are not going to help them as I come from a long line of little people on both sides, they have a little bit of hooe from DHs side, but not much.

DD is rising 10 and she just made me buy a lovely fur hat that's labelled as 18-24 months, so she can match with her 4-month-old brother in a baby size. She still fits her age 3 swimsuit. OTOH chonk 4-month-old is in the 6-9 range and occasionally in the 9-12s.

Children's sizing is very weird. And, also, children don't get significantly wider for ages, so depending on the fit, they can wear clothes from the 'wrong' size very easily.

You surely know if your child is tracking more-or-less on their centiles, and if they seem healthy?

Difficult to know without knowing her height at birth percentile and height now really

My 4YO wears an age 2-3 skirt to school. She’s not particularly small, height-wise, but she’s really, really skinny. She’s in proportion for a normal, skinny, never sitting still child. Eats like a horse. Happy and healthy. Just a bit smaller than average and slim. She’s measured annually at her allergy appointment and has an eye kept on her by the asthma nurse because of the preventer inhaler - but she’s not abnormal at all. Just a bit smaller and very slim.

Your child might just be smaller. Someone has to be. Not everyone can be above average height, after all.

Has she been checked for coeliac disease??

i was tiny as a child. Found out I had coeliac when I left home in 20s. My mum said ooo there was never any signs. Yes there bloody was.

i was small for my age due to malnourished and every now and then id get excruciating stomach aches which everyone said was ‘anxiety’ even though i was a chatty and confident kid. Anyway: I’m annoyed because being small was a huge flag

My son is small. He’s always been the smallest in his class. He’s perfectly healthy.

We did mention it to the health visitor when he was a baby and she said that as I’m short (5’2ish) and my husband is very slim, that we are just not going to make big kids.

She doesn’t sound worryingly small at all.