My 4.5 year old DD is only 14kg. Is this really small?

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My Dp got our dd1 weighed today as we were discussing care seats and she weighs only 14kg. (She will be 5 in September, but still in 5point harness)

The last time we had her weighed was about late Sept/Oct time and she weighed 15.3kg.
She has always been small for her age/ not great eater etc, but this weight loss has shocked me.

Dp thinks she is just burning it off (she does seem active and healthy)

Does anyone else think this is small for her age, think I should worry about this weight loss etc?

(Am I being a paranoid PFB mum?)
Advise welcomed

I think she is obviously light but my DS who is 5 and is still only 14 KGs. He is all skin and bone.

I suppose you might want to go and see a HV because of the weight loss but I doubt it is anything to worry about, your DP is porbably right.

What pickupthismess said.

I would be concerned/check out the weight loss.

DD is a similar age, similar weight and in age 3 clothes but she has never lost weight.

My DS is 5 now and weighs 13kg, dropped from 13.5kg ast August. He eats very little and is always active and also very very healthy - looks great, and never ill. i take him to the Gp every few months because of his diet and they don't worry about his weight because he seems fine, but the weight loss worries them a bit. In our case they haven't panicked because he is growing in height. If that stops too then maybe they would worry more, I don't know?

Personally, I think the fact that a child is active and healthy is the main thing, but might be worth talking to your GP to get their perspective. As my Gp pointed out, look at adults - some are small and skinny and others are tall and fat, so kids are different too. But just need to monitor over time, that's all.

1.) are you sure the scales were accurate each time? I get wildly different results just by mving a set of scales around my house. so that could be one reason for any discrepancy.

2.) do you have any other concerns? has she been ill? does she eat well? is she otherwise fit and healthy?

3.) my 4 yr old is around 16kg. BUT, he is a fairly tall, average sized everywhere else child.

some children jsut are small. and the weight would not ring alarm bells to me. the only thing I might worry about is the loss of weight, but like I say there could be reasons for that.
if you're worried though take her to the GP

ds was small and went through periods of losing weight.He had some blood tests done at one point (he was about 7) as his height seemed to have stayed the same for a bit too.
He was ill quite a lot up till he was about 8. The blood tests came back clear.
I would take your dd and see what the gp says.
Ds still remains on the small side (he's 11 now) and i doubt that he will be a tall man..but he isn't so skinny now (is now on the average line in his red book.

Hello again,
Thanks for all your reassuring messages.
I think I speak to the HV on Tues about her.
She is active and healthy. Around the same height as others her age.
She does have a poor appetite- will only really eat when she is hungry. She loves her fruit and veg etc, but is not so keen on the carb stuff, pasta, rice potatoes etc. She would happily eat a ccucumber for her lunch and nothing else.
Yesterday- they were different scales -but both digital ones?
She is skin and bones though- so I worry about her losing weight.
Thanks x