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One year old dropped in height centiles

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RoseGoldEagle · 11/02/2020 06:58

DS just had his one year check with the health visitor. He’s 75th centile for weight which he has been since birth. But his length has dropped from 50th at birth to 9th. I thought the health visitor would say he was probably due a growth spurt, but she said she expected him to lose weight now he was moving around more, so she’d expect his weight to drop to nearer 9th rather than his height to increase. This seems really odd to me, I’d have thought it would be a worry if his weight dropped this much! Anyone had anything similar or can offer any advice? We’re going back in 8 weeks to have him remeasured. Thanks!

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Bitofnamechanging · 11/02/2020 07:21

My three year old has consistently dropped centiles from 12 months to now. They're monitoring to see if he's just "finding his centile" or if there's an issue.

I wouldn't worry just yet

Trahira · 11/02/2020 07:25

My understanding is that the height measurement for little ones is not very accurate (because it's difficult to get them to lie flat) so this wouldn't worry me too much. As pp says, keep an eye on it but don't panic. I know some DC stick perfectly to the same percentile, but mine moved around the percentiles quite a lot.

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