Honest opinions please!
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Topic: Honest opinions please!
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Honest opinions please!
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:20pm
At the risk of sounding like a paranoid mother, is it just me or is this kid reaaaally skinny? I know all three of my girls are on the lean side, but when I was getting the gremlins in the bath tonight I realised how much scrawnier Mercedes is than Sienna, she almost looks emaciated. So go on, tell me I'm just being paranoid, but do you honestly think this kid is scrawny? She was on the 75th for height and 25th for weight, and the dietician is back next week, but they've had a tummy bug this week and I'm sure it's knocked them back a bit.
-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:21pm
She has the starving African baby potbelly that Maya had at her age, and no butt and saggy baggy elephant skin round her thighs like Maya had too   ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:24pm
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She looks fine to me. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: KateW
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:25pm
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I don't think that shes too small but she not hugh either, but I can't really comment! Aww she is cute tho ------------- ~Our miracle IVF babies~ http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:31pm
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i have a skinny minny just like that, with little birds arms and legs - she looks odd when nudie.
i can tell when my girls have been sick as they lose a little bit of covering and their bony bits show more - xanthes back is gross with its knobbly bits, and jordis has a skinny no bum. looking at mercedes with that perpective, i can see she is a little skinny, but with the explanation of a tummy bug that is fully understandable. also may be worth measuring her height, as she might have had a growth spurt, which normally means they get skinny. of course if you are worried though, see the dietician. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:37pm
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I think it's probably alright considering she's just had a tummy bug. She doesn't look unhealthily skinny but boy does she look skinny next to my proportionate ones!! ------------- |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:39pm
| Yeah she looks fine to me. Obviously not chubby but not horribly skinny either and super cute |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:42pm
| Yes, she looks thin, but i have heffalumps to which to compare them too - so i don't count. |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:43pm
| dont forget emma kids arent in proportion like us grown ups. toby has that pot belly thing and stick legs too and in fact he was lying on the floor today and i could have counted his ribs today (he was nude too). |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:47pm
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She looks perfectly healthy to me ------------- 
 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:01pm
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I can see that she's a bit on the scrawny side but as everyone else has said, that could be due to tummy bug and growth spurt.
I mean, what can ya do if she is skinny? She's already on formula right? So nothing really... she definitely doesn't look lethargic and floppy... she looks cheeky and lively! 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:09pm
Thanks for the reassurance  I guess after having Maya the supereater that never grew and all her feeding issues, then having the gremlins who packed it on and were huge to start with I thought I would end up worrying about them being too BIG not too skinny! And you're right Nikki, there is nothing I CAN do, I can't make them eat more/take more formula, maybe they are just destined to be skinny. Which given the fact that neither Willie nor I are in any way small is a blessing really!
It was just that I never really noticed how skinny she was till I saw her standing there today. And she is still on the tightest Fuzzi snaps the same as she has been since she was 8 weeks old. Altho I do think she has shot up, she seems heaps taller than Sienna, Sienna seems shorter and stockier. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:26pm
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She looks fine to me and as the others have said the tummy bug would have knocked her back a bit but she definitely doesn't look like she's starving. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: buzimumto3boys
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:29pm
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She looks the same as my youngest DS... I wouldnt worry. DS has slimmed down in his legs alot and still is on the same setting on his FB's as well! They are at the age where their legs get a bit skinny.
I think so anyway! |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:31pm
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She has the chubba rings around the wrists and ankles and isn't showing rib cage. She just hasn't got much junk in her trunk! GEEZE Mother! *giggle* ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:37pm
*snort*  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Peace wrote:Posted By: Faraway
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:41pm
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Aww she's gorgeous! She looks slim but then you've seen my big bubba and he's all I can compare her too! Maybe try not to compare her to Sienna as they aren't the same person? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 10:21pm
she has def slimmed down and shot up....but that may just be cause monster baby scared her at last meet up and she thought she better grow before she saw Ella again....LOL! 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 11:04pm
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She looks fine to me, reminds me of Erin a little - very slim. E is also still on the tightest snaps of some of her nappies too, although just starting to move out a little on others. The most important thing, is that she is happy, healthy and still keeping her mummy on her toes You are doing a great job!
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 7:37am
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Well she isnt the chubalub she used to be but she isnt what i would call terribly thin either. Alyssa's height and weight is like that as well. I think they do a massive growth spurt and really thin down then fatten up a little bit then grow again.
Also with having their tummy bug, like you said that cant of helped in the weight department. Try not to worry too much. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 9:59am
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She looks fine to me too! Maddie isn't a chubby baby either... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 10:58am
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My goodness... stick some red hair on her in that second pic and I'd swear she was my Ella! So if that gives you an honest opinion... Yeah, she does look slender. But she also looks healthy (energetic, bright-eyed, happy, great skin - generally a bright little spark). The tummy-bug will have slimmed her a bit. Truth of it is, I never think a skinny baby looks skinny until I see them next to a chubbier one. Her diet is AWESOME and she couldn't ask for more from you - she'll be OK. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 12:36pm
| actually Em the photo of both of them in the bath in the other thread shows a big difference between them but maybe one is having a growth spurt etc before the other? I hadnt noticed how different in size they had become til i saw that bath shot.... |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 12:37pm
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She looks great to me, Emma! And no where near as skinny as Josiah! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 4:38pm
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no shes looks fine i had a tummy bug and lost 11 kgs in one week so the tummy bug would of taken some of her chubbie away ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 7:16pm
| is it wrong that wheni read that Lu I wsa thinking "now where can i get me some of that tummy bug"? |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 8:17pm
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Emma although they are twins they are still a bit different. Other thing is they are a lot more active now. Not that the tummy bug helped a lot. But some kids actually do lost weight around a years time when they start walking or getting ready to walk and will take up to a few months to actually pick up weight. I know everyone was worried about McKayla picking up weight a few months ago and being so tiny. She didnt drop any weight but she just stayed the same for about 6 months.
I think she still looks fine but you are in a better position to say with eating. Just remember they do tend to eat a lot less at a year too. (not that that is helping our worries at all knowing that right?) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 8:36pm
LMAO, me too! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 10:31pm
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Awww! I love nakey baby pics! Makes me want to cuddle her!
I agree with everyone else, just tiny and gorgeous  ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 07 October 2007 at 8:57pm
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I think they are a good size especially for twins but then I've had scrawny kids so everyone looks 'a good size'. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 08 October 2007 at 12:14pm
she looks great emma! charli lost alot of weight after her tummy bug too but it's almost back on again. she's such a gorgeous gremlin....i want to cuddle her too!
ummmmm lu....i want your tummy bug!!!! 11kg is that right????  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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