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A couple of months ago I considered sending my 3 yr old dd to a gymnastics class once a week. We trialed one, and while I liked the program, I did not sign her up. One reason was the kids seemed to stand in line for as much time as they spent being active. Two was the drive from our home was considerable. Three was that all the parents were sitting in the lobby, staring at their kids, not talking at all.
So I figured, maybe it would be better worth my time (and money) to take her to a local park and encourage her to be active by playing games that I played as a child, that way I can get in some activity too.View Thread
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Is it possible that she has not hit that growth spurt that makes the kids thin out just yet?
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Her doctor says her BMI is in the overweight catagory. I FREAKED out. I have been overweight my whole life, and one of my main goals as a parent was to keep her from that issue. Come to find out, my mother in law was giving her and excessive amount of juice, and after we stopped that she dropped some weight, but now I think she may have regained some. She is still eating healthy food, and not drinking juice, so I am not sure what it is coming from. I monitor her diet so carefully, and then I hear about parents with normal weight kids who let them have treats every day! It is so not fair!
I am afraid to think about it anymore, right after the doctor's appointment I looked at her and felt sad. Kind of a reverse self esteem issue, and I am afraid to reflect it back on her.
Anybody have any advice? Am I overthinking this? Should I just feed her the best I can, and get her to move more, and let the scale just say what it says? She doesn't look overweight.View Thread

I hope I can pass that on to my daughter. Being active in sports, especially for girls, is very important in my opinion. I never met a girl who was active in sports and had a bad body image.View Thread

Have you talked to her doc? Have you seen a dietician with her? If not those would be my first steps. Sometimes cutting back isn't enough on its own to see a difference. You have to get a better picture of what her diet looks like. And also, does she want to change, or do you have to fight her on it? I did not want to hear about it at all at that age!
I was teased a lot as a middle school age too. Believe it or not I think it has made me a better person!
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I am so excitied, but suprised, I wasn't sure if we would see a loss or if she would just 'grow into' her current weight.View Thread

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