Worried about daughter`s weight.

suffolkb

Youngest daughter (15) is being teased at school.Some of the other girls chant "you`re anorexic" at her.She is very thin,I admit,5ft 7in and claims to be 7 stone but I don`t know that for sure.Her appetite is fine.For lunch,she had half a carton of tomato soup and 3 slices of bread.Her twin sisters are pretty sure that she is not being ill elsewhere,but she does seem to catch everything going.I can put my hand around her wrist and then she can pull her hand through my fingers.Clothes shopping is a pain.Size 6 is hard to find and size 8 seems huge.

EasilyAggravated

shes still growing. she might also have a high metabolism whereby anything she eats is digested quicker than normal. however if you are really concerned, sit her down and have a talk to her. it might just be that you're worrying over nothing but its better to worry and it turn out to be nothing than to not worry at all

rchddap1

OH's youngest does a good impression of a stick. She's okay in herself and eats well. I'd agree with the 'have a word if you're worried line'.

wigginsmum

Has she had her thyroid checked by the doctor?

madauri

It's a bit too little! Maybe she's just a natural thin. If you fear for her health just go with her to the doctor; if he finds she's fine, at least you'll be relieved to know.

SmileBeHappy

some people are very naturally thin. my mate is 17, about that height if not taller and weighs about that much, and she eats incredible amounts. If shes eating shes not anorexic, but i guess you could worry she was bulimic. They tend to eat loads and then make themselves be sick. Why don't you ask her if you can weigh her, then you'll know definately what she weighs. As others say, chat to her, let her know your there for her. If you susoect theres a further issue ask yourself a few things...
Does food seem to be an issue, does she binge when she's sad or spend ages counting calories. Does she seem to be upset about life generally, apparently they sumtimes do it as its the only part of their life they can control
Laura

AnnieH

I was in a size 8 up until I was about 19 when I filled out.

If you are SURE she does not have any kind of eating disorder, then like someone else said - get her thyroid checked but otherwise don't worry too much. Tackle the teasing with the school if it is a problem for your daughter.

lynzpower

Echoing what Lauramarshall says, i went through a brief stage of bulimia as a teenager -I have conquered it fully now im pleased to say :j but dont write it off witohut asking her first. Watch how much water shes drinking is she "flooding" herself, this is a tip from one in the know, the more you drink the easier it is to be sick.

the other thing is that is she experiencing stress. many of my mates ( although not me sadly) lose weight when they are under pressure, maybe pressures are making her nervous system overwork hence her thin-ness.

alice's_mum

As said above, she may be naturally thin - I am 5ft 11 and when I was that age I was 8 stone - which is THIN. But I ate everything I was given, I was and still am just a thinny type of person. She may be just lucky to be thin. Check her weight so you know exactly what she weighs, my mum was paranoid - anorexia was a newish thing when I was that age and she heard about it and was convinced I had it, even though she could feed me 3 plates of scouse and I'd still want pudding. My doctor got so worried he sent me for tests which involved eating some strangley coloured thing in the hospital for my breakfast and then having x-ray type things taken at regular intervals throughout the day to see how much I had digested, my metabolism is high so the food was digested faster and not laying down fat.

Talk to her if your worried, but definately tackle the bullies, speak to the school, it's not nice to be constantly told you're too thin, and it could tip her over some sort of edge.

margaretclare

I had a cuddle of my 2 step-granddaughters at the weekend and, especially the 10-year old, I thought 'she's fragile, like a china shepherdess, I could snap her in two'. But I've seen her eat, there's nowt wrong with her appetite, she's just very energetic and obviously runs it all off. Better than the girl we saw the day before, eldest granddaughter of DH's second ex - she just didn't move for at least an hour, lay on the sofa watching TV, she looked like a beached whale.

Margaret Clare

Tribal

If you are worried, you have a reason. A mother's instinct is not to be doubted. Although it might be infringing on your relationship, be there at the next bathroom scales with her. Your only concern is because you love her. Nobody rational will blame you for that. Mother's know, but doubt themselves.
With best wishes.