Okay, so I've been struggling with this for a while now. My 7 y/o daughter weighs 88 lbs. I am very concerned about her weight and I just don't know how to help her without upsetting her. She is a very emotional person and gets her feelings hurt easily.
Ok...let me go back just a little. When my daughter turned 6 she wore a 6x maybe a 7slim or size 8 shirts just for extra room. I had a mental breakdown and had to allow her to live with her father and his fiance so I could get better. In a matter of two months she went from her size 6x to an 8. Two months later it was an 8plus...then a 10plus...then a 12plus. She was almost in a size 14 one year later when she returned home to live with me.
During her time at her father's house she was kept pretty active participating in upward cheerleading & soccer as well as being in tap and jazz dance classes. But was allowed to eat very large amounts of food and dessert almost every night.
I was able to bring her back down to fitting comfortably into a size 12 jeans in just a few months.
So on long weekends/holiday visits they get to eat a bunch of crap.
I've told him about my concerns and he said that she is just a kid and she will grow out of it.
Well...with all of these childhood obesity cases and adults who are morbidly obese and were overweight their whole life, well I don't want my daughter to end up that way.
How do you tell your 7 y/o daughter that she can't have the extra food. How can I tell her that she is beautiful just the way she is, but that she needs to lose weight so she will be healthy.
My daughter is beautiful...but she is overweight and I don't want her to end up being fat for the rest of her life.
I just don't understand...when she was at my house (before going to her dad's) she ate very well (good size "child size" portions) and was active and she was average weight for her age/height.
I really do hope that she will "grow out of it" but I'm afraid that she won't and I don't want her to struggle for the rest of her life. I am trying to show her how to eat better and we do get as much "exercise" as the weather allows (can't go outside to play when it is freezing or raining cats & dogs). We got a wii for Christmas and I hope that will help. I'm going to get the wii fit plus next week and I hope that she will take interest.
Am I being paranoid or what? Help