"sheenna" wrote in message
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my son will be 6 on Dec4 and is only in the 30% percentile for his age. He
has always been around 50% or so now it seems like he's not growing.


My daughter didn't really grow at all between age 8 1/2 and age 10 1/2.
Then, Nov. 1, she woke up, and was 1 inch taller than she'd been the night
before. She grew another half inch before we could get her in to measure
her. Since her dr. appt. last week, she's grown at least another half inch,
probably closer to an inch. She did at least 1/2 inch between breakfast time
on Sunday and dinner time on Sunday--I know, because she went from being at
"just under chin height" to "if I lean forward, my chin bonks her" height.

She literally went at least a year and a half, probably closer to two years,
without growing an inch or gaining a pound. In the six months prior to that,
she gained 5 inches and 10-15 pounds.

That's just how she does it.

At birth, she was 7 lb 11 1/2 oz. At 2 weeks, 9 pounds. At 4 months, 20
pounds. We joked about how she would be the first 150 pound, 6 foot tall
3-year old. When she was 6 months old, she was 24 pounds. By 1 yr, she was
26 pounds. Right before she turned two, she was 27 pounds. Then she put on 3
pounds in 3 weeks and the dr. lectured me on how her height and weight were
not proportional. I ignored him. Good thing--because a few weeks later she
grew a couple inches!

At the moment, she's busily getting "spindly" around the middle...when she
was 8, she was just a tiny bit padded before her last growth spurt. But
right now, it doesn't seem to matter how much she eats, it all goes UP.
She's skinnier, proportionally, than she's ever been.
Jenrose