percentiles ?

jg_girl1

So my DD had her 6 month checkup on monday and she is 28 inches long. The Dr. said that she is in the 99th percentile. I seem to remember that a lot of May mommas said their babies were 28in. Do we really have so many tall babies or are there different charts for percentiles? Anyone else have a 28in baby and have the Dr. tell you a different percentile? 

LacieMI

There are two (primary) growth charts for kiddos birth to 36 months.  One for boys and for girls. (There are some other growth charts for different syndromes and even for some different cultures) They are fairly easy to use --  just follow the "coordinates" as if reading a map.  The top half is height, lower half is weight.   On the baby girl chart, you can easily see that your daughter would be a little greater than the 97%, so yep -- I would agree she's at the 99th.  Tall girl!

I actually have one printed off and in my son's baby book to track his trends whenever we go to a well baby checkup.

You can see them here:

Girls

Boys

yaelandhal

I think we happen to have a lot of tall babies in this group. I noticed this when the 4th month results started coming out in everyone's posts, and puzzled over it at first, but there must be a reason - maybe spring of 2011 was statistically bizarro, or babies are getting taller, or maybe the bump happens to be marketed in a way that appeals more to women likely to have taller babies (more urban, fashion conscious, etc). Or maybe none of the above, go figure.

AADOLL

My daughter's 6 month appointment isn't until the 19th, but she was in the 92nd percentile at her 4 month appointment!  It is strange because I am close to 5'5" and my husband is 5'9".

588loves551

We had ours today...

height- 27" (90th %)

weight- 16.11 (65th)

head- 44.5cm (95th)- no laughing!

Looks like we have a bunch of tall babies!

ToBeMrsC6907

DD was 28 in at her 4 month apt    and pedi said she is >99th percentile.  It's also the least accurate of the growth measurements, but that is what the nurse measured her at and recorded.

FWIW, I'm 5'10 and DH is 6'4 so it's not surprising DD is long.  DS is very tall, too.

NeverEnoughTime

We had our 6 month today

 head = 47 cms off the chart

height = 28.7"  off the chart

weight = 20.9lbs 90%

MrsDL

We don't have our 6 month until the end of this month but at his 4 month we was 27.5 inches and they said he was "off the chart" as far as the %, he was 75th for weight. We haven't measured him but all of his clothes since that visit look like high-waters on him so I imagine he's probably at least an 1.5 or 2 inches taller now.

fancynewbeesly

We don't have her 6 month appointment until the 21st. 

 However, at the 4 month appointment she was 24 inches (50%) and 12.5 lbs (under the 25%) I can't see her being more than 26 inches though, because her 3-6 month clothes (especially the pants) are still REALLY big on her.