Aw! Off the growth chart

pamis626

LO had his nine month check up yesterday and our pedi told us he is officially off the growth chart for height!! LO has been hanging around the 90-95% but now he's surpassed that at, 30 3/4in. All I could do is laugh DH & I are both tall so somehow I just knew we'd make a tall kid!

joshandpanda

wow! Crazy!

we don't have our 9 month till Feb 7th... but we were in on Wednesday, and was weighed (but didn't get a height) and we are in the 2% for weight... he still only weighs 15.10

how much does your LO weigh? 

pamis626

He's 75% for weight 21lb 5oz

LO was born at 35wks he was so skinny and had SO much loose skin when he was born. It's just amazing to look back, he is far from that skinny little baby we took home from the hospital

RMama2012

Big boy!  DH and I are tall as well so it is no suprise that lo is tall too but somehow, we still get so excited!  Infact, lo is the same height that DH was at 8 months (I have his immunization card).

My boy is 30 inches, 20lbs 12 oz, and I dont remember the head but it was exactly at the 50%.  (this was the 14th)

pamis626

joshandpanda:

wow! Crazy!

we don't have our 9 month till Feb 7th... but we were in on Wednesday, and was weighed (but didn't get a height) and we are in the 2% for weight... he still only weighs 15.10

how much does your LO weigh? 

When my LO was at 15-20% for weight our pedi almost made me feel bad saying he doesn't want to see his weight drop any and if it does we may have to think about supplementing, now I bf LO so of course this made me feel like I was starving my kid! However I never did end up supplementing and he's perfectly fine I think LO just had a slow start due to coming a little early.

Does your pedi put any sort of "pressure" on you because LO is 2% for weight?

Honestly sometimes they look to much into the books instead of looking at the healthy thriving baby in front of them and in turn make you feel like crap about it.. 

pamis626

RMama2012:

Big boy!  DH and I are tall as well so it is no suprise that lo is tall too but somehow we still get so excited!  Infact, lo is the same height that DH was at 8 months (I have his immunization card).

My boy is 30 inches, 20lbs 12 oz, and I dont remember the head but it was exactly at the 50%.  (this was the 14th)

It's just hard not to!!

 

joshandpanda

pamis626:

joshandpanda:

wow! Crazy!

we don't have our 9 month till Feb 7th... but we were in on Wednesday, and was weighed (but didn't get a height) and we are in the 2% for weight... he still only weighs 15.10

how much does your LO weigh? 

When my LO was at 15-20% for weight our pedi almost made me feel bad saying he doesn't want to see his weight drop any and if it does we may have to think about supplementing, now I bf LO so of course this made me feel like I was starving my kid! However I never did end up supplementing and he's perfectly fine I think LO just had a slow start due to coming a little early.

Does your pedi put any sort of "pressure" on you because LO is 2% for weight?

Honestly sometimes they look to much into the books instead of looking at the healthy thriving baby in front of them and in turn make you feel like crap about it.. 

no... they really don't say anything to me about it, I read it on the print out summary from each visit...

I have brought it up to them a couple of times though, they really look at how each individual baby is, and him, he isn't malnourished by any means, honestly, he's got a gut on him lol, and he has slight rolls in his thighs.  They aren't too concerned about him being in the 2% since he looks/acts totally fine.   

pamis626

That's good! Yea every baby grows at their own growth curve, was just curious. I know for my niece she was hanging around 5% for a really long time and her pedi's advice to my sister was to put butter in everything she ate to help her gain weight..

(I mean how healthy can that be!? great advice right??) Thanks but no thanks!

mierasm1

That's great! My LO isn't tall but was over 21 lbs at 6 months. Since then he's crawling and near walking he's gained 1.5 lbs in the last month so is 23 lbs at 8 months.

nicole0066

Wow, that's great!  We have our 9 month next Friday, but I am not even sure she has hit 16lbs yet.  She is also super short, but my H and I are both tiny so its no suprise she is too.  She started at 5lb2oz so we feel like she is so big now!  The pedi is not concerned at all.  She is growing on her own curve and is meeting all her milestones.