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Growth charts - have you started one?

HuahineHuahine member
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Growing up our kitchen door jamb was marked with pencil lines showing my sister's and my height at various points. One of the saddest things about moving half-way across country in junior high was leaving it behind.  

We are in an apartment now so it doesn't make much sense for us to start one (don't think the landlord would appreciate me takings strip of molding when we go) but I'm feeling nostalgic for that old door jamb.  

Where was you growth chart growing up? Have you started marking your LO's height anywhere? 

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  • hanthornhanthorn
    I never had one growing up as a child.  But I am trying to talk dh into making something like this https://pinterest.com/pin/100627372894942270/ for our house.  I like it because I someday plan on building a new house and that way we can take it with us :)
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    We just had a paper one my mom found in a magazine.  For LO, my mother found a nice heavy duty cardboard one that came with a baby keepsake box.  I did find a couple DIY ones in Pinterest, though!  If she hadn't given us one we'd be making one of those.

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  • raefreraefre member

    Ever since seeing the ruler one, I thought it was a super cute idea. I'm going to wait longer before making a growth chart, though.

    My parents always used our laundry room wall to measure our height. And, now that we are all grown up, it is still there but behind the trashcan and hooks. I want to go over there and cut it out of the wall to frame. 

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  • oheckoheck
    DS has one hanging in his room that we can move with us. It has his name on it and slots to add his picture. We have not started using it because it starts at 2 feet 6 inches. 
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  • wychetswychets member
    We had one on the wall in my bedroom lol. I didn't really miss it when I left for college & then my parents moved to a smaller house. There is a page in DD's baby book where we keep track of her growth.
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  • beccajanedowningbeccajanedowning member
    I made one to hang on her wall. It's canvas with her name and some roses. We won't be staying in our current house and I wanted something portable.
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  • HuahineHuahine member
    imageHilarityEnsued:

    We had one growing up.  It was originally part of the door frame and my mom basically ripped half the frame out of the wall and brought it with us when we moved. 

    We are going to make one for DS.  I was actually just thinking about this last night.  I want to do something along the lines of that ruler for the wall (so also something that is portable) but maybe a little more colorful.  I love the idea though!

    I like your mom's style!

    I saw one of these in a posh kids shop last week and was pretty tempted to buy it on the spot.  But I wanted to see what other ideas were out there first. 

    https://www.oopsydaisy.com/store/shop/growth-charts.html

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    imageHuahine:
    imageHilarityEnsued:

    We had one growing up.  It was originally part of the door frame and my mom basically ripped half the frame out of the wall and brought it with us when we moved. 

    We are going to make one for DS.  I was actually just thinking about this last night.  I want to do something along the lines of that ruler for the wall (so also something that is portable) but maybe a little more colorful.  I love the idea though!

    I like your mom's style!

    I saw one of these in a posh kids shop last week and was pretty tempted to buy it on the spot.  But I wanted to see what other ideas were out there first. 

    https://www.oopsydaisy.com/store/shop/growth-charts.html

    I love the Monkey chart that site has but I'm not willing to spend $50 on it.  I'm thinking I might make one with some fabric, embroidery designs and a fabric measuring tape from the notions asile.

     

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  • Lhand11Lhand11 member

    imagehanthorn:
    I never had one growing up as a child.  But I am trying to talk dh into making something like this https://pinterest.com/pin/100627372894942270/ for our house.  I like it because I someday plan on building a new house and that way we can take it with us :)

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  • namara5532namara5532 member

    I really like the ruler one, especially since we're renting our current place.  Unfortunately, I'm not crafty enough to know how to sand and stain a board to look that nice.

    I had a paper one growing up that was put on the closet door.  It must have gotten lost or thrown away when we moved when I was 9 because I haven't seen it since.  I do want something nicer for DS, but I've just gotta go out and find something I can paint a height chart on or break down and buy one.  I definately want once before he's 1 though.

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