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Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Amazing Shrinking Child

I forgot to put Evelyn's growth stats in that last post and I think there are some people out there who are interested in this sort of thing.

At her 4 month check up Evelyn weighed 11lbs 1.6 ounces-that's the 10th percentile. She was 22.5 inches tall which is the 5th percentile and a half inch shorter than she was a 2 months. See chart below.

This leaves us with 2 questions:
1. when are those Otto genes going to kick in?
2. did we really need one more reason to question medical care in Mississippi?
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Length measurements are very difficult to do accurately. W and E's are all over the place. Most Pediatricians just want a general idea of your babe's growth trend.

    Is Evvy exclusively BF? If so, the general charts most Peds use won't give a very accurate comparison. BF babies tend to be lighter than those who get formula. I believe that there are some charts out there for exclusively BF babies, if you're interested.
    --Terri

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  2. Jude and AlishaApril 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    You made a growth chart?! Either you really had a lot of free time while on house arrest or you're just an overachiever.

    My guess is a bit of both...

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  3. Grandmom d'EJApril 2, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    We love babies of any graphing! They laugh, they're good to go.

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  4. Sarah and PhilApril 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Terri--yup, she's exclusively breastfed. We figure she'll be tall soon enough and that she should enjoy this period of her life. :)

    Alisha--or option 3, I'm a huge dork.

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