This might seem like a funny blog title for those of you who tell me every time you see Gabe "Oh my gosh he's getting so big!" He is getting big, at least for him! I've always known he was small for his age though (born 6 lbs 13 oz). He had his 6 month appointment today and he is now weighing in at 15 lbs 5 oz, which puts him in the 10% for his age group. His height however (27") is in the 75%, so according to his peditrition he is just 'tall and skinny'. I was a little worried (first time mom worries kicking in) but she assured me he's just fine - he's got nice chunky legs, he's happy and he's meeting all his milestones on time. He's just not a big eater, and he never has been. I can't make him eat more, but she assured me that he will eat whatever he needs and to not worry about it.
He had his shots today, and I think we would have gotten away tear free if he'd only had to have one. He didn't even notice the first one and was having a good time with mommy distracting him. The 2nd one must have been more painful, and we had a lot of tears and crying after that. He's now home and was super sleepy so I set him under his playgym and he's sleeping away there while mom has some nice alone time on the computer. :-)
My kids were all small.... The girls took off between 12-18mo and you would never know now that they were in the low percentiles. :o) My Dr. assured me that all kids grow at different rates and (I thought this next part hilarious), as we aren't raising pigs for the fair, biggest doesn't have to mean best! LOL!!! So long as they were still gaining, no matter how slowly, he wasn't worried. I think your little man looks great! On the bright side, he is easier to carry around too! :o)
ReplyDeletethat's how Noah was...always in the 5th-20th% in everything...Now he's more in the 50th...he's gotten chunkier :)
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