Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Stats

We had Isaac's 9 month appointment this morning. No shots, no blood draw, so Little Man was a pretty happy camper!

Here are his stats:
Head Circ: 18" (50%)
Height: 28.75" (50%)
Weight: 17 lb 12 oz (10%)

There it is, staring me in the face. The 10%. The Dr. has us coming in for weight checks every three weeks now since his weight has dropped off so much {we were supposed to be in the clear until he turned a year old}. She expected a drop with the 9 month appointment because he's mobile, but apparently this was a bit much. G R E A T.

Considering he eats really well and seems fine otherwise, I'm just going to say that he has his Dad's freaky metabolism, and hope his weight increase does not drop off more. If it does, he'll be classified as "failure to thrive" and will have to have tons of blood draws for testing. Let me clarify that he has not lost weight, just isn't gaining it quickly enough. Don't you wish someone would tell you that you're not gaining weight fast enough? :)

4 comments:

Jennifer said...

You should pad his diaper for the next appointment so he makes weight.

Janelle said...

That's weird, is it a ratio thing like w/ his height? My kids are consistently below 10% and it's never been a big deal. But they're not at 50% height, either. I am pretty positive your child is not starving and that he's just a lean kid. :)

Becky said...

Ooh clever Jennifer - too bad they weigh him naked!

Unknown said...

I agree w/Janelle. Jesso was always around 50% for height, but at 9mos, was about 10% for weight, and then at 1 yr, was at 5%. Her dr. just told us to make sure she was eating (which she was), and it wasn't a big deal at all. I'm thinkin' Isaac's plenty healthy :)

Have you thought about getting a 2nd opinion if he does get classified as "failure to thrive"? Just to make sure he really should go thru all of those blood draws?