Victorious4
Senior Community Member
So, I found the CDC growth charts & plotted Leila on them ... I don't remember the Weight-for-Stature chart I'm confused how it works (see my signature)
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It was then that I point out that it is not possible to be bigger than 120% of the kids out there (20 percent of which don't exist).
Just remember that growth charts are based on breast fed middle class white children. In other words, the biggest kids.
i thought it was the opposite-- strictly formula-fed, middle class white children from a small region of ohio.
and those were the old charts, discontinued in the 90s. i think the revised charts incorporate national data from both breatfed and formula-fed children.
Right right about the charts being an indication for doctor's to notice significant change -- my SO was concerned about Leila's weight for a while until I showed him a copy from the Ped to proove that she'd always been on that same curve But, I also agree with Jenny that they can be useful for determining which carseat might be "best" for a given child: if kiddo is consistently 50th/50th then almost any seat will "do" (asuming proper use + install), but a consistently short/heavy kid might do better with a different seat than would a consistently tall/skinny kid (etc.)
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