Holy growth spurt!!!!

OMG!! I knew Marcus had had a growth spurt recently b/c he looked to only have about 1" of torso height left in his Gen65, but I did not realize just how much. The last time I measured his torso, it has probably been 2 maybe 3 months ago, he had a 14.25 inch torso. Well, I measured his torso today & man has he shot up. He now has a torso of 15.75 inches. YIKES! He went from right at 42 inches tall to 43.25 inches tall over all.

I also moved him from the 3rd slots on his Nautilus Elite & Maestro to the top slots on both. He still has a good 2 inches of room to grow in both seats, but man did he have a big growth spurt. We also finally managed to break 35-36lbs. We're sitting a hair over 38lbs, but I figure with the way he always does after a growth spurt, he will probably loose back down the 35-36lbs again. LOL. So, he is a tall skinny lil man! I need to take new car seat pics to share since it's been awhile.

Also meant to add that he will be 5 on October 7th of this year. DH wants to move him to a booster in his car at age 5, but I think I'm going to wait a little bit longer. He is still under 40lbs & I still don't feel he has the maturity to sit properly for more than a few minutes. He does fine for the 5-10 minutes that he rides with my MIL or rides with DH from my MIL's house, but I don't think he could sit still for longer rides. So I think we're going to keep him harnessed in DH's car till at least 5 1/2 & at least till 6 in my car.

Gotta love when kids do that! One of your measurements must be a little off tho... his torso can't have grown 1.5 inches while his overall height only went up 1.25 inches

Chely7425 said:

Gotta love when kids do that! One of your measurements must be a little off tho... his torso can't have grown 1.5 inches while his overall height only went up 1.25 inches

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Yeah, I was like OMG! As for the measurements, they're right for sure b/c I measure 3 times one both b/c I was sure I was seeing thing. LOL. I am not sure exactly what his overall height was before b/c it has been since his 4 year appointment that it was measured & he was 41 1/2 inchs tall then. So the height of right about 42 inches was a guess b/c he had grown a little between his 4 year & the last time I measured his torso.

So he has grown almost 2 inches since his 4 year appointment & alot of that has been in his torso b/c he had a torso height of a little under 14 inches right before he turned 4. Then when I measured after his 4 year he was sitting a hair over 14 inches, then he hit 14 1/2 inches at around 4 1/2, now at almost 5 he hit 15.75 inches for torso. YIKES!

Chely7425 said:

Gotta love when kids do that! One of your measurements must be a little off tho... his torso can't have grown 1.5 inches while his overall height only went up 1.25 inches

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But I've seen it happen with my own. I figured it was extra bum padding that doesn't add to overall height. .25 in the bum isn't that much

Don't you love growth spurts