My daughter is roughly -10%tile now, but she does have primordial dwarfism.
She doesn't qualify for gh as she has some other metabolic complications that her team isn't comfortable with giving gh.
I tried to be onboard with the Swedish way, but my oldest is on the spectrum and was harnessed until he was 8. My middle is my teeny one, rear facing did start hurting her hips so at 4, her bones had just hit 2, we switched to ff..She will be harnessed for a little longer. So it just doesn't work for us.
Totally makes sense. I helped my sis harness her daughter until 8 bc she wouldn't hold still, so I totally understand needing a harness!
As for your tiny one, she has other needs. Given the same situation, I might very well have made the same decision. When dealing with special needs, there are always hard decisions to be made.
We may have to do it with DS. He's gaining height/weight more rapidly now, but not bone age. Before too long, he may outgrow all the 45-50 lb rfing seats I can get my hands on, so we'll have to turn him. Earlier in the thread, Ketchupqueen made a good point about bone age making a difference for booster readiness, so if he outgrows his rfing seats before his bones are old enough to booster, then we will FFing harness him and he won't get the Swedish method either.
Thanks!
My comment was intended to add a mod note to the general discussion of the risks of being out of position for those in the process of educating themselves, not directed specifically toward you. I figured if I came across this old thread, others might be reading it too.
Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.