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only grown 2 cm's in 8 months

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cep · 07/03/2011 11:32

I may just be being silly, but i've just realised he's only grown 2 cm's since July. He 33 months and 89cms. according to google they should grow 6 cms in a year so unless he's going to suddenly jump 4 cms in 4 months.... i'm not exactly really tall and neither is dh (5.4 and about 5.9) so i'm not expecting ds to be a giant but shouldn't he be growing faster than this?

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 07/03/2011 11:46

I wondered the same thing. DD is 3.1 and has only grown 1 cm since August although she does seem taller. I'm a real shortarse (5' 2) and DH isn't much better so not expecting a giant either but even so.

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cep · 07/03/2011 13:05

I know, he seemed taller so didn't really think about it. i had to measure him cause my mother wants to buy him some clothes and wanted to know his height. Thankfully his weight is in a healthy range. (started worrying about that then. ) But at what point are we supposed to worry?

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moonstorm · 07/03/2011 21:01

I'm wondering this too. I've just dug out some of last year's summer clothes to wash and they still fit really well - I thought they might be getting a bit small. We're not tall either, but I am getting worried. It doesn't help that everyone comments on ds's sizde and he is atarting to pick up on it When DO we start to worry??

thisisyesterday · 07/03/2011 21:03

i wouldn't worry. google doesn';t know everyth9ing and any measurements you get will only be a rough guide, an average.

although, he may be about to have a growth spurt, in which case 4cm in 4 months isn't necessarily unlikely!

Firawla · 07/03/2011 21:21

mine has only grown a similar amount since then too, and i dont think your ds sounds particularly short for his age so wouldn't be too worried

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cep · 08/03/2011 11:55

thanks everyone for responding. I won't get out the rack quite yet then.

moonstorm how old is your ds?

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moonstorm · 08/03/2011 15:27

He's 3 years 5 months. He's shorter than his peers, although I heven't measured him yet I will do after looking at his clothes. It seems harder for boys/ men to be short which is why I'm worried.

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cep · 08/03/2011 17:57

I know. It's annoying because you're always made to feel silly by the professionals for worrying about all this stuff.

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Jubato · 09/03/2011 15:28

I know what you mean, Moonstorm. My DS is tiny for his age as well. He's 3yrs 8months but looks more 2 yrs 8 months. It really doesn't help when he fancies himself a big brother but other boys his age call him little. He gets a bit upset.

I'm barely 5' myself so not hoping for a giant but DH being 6'1, I'd hope will help DS1 to be at least middle of the range. I went to GP and she took 1 look at my height and thought there's the answer. I was told to measure him every month, if he hasn't grown any in 6 months, then to go back. But of course, he has so there's that.

Ah well, we all have to work with what we're given of course! He's a lively little chap and confident enough to sing solo in class, so I'm content.

nutterbutsquash · 16/03/2011 22:56

I too have a tiny little chap, and even though he's perfectly proportioned and from a pair of shorties I seem to worry about this a lot too.

just today I took him off to clarks as was sure his feet must have grown in the 6 months since I last bought a pair of shoes, but no, he's still 4.5... (and 2.5). Out of interest, were your ds feet anything like this small as can't find any evidence online - I wonder if I have a record breaker on my hands!

moonstorm · 16/03/2011 23:04

ds is 3 1/2 and size 6

Dysgu · 16/03/2011 23:24

I have a DD so maybe slightly different at it all seems to be boys here.

However, at the age of 3.5 years, she was wearing clothes for 18-24 months and was in size 5 shoes. I even put her baby sister's new trousers on her at Christmas and there is 2.3 years difference in age!

DD1 is now almost exactly 4 and a half years old and pretty average height amongst the other little people I see around her. She is on the cusp of moving into clothes for 4-5 years and has size 8.5 feet.

She really has done nothing but grow in the last 12 months! I used to call her our 'value-for-money' baby but she is now such a big girl.

And DD2 has always worn clothes at age appropriate times and has grown up being the big little sister!

Also, FWIW, as a teacher, I see a HUGE number of boys start Year 8 at somewhere getting near to chest/shoulder height to the girls of the same age - but they are almost all much taller than the girls by the time they move on to Year 9. (And the girls do not seem to have a problem with a lack of height in their boyfriends at that age!)

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