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missrosex · 27/02/2024 20:27

Not sure if I'm overthinking it but by daughter is 8.5 months old not been seen medically by anyone since maybe 5 months old, I don't tend to check growths ect very much I always believe if she's happy and doing well then all is good. Yet Ive seemed to have fallen down a rabbit while this evening regarding her growth, I was looking through her red book to see when her next checkup was and went through her growth charts particularly for her length so I measured her and she's only 63cm long (fallen off the growth chart) I have nothing else to go off from previous checks because nothing has been plotted🙄 all I can see is she was 51cm at birth. Now I'm stressing out wondering if there's a problem, in all other aspects she's great, eating well, finally sitting for a few seconds without falling always wants to be on her feet! I just not sure weather to get it out of my mind or maybe consult to the gp

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skkyelark · 27/02/2024 21:14

What size clothing is she generally wearing? Length can be very tricky to measure on a wiggly baby. Do you have drop-in clinics in your area where you can get her weighed and measured?

CrispsandCheeseSandwich · 27/02/2024 21:42

I never measured either of my DDs' lengths as babies. Like a PP said, it's tricky when they're so wiggly, and I just assumed they were growing fine as they fitted into appropriate sized clothing.
What size is she wearing?

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