Calendar
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jan | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |||
Categories
- Announcement (24)
- Fun (63)
- News (128)
- Profound (12)
- Random (11)
- Serious (9)
- Serious Business (6)
- Uncategorized (12)
Latest Postings
- January 2, 2012: 2011 In Review
- November 2, 2011: 2 Years Old
- October 5, 2011: Pescetarianism
- August 22, 2011: Tutu
- August 16, 2011: A new cousin
- August 12, 2011: Summer 2011, second half
- March 23, 2011: Photo Shoot
- February 11, 2011: Big Girl
- December 13, 2010: Miss Santy Pants
- December 9, 2010: Update
Links
Friends
Jason's Essentials
Jen's Essentials
Archives
- January 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- August 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
« 03/05/10 Update | 03/12/10 »
03/08/10 Growth
We had another visit to the pediatrician today. Juliana weighs 7 lb 6 oz today and is 18.5 inches long. A surprising fact: she is now registering on the growth chart! Her length is still too short to be on the chart yet, but judging from her weight, she is now in the 11th percentile for her “real” age of 4 months. Yay! She’s likely to be on the small side for most of her life, but she has never been on the chart up until now!
The Maryland Infants and Toddlers program developmental lady is coming tomorrow to evaluate Juliana and start her on her physical therapy course, which is a free resource in our state. We’ll see how she does!
March 9, 2010 at 8:32 am
Awesome!! She’s growing so fast! At least Juliana will know that she probably won’t be tall. Imagine Megan’s surprise when she woke up one day realizing she would never again grow.
March 9, 2010 at 9:10 am
Great news! Don’t worry too much about those charts! It sounds like she will do fine. Sierra was on the charts and then got off of them and at this moment still isn’t on the chart at all. She is healthy and happy and so for now we are just keeping tracking of her weight - she is following the curve but a curve that is below the chart. I am thankful for a doctor that is all right with that. We had her checked out by a pediatric endocrinologist and they couldn’t find anything wrong with her. I have a feeling that Juliana will just keep surprising people and surpassing many goals and milestones especially with such good and attentive parents. Hugs to you all!
March 9, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Anna was 8 pounds when she was born and 20 1/2 inches long — I think she was in the 70% for both weight and height. Then she dropped down to the 5% for weight due to some bad reflux she was having…so much so we she had a stomach x-ray when she was 3 weeks old. But our doctor was not too concerned - some kids are just smaller…she is still is in a low % for her weight and high % for her height…but like Lynette said, don’t worry too much about the charts!So glad to hear Julianna is growing and thriving — such a wonderful blessing!
Thanks for the updates! HOpe to see you guys someday soon!
March 9, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Yay Juliana! Getting on the chart is awesome! Just another milestone.
I’m laughing at Katie’s post. LOL!
March 9, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Katie: hahaha. Poor Megan. Juliana will fit right in with us short folk. Jen, you weighed what Juliana weighs now when you were born!!! Only you were 22 inches long. Wouldn’t it be better if we judged her by if she was born on Feb 10 instead of so early? I’m sure she will be just fine, and we’ll take her anyway.
March 9, 2010 at 7:23 pm
HEY!!! I hope Juliana’s family isn’t as mean as mine… wait, poor Juliana, it’s the same family!
March 9, 2010 at 8:10 pm
How did the physical therapy consult go? As soon as my car is fixed I’ll swing by for a visit! That is a promise
March 12, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Hi, my name is Shannon. I am the mom to a 24 weeker who is now almost five years old with many special needs. I am a writer for a website called Growing Your Baby. The editor is also the mom to a 24 weeker.
I stumbled across your blog and I was wondering if you would like to share your story with us so we can create awareness about prematurity.
Starting back in November we were featuring a preemie story a day and we received such a great response that we are continuing to do this. As well preemies hold such a special place in our hearts.
If you would be willing to answer some questions, please let me know.
You can check out the website at www.growingyourbaby.com
Thanks so much,
Shannon
Staff Writer
www.growingyourbaby.com
March 12, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Yay for growing!! My sister and I both have small kids. My sisters kid’s were never really on the chart, and I think Ava might be lucky if she is in the 10th percentile for weight. At 14 months, she is barely 19 lbs, small is good!