ugh. growth charts.

so parker had his nine month check up on monday.  ready for the stats?  that's what we all look forward to at those check ups anyways, right?  here ya go:

length:  twenty-seven inches.  10th percentile.
weight: twenty pounds + some change.  40th percentile.
head:  seventeen & a half inches.  50th percentile.

summary:  small & chunky.  average head.  no weight gained in the last three months.

you guys?  why do these numbers get me all antsy in my pantsy?  ugh, i hate these charts.  i think up all sorts of excuses for why he's so low on the charts... but the fact of the matter is that he's small.  apparently.  and growing slowly.  he's gone from being in the 75% in length & 90% in weight to well, 10 & 40.  this makes me feel sick.

when he nurses {yeah, we're back to nursing}, he ends feedings when he gets disinterested & pulls off to go about his business.  it's not like he's crying after feedings from hunger.  he sleeps through the night like a champ & when he takes a bottle he only drinks four to six ounces, maybe eight once in a blue moon.

the kid doesn't eat much.

we've really tried to up the solids consumption this last month too, & it's going alright.  he now eats bananas, sweet potatoes, yogurt, cheerios, bread, avocado, peas, & brown rice.  but not very much of it.

but he is a happy baby.   my small, happy, baby.  that counts for something, right?

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