In a message dated 10/28/2005 10:04:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
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I would  question whether it is appropriate to expect him to be above the 3rd 
 
percentile.


Dear Friends:
    Somebody has to be at the 3rd percentile; that's  how the charts work. If 
this baby isn't growing any more, that is one issue. If  this baby stays at 
the 3rd percentile as he grows, that is another, and is  okay.
    The charts are meant to compare the baby with  itself; babies are 
supposed to keep growing. The percentiles just rate the  baby's size against a 
population of other babies. Some babies are little. Some  babies are huge. Some 
babies are in-between.
    Grown-up ladies aren't happy at all about being at  the 95th percentile. 
Yet there is a popular notion that a baby at the 95th  percentile is somehow 
superior.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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