Without diminishing in any way the calls here to pay especial 
attention for other signs of problems in children whose weight gain 
is at the lower limit of "acceptable", I want to pass along what were 
real "a ha"! words to me from my pediatrician with respect to my own 
slow-gaining daughter.  I was, against all my efforts not to be, 
still nervous about my child's position in the very low percentile of 
the charts (+/- 5%ile).  My ped's response:  "Someone has to be 
there!"

We are individuals that make up a population.  An average is your 
best *guess* of what any given individual might weigh, but the 
individual herself will just lie where she does along that spectrum. 
Fortunately, we have many different metrics for assessing health.
-- 
	-Sara in West L.A., USA.

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