I think someone else mentioned this. Each case must be evaluated
separately. I don't usually see babies from the beginning few days all the
way through the first year....rarely, in fact.  If a baby drops off the %
curve dramatically, I would think it would be a reason to look again and
make sure all is well.  Babies growth slow down a bit as he moves through
the first year.... and Karleen was right. Growth charts can be used to
torture mothers. I meant that they can be used to get a ballpark to make
sure that more attention is given if needed.

Kathleen

At 08:48 AM 12/9/2002 -0500, you wrote:
><<When I say staying on the curve, it means remaining at the same
>percentile
>week to week, month to month, or at least not dropping.>>
>
>When a given baby is doing great by all other measures, but is dropping
>percentiles slowly over time, do you consider it to be problematic?
>Perhaps imagining babies who are 75th/85th at birth but 10th/25th at a
>year?
>
>:)
>katherine in atl
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