Annabelle had her 6 month check up today. She got 3 shots (6 immunizations) and everything else checked out healthy and wonderful, as anticipated. Here are her stats and a comparison with her siblings at the same approximate ages(I've put the Weight and HC in bold lettering to help you differentiate between the categories because I can't figure out how to change the layout of this post so that they're not all bunched together really tight):
Name: Weight: Height: Head Circumference:
Annabelle 14 lb 10 oz (22%) 26.8in (83%) 42cm(33%)
Charles* 15lb 6oz (25-50%) 27in (75-90%) 44cm(75%)
Elisabeth 15lb 15.5oz(50%) 25.5in(50%) 43 3/4cm(80%)
Notice that different doctors had different ways of categorizing the percentages. We've gone to 5 pediatric offices(and in 2 different states) in the past 5 years...it's a good thing I've kept detailed reports of all my children and their appointments because otherwise we'd have some problems, perhaps some overdosing in immunizations or something of the sort. (transferring records doesn't always go smoothly and can sometimes take awhile). They are all pretty close in weight and height though there is a pretty big gap in the percentages for HC. Our (Scott and I) theory is that since Annabelle is the only baby that we had sleep on her back from the beginning(the other two we had sleep on their side or tummy because they slept best that way), which means she is also our only baby with a flat head(in the back, I think you know what I mean) which probably makes her head measure a bit smaller than her two older siblings who had perfectly round heads :). Perhaps we're wrong, but that's what we've come up with.
*Charlie's appointments were a bit off so these stats were taken when he was 5 months old
