Tucker's Stats

During Tucker's 2 month check up the nurse and doctor were pleasingly surprised to find that Tucker and grown in length considerably. He grew from 18.5" to 24.6" -or- from the 6th percentile for his age group to the 94th percentile! Also, considering he lost nearly a full pound from his birth weight those first few days and we had to force feed him formula to keep him from being readmitted to the hospital, he weighed in at 12.14 lbs or 59%.

My friend who is a nutritionist at Seattle Children's Hospital said that my nurse's method of laying baby on the tissue paper and marking the paper at head and toe is very inaccurate since babies squirm. With that in mind, I can vouch that his eating and sleeping patterns had reflected a growth spurt and almost overnight he could not stretch his legs out in his footie jammies. Looking at his weight gain I would I presume the length can't be that far off. I held his head as she measured and thought we did well. If it is off, we should see a drop at his next check up after Christmas.