Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Taller
At Andrina's 15 month well-baby visit today, she weighed in at exactly 22 pounds (39th percentile) and 30.5 inches tall (62nd percentile). I am absolutely thrilled to learn that her height percentiles keep increasing. For an adult woman, the 62nd percentile in height is 5 feet 5 inches tall-this is astoundingly good news for me! At this rate of growth, Andrina's pediatrician thinks she will be anywhere from 5'5" to 5'6" as an adult! I am so happy my baby won't be stuck being short like me. Because it really, really sucks! If I could grow another 4 to 5 inches taller myself, I would be thrilled! I hope this is the way it will be for her, that she won't stop growing at 5'1" like me... as all the women on the maternal side of my family are short, I think the tallest is April and Doreen at about 5'3" or 5'4" each and a really tiny 4'11" for our mother (note: she says she's 5' tall, but we all think she's 4'11" at the most). I'm hoping and praying for all good things for you Andrina, including not having to be short!
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if it makes you feel better, I am barely 5' 3" (probably like 5' 2 3/4") and it really does't bother me at all. So even though you hate it, maybe if Andrina is shorter she won't care too much either. As long as pants come in pettite or short, i'm fine!
Oh, I just remembered-Aunt Cheryl (although that's the paternal side) she was probably 5' 6" right? And Aunt Stormy is also "taller" than some of us. So there is hope for her. I think it's just mom's kids that have the short gene!
I'm hoping that since our father and his side of the family is tall, and Tom's family is tall (he's only 5'10" but his dad was 6' and one brother is 6'2" the other 6'4") so she definately has the potential in her genes to be taller. I don't want her to be short because studies show that taller people are automatically judged to be more intelligent and more attractive than shorter people. If people put automatiac negative thoughts on her because she's short (e.g., automatically thinking she's not smart) that is an unnecessary hinderance in life that she can live without. Life is challenging enough at best.
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