We took Odin to the doctor for his 1 year check-up (long overdue). He was 29 1/4 inches (35th percentile) and 20lbs 4oz (12th percentile). They thought he was underdeveloped because of his numbers so they gave us some paper work to fill out based on his abilities. The idea is that if you mail it in and it still looks bad, they call you and ask you if you want your kid looked at. But after you read all the things he needs to be able to do and see that he was doing them for months, it's not really that bad. And when the doctor came in and looked at him, she could tell he was fine.
He had some more shots but only cried for about 15 seconds and was fine. All ear infections are gone and he's doing great. Next one is at 18 months.
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It's just routine screening, we had a similar thing with you because you were in the low percentiles for so long.
Bringing his weight up a little would give him a pad for his next growth spurt, or illness; I don't know if you're comfortable trying to feed him more calorie-dense foods, or just more of whatever he eats now. Also a lot of kids lose a bit of weight, or slow down their growth for a couple of months, when they stop nursing--they don't eat enough to make up for losing the calories and nutrition in breast milk.
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