Name: Thomas Deane Cochran
Age: 4 months, 6 days
Weight: 13 lbs 7 oz. 20th percentile
Length: 23 1/4 inches Less than 5th percentile
Head Circumference: 17 7/8 inches 90th percentile
Last well check (2 months) comparison:
Age = +2 months and 3 days, weight = +2 lb 7 oz, length = +1 1/4 inches, head = +2 3/8 inches
Name: Ila Jane Cochran
Age: 1 year, I week
Weight: 14 lbs 10 oz less than 3rd percentile
Length: 25 3/4 inches less than 3rd percentile
Head Circumference: 45.5cm 65th percentile
Last well check (6 month) comparison:
Age = +6 months, weight = +1 lb 11 oz, length = +1 1/2 inches, head = +2.5 cm
Her length and weight were so low that they were well below the line (they don’t have a specific percentile for her). The doctor said it was normal for kids to dip and wished we were sticking around so that he could see where she was on the Chart next time. After testing her blood for iron content, he wrote her a prescription for Iron supplements.
Name: Ila Jane Cochran
Age: 6 months, 8 days
Weight: 12 lbs 15 oz 5th percentile
Length: 24 1/4 inches 5th percentile
Head Circumference: 43 cm 60th percentile
Last well check (4 month) comparison:
Age = +2m 1wk, weight = +1 lb 11 oz, length = +1 1/2 inches, head = +2 cm
Name: Nicole Kate Cochran
Age: 2 years, 1 week
Weight: 24lbs 20th percentile
Length: 32 3/4 inches 20th percentile
Head Circumference: 47.8cm 60th percentile
It occurred to me today that I ought to make a habit of posting well check stats here .(particularly for my children’s grandparents, but also for anyone else who wants to know)
Name: Ila Jane Cochran (side note: It annoys me that most fonts don’t differentiate the capital I from the lowercase L so it looks like they are the same letter.)
Age: 4 months, 1 day
Weight: 11 lbs 4 oz 9th percentile
Length: 22 3/4 inches 7th percentile
Head Circumference: 41.0 cm 50th percentile
