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ElfsMum 
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 12:53pm |
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Now firstly I'm not a Plunket person so our tape measure isnt perfect..:) but anyway was weighing and measuring Ethan yesterday..and he put on heaps of weight but no length (56 at birth and still appears to be 56) is that normal? He's 4 weeks old..
mw coming on thursday for last visit and has never measured length but I was assuming that if my measurements are correct that isn't normal? or can they grow weight and then length later?
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:00pm |
Yep totally normal.
Josh put his weight on in length for the first few weeks and then put it on his body.
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:10pm |
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I was also told that they don't take much notice of length early on, because it can be so hard to measure and so quite variable...
I wouldn't worry about it kawww, sounds like he is doing fine!
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:18pm |
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Yep that is normal they didn't even measure how long James was till his first visit at the Plunket rooms.
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:26pm |
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Yeah its normal. Daniel goes through spurts, sometimes when plunket does his length he hasn't grown in a month or so, but then others he makes up for it.
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:47pm |
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phew:) he's putting on about 4-500 so far grams a week so no worries with weight:) thanks!
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 1:56pm |
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I had a stupid PLunket nurse (yes the one who told me to make Willie get a vasectomy *rolls eyes*) measure Sienna and try to tell me she was 2cm shorter at 3 weeks than she was at birth. Ummm, hello, babies don't shrink!
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Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:44pm |
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Yea they often do weight OR height, not to worry!
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