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amother
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Tue, May 01 2007, 10:36 pm
My mother just really scared me. Our 1-year old underweight because he barely eats and I'm desperately trying to wean him. My mother told me this could mean he'll be a very short man, like 5 ft. Somebody please make me feel better about this
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Pickle Lady
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Tue, May 01 2007, 10:40 pm
no way!! my husband was small all throughout childhood and hes 6 foot tall now.
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amother
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Tue, May 01 2007, 10:42 pm
my brother was extremely underweight at one year old - he's the tallest of my whole family ( 6 ft )
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Emuna
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Tue, May 01 2007, 11:39 pm
Whew
I feel so much better now - Thanks!
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Emuna
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Tue, May 01 2007, 11:41 pm
Oops! I guess I'm not anonymous anymore...
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Tefila
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Tue, May 01 2007, 11:47 pm
Baloney shamoney no offense
My preemie was 2.5lb, 3 months early and only 13". Now at the age of 16yrs without meds he is 5-10" almost as tall as my 17 yr old who is just heading for 6ft. Sure I had trouble getting him to eat, never mind n appetite in the early years but it did happen . He is solid NOT fat b"h
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cdawnr
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Mon, May 07 2007, 12:15 pm
Baba maaseh for sure.
My 3 yr old was 8 lbs 15 oz at birth and 21 inches I think...definitely no teenie weenie baby and now he is 10% in height and a skinny minnie...
You absolutely cannot go by their baby size!
It's all preprogrammed in the genes. Unless a baby is significantly malnourished (which your dr would tell you if there was a malnourishment problem for medical reasons - like not absorbing fats properly), then he will be what he will be.
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DesignMommy
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Mon, May 07 2007, 3:14 pm
My DH was also very small when he was little. He was very small in HS, and everyone was very suprised when he ended up 6 ft 3!!! As long as they are being fed properly, they will grow according to their genetic programming!
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southernbubby
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Mon, May 07 2007, 3:18 pm
My preemie is short but 2 of his brothers are also short. One brother is BH 5'9". The preemie on the next block, (26 weeks gestation), is a zeide now BH and is one of the tallest guys in shul. (no we do not have a shul for short people)
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