okay, peanut.

In addition to the word of the week, I also plan to deliver to you each week at least one cool link, website, or online article relevant to topics discussed here. This week’s links relate to Lily’s appointment yesterday and the first can be found here. BabyCenter has a Growth Percentile Calculator, allowing you to enter your child’s values from birth to 36 months and determine which percentile those measurements fall under. Neat!

Upon entering Lily’s stats, here’s what I got …

Birth:

• length = 20″ = 50th to 75th percentile
• weight = 7 lbs 1.4 oz = 25th to 50th percentile
• head circumference = 35 cm (13.8″) = 25th to 50th percentile

1 month:

• weight = 9 lb 5 oz = 10th to 25th percentile

2 months:

• length = 22″ = 5th to 10th percentile
• weight = 11 lb 3 oz = above 95th percentile
• head circumference = 39 cm (15.4″) = 10th to 25th percentile

I have to warn you that these are different than the percentiles Lily’s doctor told me yesterday, so take it for what it’s worth. Though they’re different, they are, however, close.

In searching for a more accurate percentile figure, I stumbled across this site. You could enter the values and print them out each month, if desired. I only wish it were possible to view all values for each month on one chart. At any rate, the percentile values generated at this site are exactly what I was told yesterday, which were:

2 months:

• length = 22″ = 25th to 50th percentile
• weight = 11 lb 3 oz = 50th to 75th percentile
• head circumference = 39 cm (15.4″) = 50th to 75th percentile

There are also downloadable .pdf files available from the CDC here if you’re interested in charting progress on your own.

Have fun!