Still Growing!

Blondie grew a little more than an inch over the last three months. She has grown so much more than I ever expected. I had originally heard from our family doctor that it was a lot of time, effort and discomfort only to achieve an inch or two. Ha! That was so wrong. She has grown about 10 inches so far. She is up to the 25th percentile for her age group. When we started, she was way below the zero percentile. It has definitely been worth the time, effort and discomfort! Her last bone age scan predicted she would be 5'6". That may be a little too optimistic, but I'll be happy just to get her into any normal range. I don't think she's getting teased over her height any more, and that is a very good thing.

On the spoon thing from my post below, I think I'm still just as frequently a fork as a spoon, but I'm trying.

She Grew Another Inch

Blondie is responding well to her growth hormone shots. Today we went to the doctor, and she has grown another inch in the last three months. She is finally taller than Bubbles who is younger than her by two years. She is in the 6th percentile for her age. It's such an improvement from when she used to be way below the charts. They did a bone age test last time, and that showed her expected adult height to be 5'2". That is really exciting.

Behavior wise, who knows. The child is very strong willed and traumatized on top of that so it's just going to take a long time. I keep telling myself that but it's a daily challenge to try to get through to her. We did have a good time today though. She almost always does well when she's with me.