a question about my sons growth?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone.

I have a question for you all. I have been wondering if children with

apraxia/dyspraxia tend to be on the small side in size.

Is this the norm for them? My son is going to be in second grade this

year. I took for his 8 yr old well child visit yesterday. He only weighs

45.5 lbs and is 44 inches tall (3ft some odd inches). He is below the 5th

percentile on the growth chart in weight and height both. Since birth he has

been on the very small size.

Is this the norm for children with apraxia/dyspraxia. I am just curious if

this is just my child. I was wondering out of curiousity (my own) if others

children were small in size also.

Thank you for any feedback.

Jeanne mom to (oral and verbal dyspraxia,sid and hypotonia)

Berlin,NH

[Guest guest]

I don't believe apraxia has anything to do with being over or

undersized because in the group we have children at both ends of the

extreme...and many in the norm too -just like if you took a sample

of any group of children. My son Tanner for example of the opposite

(as you'll find in the archives) has always been off the charts tall

for his age. When he was 3 a geneticist had him go for a wrist X-

ray to rule out if his bones were growing faster then his body...but

in fact his bone age was younger then his chronological age...which

meant that Tanner is going to be a tall guy one day.

Today at 10 Tanner's about as tall as many 13 year olds. Dawn just

met him for the first time at Disney -so perhaps she can share.

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[Guest guest]

Don't know if it's the norm - if it is, Josh is way off the norm! He's huge!

Josh is 8 years old, too, weighs 92 pounds (he is overweight) but is also 53

inches tall! He's almost as tall as my mom! He was very small at birth (5

lbs., 11 oz.) and only 19 inches. But he has done nothing but grow, grow,

grow!!

Sherry

Jeanne <jamie199866@...> wrote:

Hi everyone.

I have a question for you all. I have been wondering if children with

apraxia/dyspraxia tend to be on the small side in size.

Is this the norm for them? My son is going to be in second grade this

year. I took for his 8 yr old well child visit yesterday. He only weighs

45.5 lbs and is 44 inches tall (3ft some odd inches). He is below the 5th

percentile on the growth chart in weight and height both. Since birth he has

been on the very small size.

Is this the norm for children with apraxia/dyspraxia. I am just curious if this

is just my child. I was wondering out of curiousity (my own) if others children

were small in size also.

Thank you for any feedback.

Jeanne mom to (oral and verbal dyspraxia,sid and hypotonia)

Berlin,NH

[Guest guest]

May I add some thoughts too? Since some of the kids MAY have issues

with gluten, casein, food allergies or malabsorbed dietary fat, that

can lead to " failure to thrive " .

If there's anything I've learned from all of this -- it's all

connected! You can't have digestive issues and expect the brain to

perform well, you can't expect growth if nutrients are being

absorbed, etc.

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> I don't believe apraxia has anything to do with being over or

> undersized because in the group we have children at both ends of

the

> extreme...and many in the norm too -just like if you took a sample

> of any group of children. My son Tanner for example of the

opposite

> (as you'll find in the archives) has always been off the charts

tall

> for his age. When he was 3 a geneticist had him go for a wrist X-

> ray to rule out if his bones were growing faster then his

body...but

> in fact his bone age was younger then his chronological

age...which

> meant that Tanner is going to be a tall guy one day.

>

> Today at 10 Tanner's about as tall as many 13 year olds. Dawn

just

> met him for the first time at Disney -so perhaps she can share.

>

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