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Benjamin has grown very little in the past year. His weight and height are almost identical to last November. If you've ever seen Benjamin, it's obvious that the weight issue is not a problem at all. He is the average sized, chunky little toddler. Little being the operative word since he's at the 8% for height. This of course was not a problem last November because his percentile then hovered around the 50% mark. The closer he gets to three at this height, the more likely it will be that he will be tested for various things just to rule out anything serious. It may just be that he's short. Only time will tell as doctors do not appear concerned until the percentile mark gets below 5%.

Now everyone knows that I am a planner. It seems like I plan to plan sometimes. So of course I google everything that could cause children to become short or stop growing. The list goes on and on and some are serious and some are not so serious. The result of internet googling can go in a wrong direction rather quickly. Suddenly, it seems as if every listed symptom is showing up right before your eyes. "Child has very wide set eyes and a blue tongue." Surely Benjamin's had a blue tongue recently, right? With a far off glaze and vacant expression, you actually begin to believe that your child is turning into a chowchow. Now that is not actually a short stature symptom, thank goodness, but you get where I'm going with that.

It's okay if he's always short. I think he's quite adorable that way. Let's just hope that he's short just because he is.