For Comparison Purposes

It's natural to compare your kids against each other. Meezy and I are often making comments like, "Dutch didn't do that at Jude's age" or "Jude has way less hair than Dutch did," etc. Having kids also means you become more forgetful though, so it's super helpful to have pictures and written notes to refer to! Every time my boys go to the pediatrician for their well visits, they get their height and weight measured and I'm told what percentile they're in. I've got those stats recorded from birth to age 1 for both of them at this point, so I thought it would be interesting to compare.

Here are their measurements and percentiles for height:

                                                         Jude                                 Dutch

Birth                                       20.50"       78%                20.75"         75-90% (gave me a range)

2 weeks                                  20.75"       50%                21.75"         97%

2 months                                23.25"       55%                23.25"         75%

4 months                                25.75"       74%                25.50"         75%

6 months                                26.25"       50%                26.25"         50%  

9 months                                28.75"       70%                27.50"         25%

12 months                              29.75"       50%                29.00"         30%


It's cool to see that they measured the same height at 2 months and 6 months, and then it appears that Jude started growing at a faster rate from that point forward.

Here are their measurements and percentiles for weight:

                                                     Jude                                          Dutch
Birth                            7 lbs. 13 oz        51%                 9 lbs.  10 oz        >95%

2 weeks                       8 lbs.   5 oz        50%                10 lbs.   3 oz          97%

2 months                    12 lbs.  9 oz         75%                14 lbs.   1 oz         97%

4 months                    15 lbs.  8 oz         53%                15 lbs.  13 oz        75%

6 months                    17 lbs. 11 oz        60%                17 lbs.   9 oz         50%

9 months                    19 lbs.  8 oz         30%                19 lbs.  12 oz        45%

12 months                  21 lbs.  9 oz         30%                21 lbs.  12 oz        40%


Yes, you read that correctly. I delivered a monster Dutch baby. If Jude hadn't been born 3 weeks premature, I'm sure he would've been pushing 9 pounds. How interesting is it that their starting weight was nearly 2 pounds different, yet by 4 months they weighed about the same and have stayed consistent at the milestones since?

I'm curious to see how tall my boys end up being, since we have so much height in our families. I've honestly been surprised up to this point that they are in the low percentiles for height. Maybe they'll hit some growth spurts along the way and blow the percentages out of the water. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.