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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 11:18 pm
Awww Annie, gosh! OT here...how are you doing sweetie?!! I'll go look for the other thread to catch up on you and dh! And thanks for sitting next to me, two boggled minds are better than one...lol!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 1:13 am
LOL Eggie! hanging in there. we get to come HOME thursday!!!!!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:47 am
Count me on the 'boggle bench'.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 11:38 am
Kate's kids are quite small for their age (5th percentile or so) as is my DD. Much of the time, my DD doesn't even make it onto an American growth chart. We kept her in a German made combo high chair/play table probably longer than some would 'approve' it seems. She never felt demeaned. I think she rather liked being able to have her head above the table so she could reach her plate. As for bibs, she still needs one with the amount of food she spills all over and she's 12 and very well coordinated, though tiny. (Yes, she sits in a regular chair now for inquiring minds.) No, we don't have her cover up her clothing but if I know something will really stain, I will have her change her top to a play one that I wouldn't care if it were ruined. Yes, she was definitely still wearing a bib at home at age 4 because she ate what the family ate. As far as we can tell, she hasn't been irrevocably harmed in any way by having a cautious mom. For all the 'boggle benchers', scoot aside, I have dibs on the middle seat! DD got me the first 3 seasons of the show on DVD for Valentines Day from her and all of our 6 little furry critters all born June 10 of last year. Loved, loved, loved watching the little kids paint this week in their big shirts. We have photos of DD at that same age 'helping' us paint our house. Too adorable for words. She even managed paint on the end of her nose. What cracked me up this week was how nervous Kate was about the blue paint on the trim and then she swiped a big blue streak on her trim. She started laughing and I couldn't stop laughing.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 12:05 pm
Tess, where did you find that 5th percentile information out? That does not sound right (Except maybe for Leah.) Hannah for certain is a lot bigger than Leah and Alexis. When Jon was looking for coats, he was looking for size 4/5, which sounds right for a 4 1/2 year old. He was looking for a different size for Leah, (I'm sure he was looking for a smaller size as she is noticeably smaller.) I can easily tell who Hannah is, but unless they are standing next to each other, I have a hard time distinguishing Leah from Alexis.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 1:58 pm
I know nothing about percentiles for certain but my DS is the same age as them, I think born a month later??? Anyway, I have always thought they looked much smaller than him. From TV I would put most of them at least 2-3 in shorter but that could just be TV. Sizing is weird. DD, who is 2.5, mostly wears a size 2 and this is for the height. If I could find the length I need in 12 months for the waist I would be set. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 2:14 pm
i think it would be pretty amazing if they were of equal height to their age group considering they were multiples and preemies.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 10:36 pm
Julie, it was on one of the episodes when Kate took the kids to the doctor for their regular check ups before preschool. They've all mostly stayed along their own paths except that Hannah had passed one of the boys in weight. I think it was Joel. Leah is still the tiniest and Colin is still the biggest. Kate had progress cards for each child. I can very easily tell all the kids apart. You have to remember that those kids were premies and are part Asian. Both of those facts can contribute to them being on the smaller side. You cannot judge them by your average American child. You also cannot tell by clothing size because my DD who is 100% Korean can wear a dress for 3 years in a row but might grow out of a pair of shoes in 3 months. We never know. We have both American and Korean growth charts. We have nieces who are 100% American but are twins and were premies. They didn't even start to get onto the American growth chart until they started school and their parents are quite tall. Today the twins are 21 and are only 5'3" in a family where everyone else is well above 6' tall. Now as for the coat issue, if I were clothing 6 children, I would buy a size larger than needed so they can get through a season or 2 in the same coat. Yes, I am one of 'those people' who will spend $200 on a church coat for my child or a Christmas or Easter dress but I don't have to replace them every year or season.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 10:14 am
Must have missed that episode. I do think Leah is tiny, but Hannah, Collin and Joel don't look that tiny to me. Then again I have never seen them in person. Neither Kate nor Jon look that small either. (Kate always looked exceptional for having birthed 6 at once, even before her surgery. Though that is not the kind of "small" I am talking about.) Wow, call me cheap, but the most I'll spend on a dress or coat might be $50. And most likely $20. (For $50, it would have to be really special!) And I buy coats big and always get 2 or 3 years worth out of 'em.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 10:37 am
At Christmas time they were visiting the lady who used to fold their laundry. She had moved away. The kids (or maybe just the two older ones) gave her and her husband Christmas presents. The husband got a tape measure and measured Hannah at 40" and one or two of the other kids at 39". Maybe he was just estimating, you can't really tell from the clip. I am sure this was just this past Christmas. Anyway, 40" for a 4 1/2 year old girl is about 50th percentile. The sextuplets were born on May 10, so at Christmas they were a bit over 4 1/2. I'm not sure this was ever shown on the show, but I saw a video of this online, maybe Youtube or maybe a video from the tlc website.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 10:50 am
I was wrong, 40" for a 4 1/2 year old girl is 25 percentile.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 3:18 pm
I haven't seen that episode yet, Happymom. I have the DVDs but just haven't gotten that far. That would have been after the doctor wellness check for pre-K. I'm not surprised that Hannah was taller than some of the others because she was at the doctor visit as well. I'm so glad they are all healthy and good eaters. My DD was not even 30 pounds at 4-1/2. Now, at age 12, you still wouldn't even see her if she turned sideways. She is so thin for her height. She eats very healthy foods but she has a very high metabolic rate as well. Until the past couple of years, her weight was dead on perfect for her height according to the Korean chart (she's back off the American chart again on the small side). But since she's been taking much needed medication, she still is very slowly growing taller but putting on weight far more slowly. It doesn't help that she still gets terrible ill every winter either but that's a consequence of having no prenatal care and the special needs she has in the health department. Julie, as I said in my last post, we get 2-3 years out of clothing here. DD just does not grow fast enough to need a new dress each year and you know what a tomboy she is. Of course when she was 7 and under, she wore many more dressed and cute girl outfits. Now she is back to girl clothing but still, they last forever and then we give them to our next door neighbors who have 2 little girls who adore wearing a "Sarah dress". Somehow that makes it extra special to them. Anyway, if I'm only buying 2 dresses every 2 or 3 years, I can rationalize splurging especially as I let her choose. Then I know she will wear it when the time is appropriate.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 3:34 pm
That is cool that you have 2 more that you know will get use out of your dresses! That would for sure help me spend more $$ if I knew for sure that more than Abby would wear something. But my girl nieces are all older than Abby (except one and she already has a big sis plus a gramma who works at Sears part-time and has a discount.)
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