Three-year check-up

The doctor says Isaac is healthy and developing well, you'll be glad to know. Except that he's shrinking!

No, not really. But Isaac, now three years old, has finally graduated to having his height measured while standing, and when he felt the measuring device pressing on the top of his head, he stooped. The nurse measured him as 37 1/2 inches tall, which would put him only in the 60th percentile for height, incredibly low considering his previous growth patterns.

The doctor himself pointed out that the measurement was inaccurate. After all, six months ago Isaac was measured at 37 3/4 inches. He didn't shrink a quarter of an inch in that time. He's probably still in the 80-90th percentile for height, just like usual.

But even though we don't know his real height, we do know he's packing on the pounds. The doctor said they like to see kids gain about four pounds between the ages of two and three, and although Isaac gained only 0.7 pounds in the first six months of that time period, he made up for it by gaining three pounds in the last six months.

So now he weighs 30.7 pounds, which puts him way up in the 55th percentile for weight -- he hasn't ranked that high since he was eight months old! It's especially crazy considering that six months ago he was at an all-time low, registering only in the 30th percentile for weight.

And yet you can still see his cute little shoulder blades sticking out!