Bubba is growing

When Bubba was a year old the doctor was concerned because he had basically stopped growing. On the growth charts he was dropping percentiles and this made the doctor a little worried. At his 18 month check up the doctor was telling me that Bubba was now considered in the catagory of "Thriving to Survive" . That made me feel like the worse mother ever. I thought that I was doing everything that I could for my child and yet it just wasn't good enough. The doctor suggested that I take Bubba in too see an endocrinologist. I took him in and it was basically useless. The doctor there complained that too many kids were coming in when it could be a problem with allergies or intestines. She did some blood test and sent me to see a nutrionist. The nutrionist looked at what Bubba was eating and said that everything seemed to be just fine. She asked me to add more fat to his diet and come back in 6 weeks. We did as she asked and went back. She weighed and measured him again and said that he was gaining the right amount of weight for how old he was. That was the end of those appointments.
At his 2 year old well child check-up the doctor said that he was moving up in the chart and that he could be considered "small stature" instead of "thriving to survive". I was so happy. I felt that I had done something right and Bubba was on his way to being "big".
This last March I took Bubba in for his 3 year old well child check-up and once again he had dropped on the charts. The doctor again got after me saying that I need to have him looked at and that there must be something wrong with him. He also was trying to tell me that it looks like I am starving my son because his head circumference was different from his weight and height. I again left the office feeling like a horrible mother. I knew I wasn't starving Bubba but what if I was doing something wrong. Once again I made the phone call and got him an appointment. This time we were blessed to find out that the doctor he saw the first time didn't work there anymore and that he would be seen by someone else.
The new doctor we saw was great he explained a lot more than the last doctor had. They also had a better way to measure and weigh him. It turns out that Bubba was still really low on the charts but not nearly as low as the hometown doctor was saying. They also looked at how much he had weighed at 18 months and said that he was gaining in the 50th percentile for his age. This was good news. They had me take him in and do all the blood test again. They also had Bubba get his hand x-rayed.
With the x-ray of his hand they can see how old his bones are. Sometimes the bone age can be different than his birth age. If his bone age is still younger than he will still catch up to other kids it will just take a little bit longer.
About 2 months went by when the doctor called and told me that all the blood test came back normal. That was great news except now we weren't sure why he was still small. This last week I took Bubba back in and we met with the best doctor ever. He measured Bubba 3 time just to make sure he was getting the right measurements. Then he looked at the hand x-ray and said that his bones are measuring at the age of a 2 year old. He also said that in the last 6 months Bubba has gained 2 and half pounds and grown 2 inches. This to me is such a miracle. I have prayed and fasted for so long to know why Bubba was so small and why he just wasn't growing. I now have an answer. He is now growing in the 95th percentile and he should catch up to the other kids his age. The doctor said they don't know why some kids stop growing but sometimes they just do. It feels so great to know that it wasn't anything I did or didn't do but it is just something that happens. We will still have to see this doctor in another 6 months just to make sure all is going good, but for now I am just going to enjoy my growing boy.

Schools In

Last week Sissy and Big bro. started school. It has been wonderful. Sissy is in first grade and Big bro is in Kindergarten. They were both excited to go school shopping and get the things that they needed. Big bro bought a Star Wars backpack and Sissy bought a Supergirl one.
I love the school because it is a small school. Last year Sissy only had 11 in her kindergarten class. This year they decided to combine Kindergarten and 1st grade because there was only 11 in each grade. So they are in the same class. It has been pretty good so far. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Big bro loves being in school. Just like Sissyhe loves to ride the bus and eat in the lunch room. For him going to school is an adventure he loves.
Sissy was upset that she would have the same teacher and the same classmates. I guess she was really looking forward to a change.

Dr. Seuss

When I was little I had an imaginary friend. His name was Johnny. Johnny was my best friend. We went everywhere and did everything together. My parents have told me that he would eat dinner with me and his parents would sometimes drive the car. To my siblings this was just weird. I was starting to agree with them because really who has an imaginary friend. And then the school year began. When Big bro. and Sissy started coming home with stories of what they did at school all of the sudden Bubba would bring up what he and Da Sus(aka. Dr. Seuss) did. He would explain that Dr. Seuss is spending the night,what toys they played with together and what stores I took them to. Yes, it looks like Bubba has an imaginary friend.
This is a picture of him and Dr. Seuss together. Don't worry I didn't see Dr. Seuss sitting with him.

The Happiest Place on Earth

Last week we went to Disneyland with my parents. It was so much fun. I love Disney. Everything about it is just so magical. Well all except the lines. But truthfully we really didn't have to wait that long any lines. I think the longest wait was about 20 minutes and for disney that isn't too bad.
Sissy and Big bro. were tall enough to go on just about every ride. We took them on Splash Mountain and Space Mountain. Big bro loved Splash Mountain. Sissy said she will never go on that ride again. I have to completely agree with her. That ride is just not fun. Sissy loved Space Mountain. Big bro. said that he didn't like it at all, but when he heard how much the rest of us liked it he said that he liked it also. Little bros favorite ride was "It's a small world". Bubba loved the Jungle ride although he was kind of upset that it didn't have any pigs. After all these years I still love Pirates of the Carribean and now that it has Jack Sparrow (or in other words Johnny Depp) it is just that much better.
Big bros favorite activity at Disney had nothing to do with normal Disney rides. He loved the Jedi Training. Yes my hubby is a Star Wars Nerd and he has turned my kids into being Star War nerds. We were so lucky that Big bro. and Sissy were picked to do the Jedi Training and fight Darthe Vader. We thought that Bubba would be sad because he was to young but as it turns out he is afraid of Darth Vader and didn't want to fight him.
On our off day we stayed at our hotel and went swimming and then went to my parents hotel to go swimming. Ours was just the basic hotel swimming pool. At my parents they had a huge water slide and a kiddie pool. Hubby took the kids down the slide only to find out at the top that they don't allow people to go down together. So Bubba went down by himself. He loved it.
It was such a fun vacation. We were so lucky to have my parents there to help out with the little kids and hang out with. Thanks mom and dad.