Way below average...

I took the girls for their doctors appointments--Rose's 15 month, and Paige's yearly checkup. Normally a 15 month visit isn't required, but our doctor wanted to check how Rose was growing as last time she had dropped in her growth curve.

I forgot to post Rose's 12 month stats which were:

28.3 inches
20.28 lbs

At this visit, Rose was:

28.74 inches
20.35 lbs

Not too much growth in the past 3 months.

Paige was:

32 lbs,
36.5 inches

Last year she was 35" and 28 lbs. Seems like maybe she's filling out before growing up!

Anyway, the girls are both smaller than average...way smaller. Paige is under the 3rd percentile for height and Rose is at the 6th percentile for height. My family is very small so it makes sense to me. The doctor wants to recheck them again though since they are still dropping in their growth curves rather than continuing on in the same percentile. We'll go back in 3-6 months. What we're most concerned about is Paige reaching 40 inches--this opens up a few more rides at Disney for us to go on, namely "Dinosaur"!

At the same appointment, Rose got her chickenpox vaccine and Paige got her 4 year vaccine (don't even know what it was for to be honest). Both girls cried a bit, and it really affected Paige the next day...she was fevery, tired, and had no appetite. So far Rose has been fine, but they mentioned that she could break out in some spots in a weeks time, but that it would be normal.

The doctor also found a heart murmur when listening to Paige's heart. She gave me a requisition for further testing at the hospital--an "echocardiograph" which takes an ultrasound of the heart to ensure that it is developing properly. She told me that I probably shouldn't worry as this is common and most usually nothing to be concerned about. The test is scheduled for the 18th, and luckily she is over 3 and therefore won't have to be sedated.