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   Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 12:21:40 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   Grandson_5 (age 2) got his scheduled checkup. At his 18 month checkup 6 months earlier, he was around 30 pounds, same weight Grandson_4 (1.5 years older). According to the CDC chart I looked at, this put him above the 90th percentile for boys his age. (One of the families at the under-6 sports league has a little boy that seems to be a couple of months younger. That boy was visibly heavier than GS5 not long after the weigh-in.)
   
   Now that he's older and taller, his weight is 25 pounds ... just under the 50th percentile. Clothes ... he just about fits GS4's clothes, except for height.
   
   (By way of comparison, based on their most recent weigh-ins, GS4's weight was around the 10th percentile for boys his age, meaning that clothes are almost always too wide, while GS5's weight was finally rising to near the 50th percentile and it was just becoming possible to buy pants that fit.)
   
   I should also add that he walks around the backyard with me most days. His steps are a lot smaller than mine, but we usually walk the equivalent of 2000 of my steps.
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     Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 12:31:07 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     I forgot to mention that the doctor wanted to test his speech development (at that age, he should have some words that are understandable without translation), so the doctor took a book out of Grandson_5's hand. GS5 loudly exclaimed "No! Mine!" The doctor said his speech is completely normal.
     
     (Another comparison: Grandson_4, when the doctor was checking him for the size of his vocabulary, said "Well, actually I already do this". Both mother and doctor laughed. Grandson_5, during a similar test, was asked about his interests, and told the doctor about cirro-stratus clouds. I think they're all somewhat above those guidelines, partly because we read several books to them each day, including some books that delve into specific subjects like weather, space, and various kinds of animals. For example, the 3 and 5 year olds both use the words "carnivore" and "predator" when talking about animals.)