Growth charts

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Listmates,

Following up on my earlier post:

Another listmate was gracious to send me her daughter's growth chart

(heights and weights) and I've taken a look at how her growth percentiles

changed over time, and how that related to her immunization record. I

would really LOVE to be able to see more of these sorts of figures. I was

very surprised my own daughter's chart had so much change in it, and her

doctor had never mentioned it...

I was wondering if some other listmates might be willing and able to send

me weights and heights of their children from birth to the present along

with (very important!)their immunization record so I could see if there

will be any pattern to what I'm seeing. Perhaps at your household, like at

mine, you may keep a height chart that has more measurements on it than

what is in the medical record? I have standard growth charts here to

compare to, so I don't need the percentile rankings, but if it is more

convenient to fax that sheet from your child's medical record, that would

be fine, too. Just email me for details about how to do that.

If I can get records that reflect different vaccine policies, that would be

very interesting, too. In other words, the ones I've seen were for

children who did not have the Hep B at birth, so their chart may look

different from younger or older children. Even some charts for adults with

autism would be very useful if you can find their growth chart and their

immunization record.

I know it is asking an awful lot, but it might show up some kind of

pattern, and perhaps I could chase this idea further if there is any merit

to it!

(send these to LWO@...)

from the Brain Research and Treatment Center

University of Texas at Dallas