Re: growth spurts, what's the usu age(month)?/cindy

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Thanks ,

I do appreciate your input.

-mary

> ,

> I'm no expert for sure, and am only going to tell you things that I

have

> gathered from reading posts here on this board for the past 14

months or so,

> and that is that the optimum time for growth spurts, is between 5-8

months.

> I have heard that under 1 year is when they grow at the fastest

rate.

> However, imo, some kids may be slower or earlier to have those huge

spurts,

> just like with milestones. I have heard great things about older

babies as

> old as 18 months getting correction, so I don't know that there is

an

> accurate account of when growth will happen as a general rule, just

that it

> slows as the child gets older. It doesn't stop, its just slower in

> happening. But you never know, maybe that child has a late growth

spurt,

> etc. I hope someone else has better stats for you- sorry!

>

> ' Mom