Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Kids actually go through several growth spurts in the first few years of life. The head grows the most between weeks 2-4 and then between months 4 and 7. Hope this helps. Edina > > Great to have all this information - I am reading the site each day. > Just wondering when do children go thru growth spurts - is it like at 5- > 6 months, then again around 1 year...I have no idea. Hope someone can > give me this info. Thanks. > > Grandma Phyllis - Grandon KM in Minneapolis getting CranioHelmet Nov > 10th > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Kids actually go through several growth spurts in the first few years of life. The head grows the most between weeks 2-4 and then between months 4 and 7. Hope this helps. Edina > > Great to have all this information - I am reading the site each day. > Just wondering when do children go thru growth spurts - is it like at 5- > 6 months, then again around 1 year...I have no idea. Hope someone can > give me this info. Thanks. > > Grandma Phyllis - Grandon KM in Minneapolis getting CranioHelmet Nov > 10th > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I actually feel that his fevers have kept from growing as he should. During a one year period, when his episodes were at their worst (every 2 weeks), grew very little. And he did not gain and once. Every time he'd gain the littlest bit of weight - he'd have an episode and lose it. Over the past year has managed to grow and gain a fair amount of weight. But his little sister (18 months younger) is pretty close in size to him. Ellyn Mom of possibly (5), Alyssa(8), and Kate(3) Philadelphia, PA " Gulley " <kevin@...> Sent by: 06/07/2006 10:52 AM Please respond to < > cc: Subject: Growth Spurts Hi all: Here is an unusual question, but I thought I would see if anyone has experienced something similar. My son, (4), has been experince episodes for about 2 years. We have been dealing with them as best we can, and have had some good success with a teaspoon of Prednisone, if we catch it early. If not, the episodes last a full 7 days for him (awful). One thing I have noticed, is that I can swear that after each episode he has grown...as if he has gone through a substantive growth spurt. I remember my pediatrician telling me when our first child was born, that growth spurts are cyclical, and that especially early in life you can predict spurts to almost to the day over the first 6 months. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? It seems to make sense that it would play havoc with your body and immune system and might be a triggering factor. Let me know, and keep it in mind when your child experiences their next episode. Thanks, Gulley ________________________________ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of dwkweknh Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:07 PM Subject: Another question regarding cimetidine Hello again, My son, Will (age 5) began taking Cimetidine 5 days ago (Tuesday). He had been consistently fevering once a week for the last 2 months (after a break of a couple of months), his last episode a week ago Friday. This morning he began another fever. We treated him with prednisone. Typically he bounces back within 2-3 hours. Although today, his fever came down, he just doesn't appear to feel well (a little mopey, pale, dark circles under his eyes, etc.). My question is that when we are outdoors today (another gray and drizzly day in New England) he has a definite yellow tint to his skin, almost like jaundice. I certainly don't want to jump to any conclusions, but where I have heard that liver enzymes need to be monitored while on Cimetidine, I'm wondering if there could be a connection. Seems that 5 days would be a very short amount of time for this to happen however. Has anyone noticed this with their child? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, (Mom to Will, age 5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Before we started using prednisone to halt the fever attacks, we definitely noticed that Ella was not growing normally after her fevers started. She was a big baby. She was about 80th percentile for height and WAY off the charts for her weight up until her fevers started when she was about 9 months old. After the fevers started, her growth seemed to almost stop. During the 9 month period that she had fevers before we started to use prednisone, she didn't gain more than a couple of ounces. She dropped below the 30th percentile for her weight, which was a rather drastic drop, since she had been so far off the charts. Now that we've been giving her prednisone for her fevers for about the last 9 months, she has started gaining weight again. She's now right around the 50th percentile for both height and weight. If you look at her growth chart at the pediatrician's office, her weight is all over the chart. > > I actually feel that his fevers have kept from growing as he > should. > During a one year period, when his episodes were at their worst (every 2 > weeks), grew very little. > And he did not gain and once. > Every time he'd gain the littlest bit of weight - he'd have an episode > and lose it. > Over the past year has managed to grow and gain a fair amount of weight. > But his little sister (18 months younger) is pretty close in size to him. > > > Ellyn > Mom of possibly (5), > Alyssa(8), and Kate(3) > Philadelphia, PA > > > > > > " Gulley " <kevin@...> > Sent by: > 06/07/2006 10:52 AM > Please respond to > > > < > > cc: > Subject: Growth Spurts > > > Hi all: > > Here is an unusual question, but I thought I would see if anyone has > experienced something similar. My son, (4), has been experince > episodes for about 2 years. We have been dealing with them as > best we can, and have had some good success with a teaspoon of > Prednisone, if we catch it early. If not, the episodes last a full 7 > days for him (awful). > > One thing I have noticed, is that I can swear that after each episode he > has grown...as if he has gone through a substantive growth spurt. I > remember my pediatrician telling me when our first child was born, that > growth spurts are cyclical, and that especially early in life you can > predict spurts to almost to the day over the first 6 months. > > Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? It seems to make sense that it > would play havoc with your body and immune system and might be a > triggering factor. > > Let me know, and keep it in mind when your child experiences their next > episode. > > Thanks, > > Gulley > > ________________________________ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of > dwkweknh > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:07 PM > > Subject: Another question regarding cimetidine > > Hello again, > > My son, Will (age 5) began taking Cimetidine 5 days ago (Tuesday). > He had been consistently fevering once a week for the last 2 months > (after a break of a couple of months), his last episode a week ago > Friday. This morning he began another fever. We treated him with > prednisone. Typically he bounces back within 2-3 hours. Although > today, his fever came down, he just doesn't appear to feel well (a > little mopey, pale, dark circles under his eyes, etc.). My question > is that when we are outdoors today (another gray and drizzly day in > New England) he has a definite yellow tint to his skin, almost like > jaundice. I certainly don't want to jump to any conclusions, but > where I have heard that liver enzymes need to be monitored while on > Cimetidine, I'm wondering if there could be a connection. Seems that > 5 days would be a very short amount of time for this to happen > however. Has anyone noticed this with their child? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > (Mom to Will, age 5) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 We are kinda curious if the nerves in the body grow at different speeds. We had PT & OT yesterday with the girls. They noticed with one of my daughters that her left leg " wasn't working " when her right leg was doing fine. Essentially they'd have her stand on both feet and she'd put all of her weight on her right leg. When the therapist tried to get her to put all of the weight on her left leg, it buckled. She did this about a month ago and that is when her 18 month jeans became too short, so we know she had a bit of a growth spurt. I'm wondering if maybe she's having another one. Her identical twin sister hasn't seem to be having this problem now or in the past. Has anyone had this problem?   Mother to Ashlee Rayne & Aimee Renae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I had a similar situation with my sons. I was told that during a growth spurt CMT will act up more then usual. The muscles do catch up with the growth but it takes a while. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 , I think In the past you have said one of your sons comes home from school and falls asleep. Or if not someone had mentioned that, but anyway I think my son also is going through a growth spurt and every day after school he comes home, hits the couch and sleeps for a couple hours as he is exhausted. I wonder if I will also see changes in his feet muscles also with this spurt, and I wonder if he will not need so much sleep as the growth spurt ends at some point. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Dr. Lowell once said that people with CMT are usually trying to do what everyone else does but with half the muscle mass. No wonder these kids are exhausted. They are growing and trying to keep up. They're not lazy, ever. They need sleep, big time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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