Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 After talking to Jack's pediatrician, I finally figured out why my son is considered just under 20th percentile by her calculations and just under 5th with the geneticist: Our pediatrician takes his height measurement lying down and gets 36 1/4 in., while our geneticist took it standing up and got 35 in.! I couldn't believe that just a 1 1/4-in. difference on the charts could put him in two totally different percentiles! Has anyone else experienced this? To me, the height standing up seems more accurate, since you're not dealing with that crunchy medical paper! Hee. Marcy:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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