My Little Man

Caleb. My little man. Ever since his first year he has been on the smaller side of life :) Since he was about 2 he has been going to see a specialist regarding his size. Initially it was to make sure nothing was going on with him causing him to grow at a slower rate and thankfully nothing has ever been wrong. He now goes every 2 years to get weighed and measured. He also gets his left hand x-rayed to check his bone age. Well this week, we went for his check-up with the specialist. He has been diagonosed with "Constitutional Growth Delay", what a mouthful that is :) What I've read about it on the internet says: "CGD appears in children usually of average size in early infancy. It causes them to undergo a period of slower-than-average growth between 6 months and 2 years of age, leading to their falling behind on the growth chart. After about age 2 or 3, they will start to grow at a normal childhood rate until they reach puberty and continue to grow at an older age, letting them "catch up" to their peers in final adult height" This describes Caleb totally, he was born an average weight, stayed at an average size for close to the first year, then started falling on the charts, down to the 5th percentile, then even off the charts. Then at about age 3 he started growing at a normal rate and has continued to do so. He had his hand x-rayed and the bones were measured again this week. His bone age is 5 years. Which basically means his body thinks it's 5 years old :) Sounds like something an older woman would do, lie about her age. haha!

Anyway that's the story with my boy and we think Caleb is perfect just the way he is, the way God created him!