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Moms in their 30’s

“Late bloomer” baby..What’s it mean? What’s it look like?

Anyone have a “late bloomer” baby? The doc said our first baby, now 6 months, might be one so I’m wondering what that means and how other mom’s experiences were after hearing something similar from a doc? Anyone have some insight on taking steps to rule things out or considerations with growth hormone tests and/or other factors impacting growth? Our lil guy is impressively climbing up the charts at a high rate with all measurements (length, weight, etc.). He came out small.. water broke at 38 weeks, short labor, easy delivery and no complications but did technically have “low birth weight”. His length incline overtime is tracking normally and consistently but he’s still so short for his age, barely on the percentile chart. Weight and everything else has gone from barely on the charts, to pushing up toward 50th percentile. If he doesn’t continue on this incline with height/length specifically, we were told a blood test to check his growth hormone should be done. My husband is 5’9 and I’m 5 ft (so both on the petite side). Husband reached his full height after high school, in more dramatic spurts. I had dramatic growth spurts too up until 18ish and puberty hit us both wayyy later compared to our peers..not sure if any of this matters and don’t have our own baby growth charts to compare. Anyways…if you have any comments or info to share on this, pls do!