How thick are the soles on crocs? How to make a kid grow and inch in 8 weeks?!

[kwitcherkicken99]

I will not teach my child to laugh and point out another childs flaws to make her feel better about herself.

Never said that, that is what you assumed.

 

[Andrea73]

The words fat, ugly, stupid are treated like swear words in my house.

This reminds me of a conversation with my 8 year old. She asked why she could not watch a certain movie and I told her it was because of the language.

She told me that she knew ALL of the cuss words anyway ! <gasp >

Then she said "The H word is hate, the S word is stupid and the F word is....Freaking!"


Now lets have a about this so you can sprinkle some growth spurt pixie dust my way.

 

[Suellen]

This reminds me of a conversation with my 8 year old. She asked why she could not watch a certain movie and I told her it was because of the language.

She told me that she knew ALL of the cuss words anyway ! <gasp >

Then she said "The H word is hate, the S word is stupid and the F word is....Freaking!"


Now lets have a about this so you can sprinkle some growth spurt pixie dust my way.

Hehe ~ my DD's cut their own hair a few weeks ago and I told her she would have to get a real haircut (she 4.5 and it has never been cut ~ well I cut the baby hair off the ends) any way she looks at me and says "You can't have my haircut ~ I don't want to look like a FRIGGIN boy!"

Of course I burst out laughing while trying to tell her not to say that word.

 

[KimK2006]

When my DD14 was at that "almost there" height years ago, the platform flip flops were everywhere for little ones. (Don't know if they still are.) She was never asked to take them off.

 

[copperhound]

I haven't read this whole thread, but I just wanted to chime in here -- apologies if I'm being redundant with what someone else has said.

My son will be 7 on June 6 and is 42 inches, so we have struggled through this, as well. And I will validate that children, especially astute, intelligent children, are very aware of the height difference, and it can be very discouraging and frustrating to them.

Our situation is a little different, because we live near Disney World and go 2X per year for an overnight visit, but perhaps you can get some mileage from the approach I have used with my son.

* Expectation setting up front -- when he was right about at the cut-off, I made sure I knew all of the height restrictions on the rides, and I would warn him before he got measured for a particular ride that he may or may not be able to ride. I didn't broach the subject in terms of age, b/c that isn't really the relevant issue, and he didn't seem aware that younger children were riding. And if he didn't ride, I didn't ride.

* Expectation setting for future visits -- "It will be fun to have things that are new and exciting to ride on your next trip".

* Encourage repeat riding of favorites. When my son was around four, he wanted to go back again and again to his favorite rides and it was actually difficult to get him on something new. If you find this is the case with your daughter, use it to your advantage! We get a ton of mileage out of Goofy Barnstormer and Tomorrowland Speedway.

Relax!! There is plenty to do, even for the "short set", and you will all have a great time!

Have a wonderful trip!

 

[KimK2006]

One thing that is posters always remind in these 'height" threads is to teach your kids to stand up straight and hold their heads up high before the trip. Practice at home so they will know exactly how to do it. (If someone already posted this....sorry!)

 

[123SA]

I haven't read this whole thread, but I just wanted to chime in here -- apologies if I'm being redundant with what someone else has said.

My son will be 7 on June 6 and is 42 inches, so we have struggled through this, as well. And I will validate that children, especially astute, intelligent children, are very aware of the height difference, and it can be very discouraging and frustrating to them.

Our situation is a little different, because we live near Disney World and go 2X per year for an overnight visit, but perhaps you can get some mileage from the approach I have used with my son.

* Expectation setting up front -- when he was right about at the cut-off, I made sure I knew all of the height restrictions on the rides, and I would warn him before he got measured for a particular ride that he may or may not be able to ride. I didn't broach the subject in terms of age, b/c that isn't really the relevant issue, and he didn't seem aware that younger children were riding. And if he didn't ride, I didn't ride.

* Expectation setting for future visits -- "It will be fun to have things that are new and exciting to ride on your next trip".

* Encourage repeat riding of favorites. When my son was around four, he wanted to go back again and again to his favorite rides and it was actually difficult to get him on something new. If you find this is the case with your daughter, use it to your advantage! We get a ton of mileage out of Goofy Barnstormer and Tomorrowland Speedway.

Relax!! There is plenty to do, even for the "short set", and you will all have a great time!

Have a wonderful trip!

One thing that is posters always remind in these 'height" threads is to teach your kids to stand up straight and hold their heads up high before the trip. Practice at home so they will know exactly how to do it. (If someone already posted this....sorry!)

These are both useful tips. Lots of little kids especially duck because they don't want to hit their head on the bar.

 

[copperhound]

That's good advice, but if she's been going to the Endocrinologist, she probably already knows the routine -- heels all the way back, back straight, head level, eyes forward....

 

[DaniB]

One thing that is posters always remind in these 'height" threads is to teach your kids to stand up straight and hold their heads up high before the trip. Practice at home so they will know exactly how to do it. (If someone already posted this....sorry!)

Yes, I am doing this with my son! LOL - at least once a week I'm measuring him to see if he grew, even though we have 6 months to go. There's only 1 ride really that I'm hoping he'll grow another 3-4" for.

 

[tink20]

OP --just wanted to say that my DS grew 3-1/2 inches in 6 months. I know this because he went to the DR. in April and then again in Oct. So anything is possible. This happened when he was 5. Good Luck and Have a Wonderful Magical trip!

 

[ebaymommy2two]

I'm just adding on here that I don't think your dd is short at all and I'm suprised that she's been seen/evaluated by specialists to see if there is something "wrong". My ds just turned 5 a couple weeks ago and he's only 41" tall. He's on the very low end of the growth chart (under 10% I believe) but never once has our pediatrician said anything about a problem. He had always grown very slowly but has always maintained a similar place on the growth chart.

Having said that, I would hold out hope that your dd might hit a growth spurt in the next 2 months. I knew ds was *just* over the 40" mark at the end of January. He was seen at the allergy dr. and they weighed/measured him. When we went back for a follow-up just 4 weeks later he had grown over 1/2". I was so thrilled because I knew with his shoes on we'd be totally safe on the 40" rides at Disney. Most of them he went right on the line without ever being measured, I think only 2-3x our whole trip did a CM ask to measure him.

 

[Andrea73]

I'm just adding on here that I don't think your dd is short at all and I'm suprised that she's been seen/evaluated by specialists to see if there is something "wrong". My ds just turned 5 a couple weeks ago and he's only 41" tall. He's on the very low end of the growth chart (under 10% I believe) but never once has our pediatrician said anything about a problem. He had always grown very slowly but has always maintained a similar place on the growth chart.

In our case I think it was two things.

1. She fell on the charts from 25% to 5%. If she had always been 5%, they probably would not have taken notice. But they do notice if there is significant change.

2. She was already seeing an Endo for her hypoglycemia at the time. Endos are psycho about growth and measure like crazy all the time. If she was not already seeing an Endo, it may not have taken as much notice.