Newsflash: Hallie is really little.
Erin took her to the doctor for her 15-month checkup last week. She is as healthy as any toddler her age. Pediatric doctors note the growth progress of kids up to two years, and compare them at various stages against the population of same-aged children. Compared to other 15-month-old girls, Hallie is somewhat normal in height, but she is a featherweight - in the sub-1% on the weight chart. She weighed in at 18.3 pounds - the average seems to be about 25, and 95% of girls her age are at least 20 pounds.
The doctor was not concerned and neither are we, we like her just the way she is. She's a picky eater, but she eats. We have her on a delicious weight-gain diet that would make dieters cringe: we try to balance it by tricking her into eating other things as much as she'll tolerate but inevitably her diet revolves around whole milk and teddy graham cookies. Eventually she'll catch up to the other girls, but she's just extra cute right now.
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