[TxBec]

Both my kids were preemies (the one they insisted needed Ritalin weighed 2 lbs 9 ounces.) My main reason for not putting him on Ritalin (before I learned all the other negatives) was that it can cause weight loss. My son is finally catching up with his height and weight, but when he was in 3rd grade the last thing he needed was to have his growth further stunted. He was perpetually the shortest and thinnest kid in his class. (His height and weight were proportionate, but he always looked about a grade or two younger than he really was until he hit middle school.)

[alisasny]

See my post # 130.

We are not very concerned about his size as his dad, my hubby is a very healthy 5'6, with a 30 inch waist and 26 and a half inseam..: ))

This does my son good in dealing with his size!!

When he was in 3rd grade I started to let him walk home alone from the bus stop on our corner. Little did I know that all the moms on the block thought I was some wacko letting my kindergarden child walk home alone...LOL...I finally found this out last September when my daughter started at this school for Kindergarden with the same bus stop.

In 4th grade he made friends with another 4th grader so they started playing at the boys house after school. The mom asked her son why she was hanging out with a younger kid, turns out my son was older than him by 4 months.

I have so many stories like that I should keep them in a journal for when he gets older!!