{"id":2354,"date":"2012-06-26T19:39:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T02:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2012-06-26T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T02:39:56","slug":"stapleton-baby-80th-percentile-in-height-60th-in-weight-99th-in-cuteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Baby 80th Percentile In Height, 60th in Weight, 99th In Cuteness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has long tracked the height and weight of children and ranked them in accordance to where they are at compared to other babies at that age. Six months ago, the AAP added a new thing to track so parents would know where there children were at: Cuteness.\n\n\u201cA lot of parents think they have cute babies,\u201d says Dr. Bob Lilly, President of the AAP. \u201cBut the fact is, not everyone has the cutest baby in the world. We think it is important that people know where their kid stands. You never hear people that have small babies bragging about how big they are. It\u2019s because they know exactly where there kid is at for height and weight. Hopefully, our new ranking will end the \u2018isn\u2019t my baby the cutest\u2019 conversations.\u201d\nThe new ranking method is not quite as scientific as gauging height and weight, but still has scientific merit says Dr. Lilly. \u201cThe AAP ranked hundreds of babies at several stages in life as to how cute they were. Then, we simply created cards that show how cute a baby would have to be to be in those areas. So, your pediatrician looks at your baby and makes their best determination as to which group of like babies yours would belong to, and that is your percentage. Nurses sometimes will help with this as well.\u201d\nLast week, Stapleton had its first baby in the 99th percentile of cuteness, the highest possible percentile. Several Stapleton babies have been in the 80-90th percentile range, but none eclipsed 95 until baby Kayla (21 months). \u201cIt was an honor to have a 99th percentile in our office,\u201d said Stapleton Pediatrics doctor Dr. Bryan May. \u201cIt was the first one we have seen, and it will be very interesting to see how she develops over time. Will she stay in the 99th percentile? Does having a lot of cuteness affect social development? We don\u2019t know right now and these are some of the things we will be studying with her.\u201d\nParents Gabe and Jolene McCarville are proud, but are trying to keep things in perspective. \u201cIt is great, but it doesn\u2019t mean a lot now,\u201d says Gabe. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t guarantee that she will be able to run fast, and we are much more interested in that. Why don\u2019t they have that test yet? I want to know how fast she is compared to other 21 month olds.\u201d\nThere are no immediate plans by the AAP to add \u201cathletic ability\u201d as a ranked component, so until that happens, the McCarvilles will just have to be proud of their very, very cute daughter. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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