Journey to a booster seat...

The minimum requirements to move a child from a standard car seat to a booster seat is 4 years old AND a minimum of 30 pounds. Well, our little guy is ready in his heart, but not quiet ready in size. His last well-check was almost 6 months ago and he weighed in at a whopping 29 pounds! The doctors were less than thrilled and urged us to increase his caloric and fat intake and get him re-checked in 6 months. This was not new to us. Noah has been on the smaller side since he was 15 months old. We frequently made extra growth check visits to the pediatrician.
That day, at Noah's 4 year well check, our journey to a booster seat had begun! This journey mostly consists of offering and encouraging Noah to eat as many high fat, high calorie and still HEALTHY meals as possible! I wasn't thrilled about the pediatricians idea of fattening Noah up with milkshakes and ice cream. Instead we turned to whole milk, fatty nuts, peanut butter, and an array of other healthy and high fat foods suggested to us by our amazing on-call doctor, also known as Auntie Lana :). We have lots of discussions with Noah about the importance of being healthy and in turn, eating healthy.
The Compromise: As a family, we decided when Noah weighs a consistent 32 pounds he can move to a booster seat. This sure did motivate our little guy!! This morning he weighed 31 pounds!!! Woohoo!!! Go Noah!!! He is so close and we are so proud of his progress. Noah gets re-checked again next month. I hope his doctors will be happy with his progress.

Enjoy this picture of Noah weighing himself. One of his favorite morning (and evening) activities.



- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone