Big Boys Big Boys

Watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they’re bigger than you? 

Ok, maybe I watch a little too much Cops!

So, it has been a while since I measured the boys height or tracked their weight. I did it a few days ago, Jman at 11 years old is 113lbs and 5’2 1/2” , he weighs more than I did all through High School! He’s not fat though, he’s just a very solid kid. Bear at 9 is absolutely ecstatic because I finally agreed that he’s more than big enough that we can take the booster seat out of the car, he’s about 81 lbs and 4’9”.

As I’m marking their measurements down I got to thinking about those charts that they would give you when the kids were smaller and tell you their Percentile. It’s been many years since my kids have had their measurements plotted on those things, but they were always big boys and never dropped below about 85th percentile, in height they each even had a turn where the nurse had them marked over 100%. So I looked online to see if these charts existed for the big boys, yep they do! Jman is 94th percentile for weight and 97th percentile for height, and Bear is 89th percentile for weight and 96th percentile for height…obviously his height must be what makes his weight higher, because Bear is skinnnnnny!

I’m not one of those people who has issues with getting older, age is just a number to me and means nothing really, physically I feel more like 60 lol, but mentally I still feel plenty young. My problem is dealing with the fact that I’m not short for a woman(I’m about 5’8”) and my 11 year old has less than half a foot to go before he’s taller than me!LOL. I just can’t believe the totally weird feeling when you’re child is still young enough that in a crowded place you still want him to hold your hand, but you can look at this same child eye to forehead lol. I’m glad I’m not short or he would already be towering me, at least I hope I have a couple of years before he gets there. He’s already wearing mens size 10 shoes, and I’m pretty sure when I can afford to get him some new clothes again that we might have to check out the mens department for those too now….fortunately at least then I might be able to find some plain t-shirts and not all those god awful skull shirts that seem to be all that exist in the big boys clothing section!