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The First 24 Months| Pampers

Children come in all shapes and sizes, and all babies grow at their own pace. At your child’s regular health checkups, your little one’s healthcare provider will plot certain measurements on a baby growth chart to make sure they’re on the right track. The chart might look daunting, but your provider can help you understand this useful tool and what the results mean for your child. To make it easier, we'll show you how to read a baby growth chart and interpret the results.

What Are Baby Growth Charts?

Baby growth charts are important tools healthcare providers use to check your little one’s overall health. The charts assess how your baby is growing compared with other children of the same age and gender, and to see how your child is developing over time. Growth standards used for babies under 24 months old are based on the following:

• Head circumference. This is the distance around the largest part of the head and indicates how your baby’s brain is growing.

• Weight-for-length. This measures your baby’s weight along with their length (height).

• Weight-for-age. This measurement tracks your baby’s weight at a particular age.

• Length-for-age. This measures your baby’s length (height) at a particular age.

Your child’s healthcare provider will use different growth charts for baby boys and girls, and different charts for babies younger than 24 months and for those 2 years and older.

It's helpful to know that these charts offer information that your provider can assess in the context of other baby developmental milestones and genetic factors. You can find and download the charts below.

Baby Boys Growth Chart: Birth to 24 Months

• Boys weight-for-length and head circumference-for-age

• Boys length-for-age and weight-for-age

Baby Girls Growth Chart: Birth to 24 Months

• Girls weight-for-length and head circumference-for-age

• Girls length-for-age and weight-for-age

When and How Is Your Baby Measured?

You probably chose your child’s healthcare provider while pregnant, and your baby’s initial office visit will be within a few days of their birth or shortly after you leave the hospital. Starting with this first appointment, checking your baby’s growth will become a routine part of each visit, whether your little one is 1 month or 1 year. Initially, your baby's checkups will take place every few weeks, and then every few months until your baby turns 1. Your provider will let you know if you need to visit more often and when to schedule future appointments. Don’t hesitate to ask any questions you might have about your baby’s health and development—your child’s healthcare provider is your partner and can reassure you that you’re doing a great job and help you resolve any issues that pop up! Here’s how babies are usually weighed and measured:

• Head circumference: The healthcare provider will wrap a soft tape measure around the widest part of your baby’s head, from above the eyebrows, passing above the ears, to the back of the head.

• Length: Measuring the length (a.k.a. height) of a wriggly baby may be tricky, but your provider is an expert at this! As your little one lies on a flat table, the provider will gently stretch out your baby’s legs to get an accurate measurement from the top of their head to the soles of their feet.

• Weight: With your baby undressed, your child’s provider will likely use a baby scale to get the most accurate reading.

You might be wondering what else to expect at some of your baby’s regular health checkups. The following links will help you prepare for each individual visit, from month 1 to year 2, and provide information about upcoming immunizations:

You can also use our baby growth chart tool to help you better understand your little one’s development!

How to Read a Baby Growth Chart

Once you have your measurements, you might look at a baby growth chart and wonder how you are supposed to make sense of it. Your baby’s healthcare provider can help you understand your child’s results and plot them on the chart at the health checkup, but in the meantime here’s a quick guide on how to read these charts. Remember, it’s important to use the baby boy growth charts if you have a boy and the baby girl growth charts if you have a girl.

Head Circumference Percentile

Although these charts look like something only Einstein could figure out, they’re actually fairly simple to read once you get the hang of it. To find your baby’s head circumference percentile in the growth chart linked above, following these steps:

1. Find your baby’s age in months at the top of the chart. Only some months are numbered, but each month is represented by a vertical line.

2. Find your baby’s head circumference measurement on the left side (measurements are provided in both inches and centimeters).

3. Follow these horizontal and vertical lines until they intersect. In most cases, they will intersect on a curved line.

4. Follow the curved line to the right until it ends, and here you’ll see a number on a white background. This number indicates your baby’s head circumference percentile on the growth chart.

Weight-for-Length Percentile

Now that you’ve found your baby’s head circumference percentile on the growth chart, it will be easier to do the same for their weight. Follow the steps below:

1. Find your child’s length in inches or centimeters at the bottom of the grid.

2. Find your child’s weight (in pounds or kilograms) on the left side of the grid.

3. Follow the horizontal and vertical lines of these two measurements until they intersect on the growth curve.

4. Follow the curved line until the end to find your baby’s weight-for-length percentile on the growth chart.

Length-for-Age Percentile

To determine your baby’s length-for-age (height) percentile on the growth chart, follow the steps below:

1. Find your baby’s length (in inches or centimeters) on the left side of the grid.

2. Find your child’s age in months at the bottom of the chart.

3. Track these horizontal and vertical lines until they intersect on the growth curve.

4. Follow that curve until the end, where the percentiles are written on a white, shaded background.

Weight-for-Age Percentile

Lastly, use the baby growth chart to track your little one’s percentile for weight using the following steps:

1. Find your baby’s weight (pounds or kilograms) on the right side of the grid.

2. Find your child’s age in months at the top of the chart.

3. Follow these horizontal and vertical lines until they intersect on the curved line.

4. Follow that curved line until the end, where the percentiles are written on a white, shaded background.

How to Interpret Baby Growth Chart Percentiles

Your child’s healthcare provider is the best person to explain these results to you. Remember, the charts show the typical growth patterns for baby boys and girls, and there is a wide range of healthy results. There’s no ideal result when viewed individually, but, ideally, your child would follow along the same growth pattern (the curved line) over time. As a result, their height and weight would grow in proportion to one another.

What Are the Percentiles?

But, this one point doesn't show the complete picture. Your child’s provider will assess several values over time to determine the trend of how your baby is growing compared to the average growth curve on the chart. Try not to become too focused on a single number. There is a wide range of healthy sizes and lengths, and many factors influence your child’s growth, including genetics, environmental factors, nutrition, activity levels, and health conditions. Another thing to consider is when babies have growth spurts, which can vary from child to child. For example, breastfed and formula-fed babies grow in slightly different patterns. Breastfed babies typically put on weight more slowly than formula-fed babies, and formula-fed infants typically go through a growth spurt and gain weight more quickly after 3 months of age.

With all these different factors at play, it’s important to assess these percentiles over time and with your child’s provider.

What Happens if My Baby’s Growth Pattern Changes?

A different growth pattern doesn’t always indicate a problem. Your child may simply be experiencing a growth spurt, which is partly why it’s so important to look at these percentiles over time. However, your child’s healthcare provider will also investigate a growth pattern change to rule out any issues. Typically, a healthy, well-nourished baby grows at a fairly predictable rate. Any change in this rate can help your baby’s provider detect and address any feeding, developmental, or medical issues.

What Happens if My Baby Is Above or Below the Average?

Most children fall between the 3rd and 97th percentiles on baby growth charts for head circumference, weight, and length (height). But if your child does not, know that there are many factors at play, and that your child’s provider will consider other developmental milestones and family genetics. Baby growth chart percentiles aren’t like an algebra exam. Just because your little one is in the 50th percentile doesn’t mean there’s a problem! In fact, that figure means your baby is right in the middle of the average. What’s more important is how your child grows over time. Plus, some families might have fast-growing babies, while others have slow and steady gainers. Regardless of what you see on your baby’s growth chart, try not to worry, and keep these individual differences in mind as you follow your child's development. If the healthcare provider determines that your baby is overweight, underweight, growing too fast, or growing too slowly, trust that your little one is in good care, and follow the provider’s recommendations.

The Bottom Line

Baby growth charts, whether for boys or girls, can be confusing at first glance. In the end, it’s always best to look at your baby’s growth chart percentiles together with their healthcare provider over time, and to avoid comparing your child to others. Instead, focus on all of the growing your little one is doing! And, if your baby’s healthcare provider says they’re on the right track, you can take pride in your little one’s progress regardless of the value on the chart. In fact, you’ll probably be delighted (and maybe even a little surprised) when you see how big your baby is now compared to the day they were born. Your little one is a moving, grooving, and growing machine, and there’s so much to look forward to, such as watching them start to crawl and walk, hearing those first laughs, and helping them develop those fine motor skills. As your baby hits milestone after milestone, reward yourself for all your hard work by earning rewards with our Pampers Club App.

Your Baby’s 2-Month Checkup

At 2 months, your baby still keeps you guessing, but her sleeping and eating habits are starting to become more predictable. At this point her natural eye color will start to change and her face will start looking thinner and her body chubbier than even a week ago. Her size and weight will be the focus ofthis health check visit, along with feeding and the build-up in crying that's expected at this age. Also, it's time for the first set of immunizations.

At this visit, your provider will probably:

• Check your baby's weight to make sure she's growing at a healthy, steady rate. Click here to view our growth chart. Ask you about your baby's hearing, eyesight, and other new skill developments.

• Give you some insight into your baby's development and behavior at this age.

• Give your baby her first big round of immunizations.

• Address any minor health concerns, such as how to alleviate cradle cap or diaper rash, for example.

• Answer any breastfeeding questions you may have.

• Talk about how to handle minor illnesses at home.

What your provider will want to know

• Has your baby seen another healthcare provider since the last visit? If so, why? What was the outcome of that visit and were any medications or treatments prescribed?

• Does your baby hold her head up when you put her on her tummy?

• Does she use her forearms to elevate her upper chest when put down?

• Does she smile on her own?

• Does she make cooing sounds when you talk to her?

• Does she bring her legs up when she's on her back?

• Does she hold her head more steadily when you hold her up to your shoulder or pick her up?

• Does she sleep longer at night and less during the day?

• Does she have a crying spell at the end of the day? All of these behaviors are expected at this time.

Talk It Over

• Daily routine. How's your baby eating? How's she sleeping? What are her crying patterns like? Discuss these things with your provider. If your baby seems especially fussy, your provider may be able to show you ways to soothe her.

• Going back to work. If you must return to work soon, discuss with your provider ways to make the transition smoother for you and your baby.

• Discuss confusing or contradictory advice. Everyone has theories about child raising, but your healthcare provider is the one you should listen to for the most current recommendations.

• Family life. Discuss how your family is adapting to life with the new baby, and bring up any sibling issues that are becoming hard to manage.

• Getting out. If you haven't been out of the house with your new baby, discuss this with your healthcare provider.

• Doctor Mom. Are you ready to handle minor illnesses or a fever that may follow your baby's shots? Get instructions before you leave.

Speak Up!

Many new parents notice changes in their baby's vision and hearing around this age. Talk to your provider about any concerns you have. Your provider willwant to know about it if your baby:

• Doesn't look at you or follow you with his eyes as you move from side to side within his range of vision. At this age, his range is about 6 to 18 inches.

• Doesn't turn toward voices, especially yours or those of familiar people such as caregivers or other relatives.

• Isn't smiling in response to you or others.

• Still feels so limp that it seems he'll slip out of your grasp, or his head still bobbles a great deal.

• Moves unevenly or moves one leg or arm more than the other.

• Has any problems with his eyes, particularly if they're runny or have pus. He may have a plugged or narrow tear duct that needs attention.

• Doesn't make any sounds.

• Doesn't stay alert for more than 30 minutes at any time.

• Doesn't have health insurance. There are programs available to get that coverage.

If things are not falling into place for you as a parent or haven't improved at all since last month, let your provider know. If you are depressed, yourbaby will be able to pick up on it and it could affect his development. He needs you to be at your best for his own mental and emotional growth, so getsome help now. You can ask your provider or the healthcare facility for a referral.

Finally, remember that every baby is different and develops at his own pace. Talking with your provider if you have any concerns can be just the reassurance a new parent needs.

Height and weight gain for children of the first year of life. Tables

Dear parents, your baby is growing and you are worried about whether he is gaining enough weight and height. For control, there are centile tables for assessing the physical development of children, weight and height indicators. At the same time, you must remember that each baby is individual, he cannot grow according to the textbook. These weight and height recommendations are based on an average number of children and 10% deviation is normal. In addition, the centile corridor from 25% to 75% is an average physical indicator. That is why they say: Physical development is mesosomatic, macrosomatic, microsomatic.

It is important that the weight and height indicators are in the same centile corridor, but no more than two adjacent ones. Then we can talk about harmonious development. If the gap is more than two centile corridors, the development is disharmonious. Then we can think either about an unbalanced diet or about a pathology associated with obesity (paratrophy), or protein-energy deficiency (hypotrophy). In addition, one should not forget about the constitutional characteristics of the child, about genetic predisposition. Therefore, in no case should you compare your child with a neighbor's. To talk about the health of a child, we evaluate his condition according to many criteria. This is neuropsychic development, laboratory examination data, anamnesis, heredity. How many times in my practice have I met children who gained 400-450 g in weight every month, by the year they barely gained 7.8-8 kg. But at the same time, children already at 10 months began to walk, pronounce syllables, and follow complex instructions.

We'll talk about weight and height gain for term babies. In preterm infants, rates of weight gain and height differ according to the degree of prematurity. In addition, children can be born with intrauterine malnutrition.

The tables for girls and boys are different in terms of numerical indicators, but at 1 year of age, these differences are quite minimal.

Centile tables for assessing the physical development of girls from 0 to 12 months.

At the same time, until the age of three months, the child adds 20-30 grams per day daily, respectively, from 140 to 200 per week. If we talk about the average weight gain by months, then it is only 600 g per month, since the child after birth has physiological weight loss (with urine, feces, transition from intrauterine feeding to breastfeeding during the adaptation period), approximately 10% of the weight, which is 200-300 grams.

More often, by 3-4 days, the child restores its original weight, and then there is an increase. But I had a case in practice when the child began to gain weight from the 20th day of life, while the girl was active, reflexes were alive, her appetite was good, she could withstand the night interval, stool 4-5 times a day, urination was sufficient, developed according to age. Therefore, do not worry. Our indicator is the well-being of the child. If the baby is active, eats with appetite, sleep is calm, the skin is clean, physiological functions are not disturbed, be calm, your baby is healthy and not hungry. You see from the table the range of weight per year is from 8 to 13 kg. This is the norm. There is no reason to run to the endocrinologist, genetics, to examine the child.

Or the opposite situation: in the first months of life, a child gains 1-1.5 kg while breastfeeding. If the baby does not have colic, he does not spit up, there are no gastrointestinal manifestations, he is active, the skin is clean, physiological functions are not disturbed - this is also the norm. Remember, as often happens, premature babies quickly gain weight and catch up with their peers by the year. And large babies gain weight more slowly. In my entire thirty-year practice, only two children weighed 14-15 kg by the year, although their parents were large and tall. By the age of three, they weighed almost the same, added only in height, the rest of their peers caught up with them.

It is believed that by 4-4.5 months the child should double the weight, and triple by the end of the year.

It happens that the increase in height and weight goes in leaps, seasonality, unevenness, and sometimes asymmetry of growth are noted. Pediatricians are concerned about the circumference of the head and chest, by 2-3 months they should be equal. Further, the breast grows faster. This is important so as not to miss the pathology.

The younger the child, the faster his growth. In the first 3 months of life, body length increases by 3 cm monthly, in the second quarter by 2.5-2 cm monthly. In the third - 1.5-2 cm, in the fourth - 1 cm monthly. The total increase in height in the first year of life is about 25 cm.

Centile tables for assessing the physical development of boys from 0 to 12 months.

In the second year of life, the child should gain 2-2.5 kg in weight, grow by 8-10 cm.

Thank you for your attention.

Child Growth Charts (Charts / Curves of Child Growth, Charts / Curves of Child Weight for Age)

Submitted by useradmin on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 21:27

Children's height is a sign of their general health and nutrition.

All babies and children grow at different rates, and the "normal" range is wide. Your child's growth is unique and usually follows a pattern that suits him or her.

At home with baby you will find out if he or she is growing. You will notice that the baby has become too big for his clothes, the bassinet, the baby bath or other things that seemed huge in the newborn period.

Growth charts (graphs) are used by healthcare professionals and parents to track the growth and development of a child in the first years of life. Your child's height is calculated based on the World Health Organization's growth standards. These standards best describe the physiological growth of all children from birth to five years of age and are based on data from 8,500 children worldwide, including Europe. The z-line, or standard deviation line, is a unit of measure for children's height. These units tell us how different your child's height is from the average.

Growth charts are graphs that show changes in the length or height, weight and circumference of your child's head at a certain age . Your doctor or family nurse regularly measures your child's parameters and notes the results on a graph. It is best to enter these measurements into the mobile phone app so that your child's growth curves are at hand and recorded in your presence.

There are different growth charts for boys and girls, toddlers and older children.

Growth charts have many lines (curves) that show the range of typical child growth patterns at different ages.

The height and weight of most children are between the upper and lower curves on the charts. Half of all children grow at a rate above the middle of the typical range, and half at a rate below that range. Limits are arbitrary and there are two standard deviations (SD) above and below the mean for age.

Sometimes the individual growth curves of children intersect with curves in the graph. If this happens to your child, your healthcare provider will closely monitor his/her growth over the next few visits. Your child's growth may return to normal on its own, or your doctor may advise you on how you can help.

• If the child's weight-for-age or weight-for-length/height is below -2 SD, the child is considered to be moderately malnourished or underweight, and if it is below -3 SD, the child is considered to be the child has severe malnutrition.
• If a child's weight-for-age or weight-for-length/height is between +2SD and +3SD, the child is considered overweight, and if it is above +3SD, — that he or she is obese.
• If the child's length/height for age is below -2 SD, the child is considered to be stunted. Stunting is the result of chronic or recurrent malnutrition, usually due to improper diet/feeding, micronutrient deficiencies, frequent illnesses, or recurring illnesses over several years.

The body length of a child under 2 years old is measured in the supine position.

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