A baby growth chart helps parents to track the growth and development of their beloved children. While is quite foolish to compare your child’s growth and development with other kids, a growth chart can provide an overview of the expected development for each age group. Growth charts vary for boys, girls, babies, and older children.
The growth pace of every baby differs greatly. Paediatricians use growth charts to track the physical development of babies in terms of their weight, head circumference, and length. Parents should always remember that a baby’s physical development is wholly dependent on various factors like health condition, activity level, nutrition, environment, genetics, etc.
What You Can Find on Growth Charts?
Growth Charts show you the expected development of a baby in terms of weight, length, and head circumference. Let’s explore them in detail below.
- Length
To ascertain the length of a baby, a doctor usually uses a tape measure to find out the distance from his/her head to their feet. This is usually done while the baby is stretched out on an examination table.
- Weight
A baby’s weight is found using a weight scale that is specially designed for them.
- Head Circumference
Like length, head circumference is also measured using a tape measure. Finding out the head circumference is important to evaluate the overall brain development of the baby. Measurement of head circumference can help to find out whether the baby is suffering from health conditions like hydrocephalus, which is caused by the excess fluid in the brain.
Ideally, doctors take these measurements during the baby’s scheduled wellness visits. They plot the information on a growth chart which would help them easily infer the pace of a baby’s overall development.
You need to understand that doctors do not rely on actual measurements to evaluate a baby’s development pace. Instead, they focus on consistencies and patterns on the growth chart. A baby with a constant pace of growth progression is of no immediate concern in terms of development. However, if there is a pronounced variation in the measurements, then doctors will raise the red flag.
Use our baby growth tracker to compare your baby’s size with the expected size for given ages and gender. You need to just enter your baby’s weight, height, and head circumference and we will do the rest for you. Using the growth chart, you can assess the baby’s overall development.
However, kindly note that our baby growth tracker is for educational purposes only. This is not the last word on your baby’s development. As previously said, each baby has a different development pace. Your child’s development should be closely monitored by a paediatrician.
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