Everything you need to know about tracking baby’s growth.
you see on a baby growth chart reflect average growth—in weight, length and head circumference—for boys and girls based on their age. At the wellness checkups, the doctor will weigh and measure baby , then add a dot to the graph to plot your child’s latest gains. The curve is just those dots connected over time.
“Children get measured at every checkup, on the same scale, in the same way, so we get the most accurate weight,” says Karen E. Breach, MD, assistant specialty medical director of Carolinas HealthCare System in North Carolina. And if the doctors are the least bit concerned? “We’ll schedule extra weigh-ins if we’re worried,” she says. “Seriously, the best way to monitor your child’s growth is to come to the well checkups.
During the first two to three months, breastfed babies may gain weight more quickly than their formula-fed peers. That’s likely because breastfed babies may eat more often—they’re probably nursing on demand rather than by a schedule—and moms aren’t measuring how much milk they’re getting. “There are lots of reasons that breastfeeding is healthier, but there really isn’t a big difference in growth rates,” Breach says.
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