Growth, Height & Weight Charts
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Weight and Height
Asked by A.P. from New York
on July 19, 2011
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Hi moms,
I have a two and a half old boy and he weights just a little over 26 lbs and he’s almost 36 inches. I just wanted to know if this is normal for his age. Hi...
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- My almost-3-year old daughter is 26 pounds and 36" too. My 4-1/2 year old son is 31 pounds and 40". My 6-year old is 39 pounds and 44". All are in the smaller part...
- He is on the small side, but what size are you and your husband (and your families)? I am 5'3", and 115 lbs. I've been "small for my age" all my life!! So what?! ...
- when my son was 2.5 he was 35 pounds and 40 inches tall. If the doctor says hes fine he is fine. No need to worry. at 3.5 my son is only 37 pounds and 45 inches tal...
My Daughter Is in the 1 Percentile for Her Height and weight...worried Mom
Asked by K.L. from Minneapolis
on January 17, 2011
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My daughter is 13 months old and is in the 1 percentile for her height and weight. She is still on formula (drinks out of a sippy cup...about 4 10oz a day). Her docto...
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- Get a new pediatrician! One that puts less emphasis on the damn charts and looks at the child instead. If she is happy, healthy, eating well and meeting all her milest...
- If you don't feel like she's developmentally challenged in any way (and it doesn't sound like she is), I would leave her be. My son is tiny, too. In fact, between 12-...
- Some kids are small, some are big. More important is has she always been on the low end of the growth chart or has she dramatically fallen off. The last is more conc...
Daughter Is in 3Rd Percentile for Weight
Asked by S.H. from San Francisco
on March 8, 2009
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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percentile for weight? My daughter is in the 3rd percentile for weight. She is very petite, but...
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- My younger son (who is now 15) has always been in the 10th percentile with weight. Our pediatrician was never really that concerned. He grew and matured. He is still o...
- How old is your daughter? My daughter was in the 5th percentile until she was about 4-5 months old, but she was spitting up all the time. Is she doing anything abnorma...
- My son is now 20 months and has been in the very low percentile for weight. He was above average at birth and through 3 months, but then he got really long (his dad an...
Growth Percentile
Asked by E.M. from St. Joseph
on December 1, 2011
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I had a re-cert WIC appt today so I had to take all the boys in. I have a 2 1/2 year old boy and twins that just turned 1 year a week ago. 2 1/2 year old was great, gr...
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- Hello, I would say if u are that worried and they haven't see the dr. For a while to take them in for a check up. I have three boys and my oldest son had trouble with ...
- My doctor has always said, if he is growing, eating, happy, and meeting milestones...DON'T worry. I was never on the charts as a child, and my mom said she is so h...
- This is just a standard measurement to compare your kids to the general population of kids who have the same age of your kids. It is an average. What it is important h...
Low Percentile
Asked by K.S. from Topeka
on August 11, 2008
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my daughter is 12 months old and is in the 20-25th percentile for weight. she is in a higher percentile for her height, though. she is reaching her developmental miles...
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- I wouldn't worry, my daughter was the same way. In fact, she was born in the 75% and then consistently tanked her first 18 months until she was in the 1-3%. But, as ...
- When my daughter was that age, she was high in the height range and low in weight, they told me to give her either pediasure or for a less expensive version, to use ca...
- You might check out some of the child feeding books written by Ellen Satter. She says that children have a natural ability to know when they are full and that we shoul...
Weight in the Lower Percentile....
Asked by B.L. from San Francisco
on June 26, 2009
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Hi Moms! My 10 1/2 month son has not been gaining much weight. He's about 20lbs and 32 inches long. This puts him in the 20-50th percentile weight-wise (dropped from t...
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- Talk with your Pediatrician. My son was in 5% as an infant and small child. I was VERY worried but the Ped assured me he was perfect and they also said there has to ...
- My son is now 2 years old and at his 2 year doctor visit, he weighed 26 pounds. He has not gained much weight since his 1 year visit. In fact, he only gained 1pound ...
- Hi B.- If your baby is healthy and full, then you shouldn't worry about percentiles unless your son is severely small and sickly. Babies come in all shapes and sizes ...
Daughter's Height
Asked by T.P. from Indianapolis
on November 14, 2011
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Hi All,
I need some advice or maybe I need to know if any of you have experienced this. Since last November my daughter has grown 3 1/4". Her doctor seems concerned...
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- Has your daughter always been around the 92% for height or did she just make a big jump this past year. Typically doctors are not concerned if a child is following th...
- How old is she? My daughter has grown a lot over the past year or so, but she's 13 and that's a prime "growth spurt" time. In fact I had her and our 16 year old son ...
- first of all DEEP BREATH. Also since her dad is so tall she may take after him or even his parents. My self and my husband are both on the short end, I'm 5'4" he's 5...
Down the the 2Nd Percentile in Weight
Asked by T.M. from Phoenix
on April 12, 2009
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My almost 10 month old just had a doctor visit this week. He has always been little, but stayed within his growth curve. We were informed that he has dropped down to t...
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- I wouldnt worry too much about his weight. They would constantly told me that about my 1st son. He ate but just had a high metabolism. He is long and lanky and was alw...
- From PERSONAL experience with little babies.... Is the baby prgressing developmentally... that means with in normal activity levels/ abilities for his age? Is he acti...
- Ignore the doc. Feed him healthy, dont just feed him to fatten him up. My son was (and I think still is) not even on the growth charts. But he is a bright activ...
Height/weight Percentile
Asked by K.H. from Salt Lake City
on March 4, 2008
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I'm sure we all have heard at our childrens check-ups that they are in the x percentile for height and x percentile for weight. Does anyone know if there is a chart o...
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- Try parents.com or preganancy weekly.com
- I just checked out the two links below and they both put my son much lower on the chart than what either the ped or pulmonologist chart him at. He was just in today, ...
- Here is a site that breaks it down by age and sex. http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/growth/growth_charts.html
15 Month Old at 9Th Percentile in Weight... So Worried...
Asked by L.F. from Chicago
on December 10, 2010
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I need advice from anyone who can help. I am concerned for my 15 month old son who is having trouble gaining weight. Yesterday,his doctor said that he is in the 9th p...
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- my daughter slowed on weight gain, went from 90th percentile to 75th. I didnt like the change, so Ive been adding hard cooked egg yolks to her cereal with fruit to cov...
- What did the Pediatrician suggest? To just say this to you.... the Doctor should ALSO be giving you suggestions or concerns about what can help.... Some parents ...
- My daughter went from the 15 percentile at age 15 months to the 1 percentile at age 18 months. We met with a nutritionist, but the best solution was to feed her pedia...
