The growth of a newborn baby, like its weight, often worries parents. This is not surprising, because often it is they who judge whether everything is fine with the baby.
WHO data
A few years ago, WHO released new tabular growth standards for children. The data that had been used before was collected for a long time, and contained information about the babies who ate the mixture.
Studies have shown: babies who get milk grow and gain weight a little slower than babies who eat the mixture. The appearance and spread of overestimated standards for weight gain and growth is harmful, since such high rates can contribute to overfeeding babies receiving the mixture.
Growth table
The height of the newborn in the WHO table is different for girls and for boys. The table contains several columns that show the growth of the child from very low to very high. Both very low and very high growth are quite rare and are an indication for a full examination of the child, possibly for identifying diseases and prescribing treatment. So, average height for girls supplies 46.1 cmvery short stature - 43.6 cmvery tall - 54.7 cm. Same data for boys make up 49.9 cm, 44.2 cm and 55.66 cm respectively. WHO collected data on full-term babies, in addition to analyzing the growth of a newborn baby, head circumference and weight were also evaluated.
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Right after the birth of the baby, doctors determine the ratio of height and weight (this parameter is called "Ketle Index"). According to it, the doctor judges the development of the child before birth: whether he received enough nutrients or developed well. To determine the index, the weight and height of the newborn child are needed, a table with these data, against which the indicators are compared. The weight of the newborn is divided by height, a two-digit number is obtained (normal indicator is 60-70) All this is true only for a child who was full-term and born on time. For premature babies, developmental rates will be different.
Particular attention is paid to growth during first year of baby's life. It is believed that it is the growth of the baby more than other parameters that indicates the development of the child, when calculating use formulas that take into account the child’s age, height, and sometimes weight. It is believed that a child with good development gaining about 25 centimeters in the first 12 months.
What affects the growth of the child?
What affects growth? First of all, heredity: in high parents, children in their first year of life can be higher than their peers. Growth may lag behind due to poor nutrition (insufficient, not of age, unbalanced), as well as due to some possible developmental anomalies, which can be established by additional examination.
So, growth is one of the indicators of the baby's development, which says a lot both after the birth of the baby, and after it. It is important to determine the height, more precisely, to correlate height and weight, therefore, the pediatrician during the planned premises of the clinic necessarily measures the height and weighs the baby. If the growth lags behind the indicators or is slightly ahead of them, do not worry, this is completely normal. If the discrepancy is large, the doctor will help establish the reasons and choose a treatment, if necessary.
And, of course, do not forget that the numbers are good, but the most important thing is the baby’s well-being, his physical development.
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Very interesting article, I liked ...
Although not always true, since children grow differently, my niece, for example, does not correspond to the table ....
and so she is not alone!
In recent decades, there has been an acceleration of biological development, so babies are "getting heavier": now it is not uncommon to have 5 kilogram heroes.
The article is of course interesting, but I was confused by the fact that newborn children who feed on the mixture grow faster. For some reason, it seems to me completely wrong. And the growth of a newborn child within 50-55 cm, I think, is not high, but medium.
And my “baby” is 9 years old and has a leg of 39 sizes ... And that only in 5 years she will be) DetinkO is already higher than mother - 163 cm ... True, ten is not for us soon!
The article is excellent, but sometimes not very correct.
A couple of questions:
1. Does such a child need a car seat?
2. Is this normal growth?