Child's weight by months

All young parents are worried whether the growth and, especially, the weight of the child is normal. After all, very young children are one of the brightest indicators of health: strongly does not gain weight - something is wrong with development and the state of health, it is necessary to consult a specialist and, possibly, treatment. Therefore, the weight of the child by months must be known to every young parent, so as not to miss the threat.

Comparing the height, weight of the child, the table does not indicate to you the fact that children who are breastfed are always slightly inferior to their peers, artificers, so a slight deviation from the indicator is permissible. It is already important to take into account the child's behavior, his mood: the child is cheerful and active, which means that such weight is the norm for him.

At the beginning of this century, the World Health Organization once again turned its attention to the growth and weight of the child in order to make the necessary adjustments to the tables of these indicators, as for the last 20 years the living conditions of most people have changed greatly. In addition, it was decided to take into account also the sex of the baby when deducing the average values of the norm.

As a result, the normal weight at birth in girls was recognized as 3.2 kg, and in boys - 3.3 kg. Weight, respectively, 2.4 kg and 2.5 kg is very low, almost critical for the child. Large children are girls born with a weight of 4.2 kg and more, and boys - from 4.4 kg. As for growth, girls are usually born around 47.4 - 51 cm, and boys - 48.1 - 49.9 cm.

For the first month of life, the weight of the child on average should increase by 1200 grams, and the height - not less than 4 cm. Do not worry if in the first days after childbirth your baby lost precious grams - this is normal and has physiological justifications. The main thing is that by the end of stay in the hospital the baby has already started to gain weight steadily.

Perhaps, there are few people who do not know how fast babies grow. For each month, the kids gain about 600 grams and grow at least 2-2.5 cm. By their first real birthday, they increase very significantly: the growth of most babies of one year old ranges from 77 to 80 cm, and the weight reaches 10 kg. Although, with regret, it is worth noting the fact that every fifth modern infant is overweight, which negatively affects his present and future health. And only close adults can take care of its future today, not including mistakenly, that the larger, the healthier.

It should be noted that the growth and weight of the child increase unevenly, but have several jumps: at 8 - 10 months, 3 years, at 7 years. So do not be scared, if suddenly your baby began to grow as a yeast - this is normal. But if he, on the contrary, lags far behind the norm, then you need to visit the endocrinologist as soon as possible and check the child for a lack of certain hormones, since the baby is smaller, the more chances for successful correction of this process.

The height and weight of a child who has come out of infancy can be calculated by the following formulas:

Height = 75 cm + (7 cm * N)

Weight = 10 kg + 2.5 * N, N - the number of full years

And finally, I would like to bring to your attention the average normative indicators of the growth and weight of children under the age of 5 (but do not forget - each kid is individual even in this!):

Girls / Boys

Height (cm) / Weight (g) / Height (cm) / Weight (g)

1 month 53/4100/54/4300

2 month 56/4800/57/5100

3 month 59/5400/60/5800

4 month 62/6000/63/6600

5 month 64/6700/66/7200

6 month 66/7400/68/7900

7 month 68/8000/70/8400

8 month 70/8500/72/8800

9 month 72/8900/73/9200

10 month 73/9300/74/9700

11 month 74/9600/75/10200

12 month 75/9800/76/10400

1.5 years 81/11100/82/11600

2 years 86/12200/88/12700

2.5 years 91/13300/93/13700

3 years 96/14300/97/14700

3.5 years 100/15200/101/15600

4 years 104/16500/105/17000

4.5 years 107/17400/108/17800

5 years 111/18600/112/19200

The older the child, the greater the difference between the presented indicators and the real ones. So, at the end of the table, such a difference can reach 3 kg and 3-4 cm. The fact is that preschool children do not have such a strong influence of growth and weight on health, as in babies, in which every centimeter and gram are important.

Health and happiness to you and your children!