All young parents care about whether the height and, especially, the weight of the child corresponds to the norm. Indeed, in very young children this is one of the brightest indicators of health: it does not gain much weight - something is wrong with the development and state of health, specialist consultation and, possibly, treatment are necessary. Therefore, every young parent should know the weight of the child by months, so as not to miss the threat.
Comparing the height and weight of the child, the table does not indicate to you the fact that breast-fed babies are always slightly inferior to their peers - artificial, therefore a slight deviation from the indicator is permissible. It is already important to take into account the character of the baby’s behavior, his mood: the child is cheerful and active, which means that such a weight is normal for him.
At the beginning of this century, the World Health Organization once again turned its attention to the height and weight of the child in order to make the necessary adjustments to the tables of these indicators, since the living conditions of most people have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. In addition, it was decided to take into account the baby’s gender when deriving average norm values.
As a result, an indicator of 3.2 kg was recognized as normal birth weight for girls, and 3.3 kg for boys. The weight, respectively, of 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 or 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.
During the first month of life, the weight of the baby should increase by 1200 g on average, and growth by no less than 4 cm. Do not worry if your baby lost precious grams in the first days after birth - this is quite normal and has physiological justification. The main thing is that by the end of the stay in the hospital the baby has already begun to gain weight steadily.
Perhaps there are few people who do not know how fast babies grow. For each month, babies 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 - 80 cm, and their weight reaches 10 kg. Although, with regret, it is worth noting the fact that every fifth modern baby is overweight, which negatively affects his present and future health. And only close adults can take care of his tomorrow today, without mistakenly considering that the larger, the healthier.
I would like to note that the growth and weight of the child increases unevenly, but has several leaps: at 8 - 10 months, at 3 years, at 7 years. Therefore, do not be alarmed if suddenly your baby begins to grow by leaps and bounds - this is normal. But if he, on the contrary, is significantly behind the norm, then you need to visit the endocrinologist as soon as possible and check the child for the lack of certain hormones, since the smaller the baby, the greater the chance of a successful correction of this process.
The height and weight of a child who has gone from infancy can be calculated using the following formulas:
Height = 75 cm + (7cm * N)
Weight = 10 kg + 2.5 * N, N - the number of full years
And finally, I would like to present to your attention the average normative indicators of growth and weight of children under the age of 5 years (but do not forget - each baby 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 old 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 height and weight on their health status as infants who have every sentiment and gram important.
Health and happiness to you and your children !!!