Healthy Growth tracking
Child Growth Monitoring
Tracking physical growth metrics like height, weight, and head circumference alongside motor and cognitive milestones helps detect early growth anomalies and ensure wholesome development.
Key Medical Offerings:
- Periodic measurements of height, weight, and head circumference
- Customized WHO percentile growth tracking curves
- Assessing fine and gross motor milestone timelines
- Screening for developmental delays and childhood obesity
- Guidance on growth spurts and healthy weight tracking
Understanding Growth Percentiles
Growth charts are used to compare your child's measurements to other children of the same age and sex. If your child is in the 50th percentile for weight, it means 50% of children weigh more and 50% weigh less.
We focus on tracking the growth curve over time. A steady upward trend along a specific percentile curve indicates healthy growth, even if your child is naturally leaner or taller.
Major Milestones to Watch
Milestones are developmental check-posts that children reach as they grow. Typical indicators include:
- 3 Months: Supporting head weight, smiling back, cooing sounds.
- 6 Months: Sitting with support, rolling over, responding to name.
- 9 Months: Sitting without support, crawling, babbling simple sounds.
- 12 Months: Standing with support, taking first steps, saying "mama/papa".
- 18 Months: Walking independently, scribbling, speaking 10+ words.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common queries from parents regarding Child Growth Monitoring
During the first year, monthly checkups are ideal. In the second year, quarterly checkups, and after 2 years of age, bi-annual checks are sufficient.
Stunting is impaired growth and development due to poor nutrition or repeated infections. It can be prevented by exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and nutritious complementary feeding later.
Not necessarily. Being in the 10th percentile can be healthy if the child is consistently following that curve, active, and meeting motor milestones.