Growth charts give you a general idea of how your child is growing. They use percentiles to compare your babys growth to other babies of the same age and sex. Birth to 24 months. Is your child low on the baby weight chart. Weight percentiles are best interpreted with reference to height see calculator for infant weight for length percentiles. This calculator provides your babys weight percentile based on age.
Follow these horizontal and vertical lines until they intersect on the curved line. Weight and height growth chart for a baby boy. Age in months 3rd percentile weight in kilograms 5th percentile weight in kilograms 10th percentile weight in kilograms 25th percentile weight in kilograms 50th percentile weight in kilograms 75th percentile weight in kilograms 90th percentile weight in kilograms 95th percentile weight in kilograms 97th percentile weight in. Boys length for age and weight for age percentiles published by the centers for disease control and prevention november 1 2009. 3 times the birth weight by 1 year. In the first two years the baby weight chart is used to assess how your baby is growing month by month or year by year compared with other children of the same age and gender.
Find your babys weight pounds or kilograms on the right side of the grid and then find your childs age in months at the top of the chart. What is the normal weight for a 3 month old baby. For example if the length of the baby is 50 cms it will rise to 75 cms at 1 year. How much does the average baby weigh at birth. Infants children and adolescents. 35 kg 75 lbs.
50th percentile weight for male babies. This chart is provided by the world health organization to review the height and weight of the babies. 34 kg 05 months. The charts below show the height and weight or length for babies for children of both genders in the 50th percentile which is the average. The percentile shows how your infants weight compares to other infants. The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us.
My babys height doesnt match his weight. This app uses who tables and data for calculations. How much weight does a baby gain in the first month. The height at one year age is one and half times more than that of birth. How do doctors use a baby weight chart. My baby is under 6 months old and is not growing well.
Note the cdc recommends the use of the who charts for babies and infants from birth to two years of age. 50th percentile weight for female babies. When your baby is 2 years old or older the growth chart used to track his or her height can also be used to gain a rough estimate of how tall your child might be when he or she is fully grown.