Sometimes toddlers will lose weight as they become more active. This could be because of parents restricting food internal problems that make it difficult to digest food physical problems that make eating difficult or painful or other reasons. So m not sure if i should be worried or not. Some babies and toddlers are diagnosed with a condition called failure to thrive in which children do not gain weight or height as they should according to the american academy of pediatrics 2 4. Its important for weight to be compared to height to ensure that the child is gaining weight well in comparison to his or her height. This phenomenon may be normal but can also indicate an underlying health problem.

This is how children become overweight. Hi i went to the hosp recently and touchwood my lo is steadily gaining weight every week. This height and weight correlation is plotted using a weight for length chart or body mass index chart. Is that normal or too much. Sometimes weight can get ahead of height. A decrease of two or more major percentile lines on her growth chart since her last checkup.

Weight spurts just as height spurts are part of normal growth. Proper nutrition especially during the first three years is crucial for a childs mental and physical development. Childrens height and weight usually though not always follow a given percentile from birth to adulthood. Doc had told us abt weight and not length. Poor weight gain is often more noticeable than short stature. Its not just weight or height that you need to watch during toddlerhood but also body mass index bmi.

At the same time her height hasnt increased at all. If your child isnt gaining weight its very important to find out why. According to the march 2000 recommendations for preventative pediatric health care by the american academy of pediatrics a childs height and weight should be measured at least at birth age 2 4 days 1 2 4 6 9 12 15 18 and 24 months and every year thereafter through age 21. Its a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Weighing 20 percent below the ideal weight for her height. Other children just gain more weight than they need for their height.

Chronic diseases and systemic disorders that involve the nervous circulatory or gastrointestinal systems may be a cause of growth failure. She was born underweight and this week she gained 300g. Baby gained weight but not height. In some children weight spurts happen before height spurts. A spurt is a sudden increase in weight or height. During the first two to three years of life it is not uncommon to see a childs growth deviate from its previous percentile either upward or downward.

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