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Reading the Growth Chart: What 'Normal' Actually Means

Parents are handed a lot of numbers in the first three years — a birth weight, a length, a head measurement, a centile position. Most of the worry tha...

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Normal Weight and Height Standards for Newborns

Birth weight and length come out of the maternity unit as a number on a card and almost immediately become a number people compare. Once you understan...

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How to Monitor a Newborn's Weight

Weight is the single most objective number you have for whether feeding is working. It also generates more parental anxiety than almost anything else...

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Growth and Weight Standards for Children Under Three: A Parent's Chart Guide

Growth charts are one of the most powerful tools in paediatric medicine — and one of the most misunderstood by parents. This guide explains what the l...

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Normal Growth and Weight Standards for Children Under Three

Growth is among the most objective and measurable aspects of a child's development. It is also among the most anxiety-provoking, because weight in par...

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Faltering Growth in Infants and Toddlers: What It Means and How It's Managed

The growth chart in the red book is one of the most anxiety-generating pages in early parenthood. A single weight that plots slightly lower than the p...

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