Is My Baby Growing Normally?

The first thing every pediatrician looks at is the growth chart. As a parent, you might see numbers like “75th percentile” and wonder if your child is too big or too small. In reality, these numbers are just tools to ensure your child is flourishing at their own consistent pace. The Ahoxy Growth Tracker helps you visualize this data using standardized medical metrics.

Understanding Growth Percentiles:

If your child is in the 60th percentile for height, it simply means that if you lined up 100 children of the same age and gender, 60 would be shorter than your child, and 40 would be taller. It is NOT a grade; it’s a comparison point.

What Matters Most? The Curve.

Individual readings are less important than the Growth Curve. Pediatricians look for a steady progression along a specific percentile line over months and years.

• Healthy Sign: Staying consistently between the 10th and 90th percentile.
• Caution Sign: A sudden drop from the 80th to the 20th percentile (a “drop across two major percentile lines”), which may warrant a nutritional or medical review.

Three Pillars of Growth:

1. Genetics: The primary blueprint of your child’s eventual adult height.
2. Nutrition: Fueling the rapid cell division occurring in the first 1000 days of life.
3. Sleep: 80% of growth hormone is secreted during deep sleep; don’t underestimate the power of a nap!

Record keeping:

Consistency is key. Use the Ahoxy tool every month to build a baseline and gain peace of mind about your child’s development.

Check your child’s current percentile now!