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Age progression chart1/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Still, that hasn’t prevented growth charts from becoming one of the most prominent aspects of well-care visits for young children. They’re definitely not meant to be diagnostic tools. Growth charts are only meant to illustrate how many kids who are your child’s age are bigger or smaller than your child is. And while it’s understandable that most parents are consumed with whether their children are “falling off” their growth curves, they’re often worrying needlessly. ![]() I almost never need a growth chart to make that determination. ![]() Appointment after appointment, moms and dads obsess over how their children’s height, weight and body mass index stack up against those of their peers, and worry why a child who was “above average” one month is suddenly “below average” the next.īut here’s the thing: As a pediatrician with decades of experience, I can often tell within seconds of meeting a child whether they are too big or too small for their age. Perhaps no other tool in the pediatrician’s office gives parents as much angst as the growth chart. This story was originally published on Nov.
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