Baby Height And Weight Chart

Height and Weight Chart for Babies

Worried about your baby’s weight? Too fat? Too slim? Don’t Worry, Breathe!! This article is going to clear all your doubts! LET’S GO!

Hey Parents!

How’s your little tot treating you? It must be amazing. Possibly the best feeling you could ever experience. Isn’t it?  Every mom in this world would like to measure their babies height and weight against a standard height and weight chart. Isn’t it?Coming to point, it must be a severe concern when you see your baby lean-thin.

The height and weight issue. Isn’t it true? After all, every mom wants their baby to look chubby and healthy. That’s how mom’s raise their baby. This is so natural. With such big happiness, comes big responsibilities and parents usually start fretting about the weight and height of the baby. Monitoring baby’s physical development is a key aspect where every parent is worried.

You don’t need to worry about weight gain as long your baby is active and healthy. Most of the times parents keep questioning to know if their baby is underweight.

Please Relax! Being chubby is perfectly normal. But, being obese is an issue which can lead to several health problems from the very early age of the baby.

If your baby is underweight or overweight, then you need to be concerned and precautionary measures need to be taken for the betterment of the baby.

Ufff! Isn’t it too much to take in?

Are you still worried? Hold your breath!

There is a famous quote in Hindi “Dadi Maa Ke Nuskhe” (Grandma’s Recipes)

ByGrandma understands how difficult it must be for the parents to look after their babies amidst the hectic lifestyle. Since Grandma knows the best, this article from ByGrandma is here to answer the queries about your baby height and weight.

The below table has the printable version of the Standard Baby Weight Chart.

This table has the standard weight of both baby girl(female) and baby boy(male) as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics

Baby Chart or Growth Chart, will help the parents access the nutritional status of their child. The first six years of a child’s life are extremely crucial especially when it comes to growth and hence, it is very important to keep a tab on child’s height and weight through our very own Growth Chart to know if your child is actually on the right path in terms of growth, nutrition status, etc.

There is a common myth among parents that chubbier their child is, the healthier he is. Isn’t it? But, for every parent out there, you have to understand that every child is born different and has a different growth pattern. The growth you may see in the first year will be very rapid in comparison to the second year. So, there is no ideal height and weight for a baby, but there is a growth pattern that most babies follow. The standardized Growth charts are the perfect chart upon which a child’s measurements can be plotted.

The below table has the printable version of the Standard Baby Height Chart

Average Height to Weight Ratio for Boys
/ Male Babies

Male Toddlers

Average Height to Weight Ratio for Girls / Female Babies

Female Toddlers

Standard Height and Weight Charts

Do you know that between 3 to 7 years of age, an average child gains around 2 kg’s every year? After that, the baby gains around 3 kg’s per year till the pubertal growth spurt begins.

WHO Standard Height and Weight Chart for Babies

The World Health Organization growth standards are based on accurate results on breastfed and healthy babies. These charts more accurately show how a normal baby should grow. The following chart shows child growth standards that were developed using the data collected by World Health Organisation (WHO)

Let ByGrandma explain to you how to interpret the growth charts.

As you can see, the below charts contains 5 percentiles – 3% , 15%, 50% (Median), 85%, 97%

The lower end of the normal range indication is shown in 3rd percentile line. That is 3% of the normal infants and toddlers will be below the 3rd percentile.

Now, 50% of the population will sit on the 50th percentile (Median).

The upper end of the normal range that is actually 3% of the normal infants and babies will be above the 97th percentile.

The point is, anywhere between the 2nd and 98th percentile is appropriate growth.

WHO Weight Chart for Boys

Note: The data in the table is in KG’s

WHO Weight Chart for Girls

Note: The data in the table is in KG’s

Let’s discuss with an example with the image above

Girl Baby A’s birth weight was 2.6 kg, you can see the above chart it comes under the 15%

After the completion of One year, the baby weighs 7.6 kg

Interpretation –  I would say the baby has a normal growth and weight gain as she has followed the percentile line.

WHO Height Chart for Boys

WHO Height Chart for Girls

Oh! Don’t worry. These charts are from the World Health Organisation. So you can be assured of the authenticity of the reports.

Please don’t be concerned if you don’t find an appropriate increase in weight over 1 week. You need to see in the long run that is, what happens over 3 months.

For example: According to the WHO Weight Chart if you see the baby is less than 7.8 kg’s then you should be worried and immediate precautions and checkup’s need to be done.

This covered the babies who are in pink of their health. Touchwood