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How your child will grow K EEPING AN EYE ON YOUR BABY’ S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 36 PARENT-HELD RECORDS After your baby’s birth you’ll usually be given a personal child health record or parent-held record for your baby. This is a way of keeping track of your child’s progress. It makes sure that, wherever you are and whatever happens to your child, you’ll have a copy of the records for your own information and for health professionals when and where you may need it. You’ll want to use the records to record your child’s weight, any clinic visits, and any concerns you have. If not recorded by a healthcare worker, you can add information about immunisations (see pages 100–7), childhood illness and accidents. You may find that when your child is reviewed, the doctor or health visitor will not formally ‘test’ your child but will ask you questions about what he or she can or can’t do. It is therefore helpful if you record these details in your child’s personal child health record and complete the questionnaires in the book before your child has a review. Don’t forget to take the book with you when you take your child for a review or immunisation! GENERAL REVIEWS Your GP and health visitor will offer you regular general reviews. The review gives you, the parents, an opportunity to say what you’ve noticed about your child. You can also discuss anything at all that may concern you about your child’s health and general behaviour. Not just the big things, but the kinds of worries and niggles that every parent has but feels unsure about taking to a doctor or nurse. The review programme General reviews will usually be carried out by your health visitor, a doctor, or both. They may be carried out at a regular clinic session or in your own home. The aim is to spot any problems as early as possible so that, if necessary, some action can be taken. So, even if you think your child is doing fine, it’s worth having the review. Your health visitor will tell you when it’s due, but, if you’re concerned about something at any other time, don’t wait. Ask to see someone. You may be offered a general review when your child is: • 6–8 weeks old; • 8–12 months old; • around 2 years old; • around 3 years old; • at school entry age. In some parts of the country, the age that your child is reviewed may vary slightly from those given above, especially after the age of three. You can refer to the table on page 5 for more information.
How your child will grow HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Your child’s height and weight are a very useful guide to general progress and development. You can have your baby regularly weighed at your child health clinic or doctor’s baby clinic. Older children may be weighed as part of other health checks. Your child’s length or height will be measured if there are ongoing concerns about your child’s health. Babies vary in how fast they put on weight, but usually weight gain is quickest in the first six to nine months, and then it slows down. • Most babies double their birthweight by four to five months. • Most babies treble their birthweight by one year. Some weeks your baby will gain weight; some weeks they won’t. It is normal for breastfed babies to slow down on their weight gain after 3-4 months. This doesn’t matter; what’s looked for is a general weight gain over a period of weeks. Length and weight chart Your child’s growth will be recorded on ‘centile’ charts so their progress can be easily followed. Boys and girls have different charts because boys are on average heavier and taller and their growth pattern is slightly different. This page shows an example of a boy’s length, weight and head size centile lines for babies up to one year old; page 38 shows a girl’s length and weight centile lines for children from one to five. Your child’s personal child health record will have the correct type of chart for him or her. 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 32 34 36 38 EDD* 2 10 20 30 40 50 52 50 48 46 44 42 HEAD cm LENGTH cm 98th 50th 2nd 98th 50th 2nd 98th 84 82 80 78 76 74 72 70 68 66 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 Boys 0 to 1 year 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 WEIGHT kg 50th 2nd 1 WEEKS 32 34 36 38 EDD 2 10 20 30 40 50 *EDD is the expected date of delivery 37
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Illness and accidents W HEN A CHILD
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