Understanding How Your Child’s Pediatrician Determines If They’re Of ‘Average Height’

Moms – Anupama Subramaniyam

As parents, we always want the best for our children. We feed them the correct nutrition to see them grow, and sometimes it scares us if they grow too fast or if they are not growing at all. It may not be something we think about in depth, but every parent has at least once wondered if their kids are of average height. As parents, it is important for us to understand that growth spurts can happen differently for different kids, so if a kid is “ahead” or “behind” in some way, it is not something to worry about. Their growth is not stunted or too much. In order to understand this further, it may help for us as parents to learn how their pediatricians determine kids’ “average height.”

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