Although kids come in all shapes and sizes, a healthy child should continue to grow at a regular pace. To monitor physical development, the doctor will weigh and measure your child at regular checkups ...

Let's say a child was growing along the same pattern until he was 2 years old, then suddenly started growing much more slowly than other kids. That might mean there is a health problem. Doctors could ...

Put the growth chart into context. No child's growth and development is always so smooth and perfect like the lines of the chart. Kids bounce up and down the growth charts, depending on appetite ...