UMEM Educational Pearls

Title: Growth parameters - corrected

Category: Pediatrics

Posted: 12/20/2013 by Jenny Guyther, MD (Updated: 12/26/2024)
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Weight:

-Birth weight doubles by 4 months, triples by 12 months and quadruples by 24 months

-After age 2, normal weight gain averages 5 pounds per year until adolescence

Length:

-Birth length increases by 50% at 1 year

-Birth length doubles by 4 years and triples by 13 years

-After age 2, average height increases by 2 inches per year until adolescence