Tracking Growth at Home

Choosing and Using a Baby Scale at Home

Choosing and Using a Baby Scale at Home

What a Home Baby Scale Can and Cannot Tell You Weight is one component of anthropometric assessment, which also includes measurements such as length and head circumference in appropriate clinical settings. Serial weight measurements can help show whether an infant is generally following an expected trajectory, but a home scale cannot explain why a weight […]

Weight Checks Between Pediatrician Visits

Weight Checks Between Pediatrician Visits

Why Check a Baby's Weight Between Visits? Infants can change rapidly, and a pediatrician may recommend additional weights when there are questions about feeding, hydration, recovery, or early growth. This may occur after hospital discharge, during the newborn period, following a feeding evaluation, or when a baby has a condition that warrants closer surveillance. Some […]

How often to check baby weight

How often to check baby weight

Routine weight checks for healthy babies In the early newborn period, weight is checked more closely because newborns normally lose some weight after birth and then begin to regain it. A clinician may recommend a review within the first days after discharge and a further assessment during the first couple of weeks, depending on local […]

How to track baby growth at home

How to track baby growth at home

What baby growth measurements can tell you Infant growth is commonly assessed using weight, recumbent length, and head circumference. Weight reflects total body mass and can respond relatively quickly to changes in intake, hydration, or illness. Recumbent length is measured while the baby is lying down and reflects linear growth. Head circumference, measured around the […]

How to monitor weight gain at home

How to monitor weight gain at home

What home weight monitoring can and cannot tell you Weight is one component of infant growth surveillance. It can reflect the combined effects of fluid balance, nutritional intake, gastrointestinal losses, illness, and normal growth. However, a home measurement cannot determine whether a baby is feeding effectively, absorbing nutrients appropriately, or developing normally. Those questions require […]