Getting accurate measurements about your child's height and weight is VERY important.

Healthy children grow AT LEAST 2-2.5 inches each year (after age 2 and before puberty). So if your measurements are even slightly off...it could indicate a problem when there is not one. Therefore, it is VERY important that you follow this guide carefully!

Measuring Your Child at Home

Follow these instructions to properly measure your child:

• Get a hard book and a pencil

• Go to a room with a hard floor (no carpet) and a flat wall.

• Stand your child against the wall

  • Make sure to remove socks, shoes and bulky items (hair bows, coats, jackets)

  • Arms should be by their side.

  • Face head straight ahead, not tilted up nor down.

  • Heels should be touching the wall.

  • Feet flat, not standing on their toes!

• Place the book on their head

  • Make sure that the side of the book touching the wall is completely flat against the wall-not tilted at all.

• Check one more time that the feet are flat on the floor

• Mark the wall where your child’s head meets the book.

• Ask your child to step away. This is important because you really need to measure the exact distance from the floor to that mark

• Write down the exact distance from the floor to the mark on the wall.

• Repeat this process to confirm that you have measured your child properly. Continue to repeat until your measurements are very close together.