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 ...

For starters, healthy kids come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and they don't grow at a steady rate, either. Your child can look very different from your friends' kids -- or from his own ...

So when the pediatrician whips out a growth chart and ranks baby's height and weight in percentiles ... No matter where your child fits on the chart, the important thing is that height and ...