Magda,
The growth charts can be of real value with infants and children that are
failure to thrive. The weight amount is not as important as following the
curve. The curve has values from the 100% to the 5%. As long as a child is
following the curve of the chart, it is within normal limits, but if the
childs weight is not following the curve, that is something that needs
further investigation.
I have a child that I am following not, ( not breastfeeding related at all).
Her weights and heights were going straight across instead of following a
curve, after pointing this out to the physician, they did bone studies on
this child. She is eating solid foods but she is also on tube feedings, (via
a stomach tube) twice a day to increase her calories.
I hope this serves some explanation of the value of growth charts. I think on
normal, healthy babies the information is not as critical as with babies that
really are failing to thrive.
> I
> think plotted weights have some use, but I don't think we have the measure
> of what they mean or can tell us....
>
Roni M. Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
Long Island, New York

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