Typical toddler growth: 13 - 24 months

• The child grows well and progresses thanks to: adequate nutrition, good health, safe and secure environment for play and learning and parents who meet her needs in an appropriate way.
• Monitoring the growth of a toddler involves determining the parameters of growth; body weight and body length/height, twice a year and monitoring their progress over time and in growth charts.
• Second year: In the second year, the growth rate slows down and gradually stabilizes. By the age of two, most children gain another 2 to 2.5 kg, grow 12 -12.5 cm, on average 1 cm per month, and reach almost half of their final height.
• In this period, the head grows an average of 2 -2.5 cm and reaches almost 90% of its total growth.

Growth disorder

Growth is a complex process, subject to the influence of numerous factors, some of which can interfere with and disrupt the established growth pattern, such as: inadequate nutrition, chronic diseases, medications, family problems, etc. Therefore, regular monitoring of child growth is an opportunity to detect the disorder in time and intervene in an appropriate way.   

Parents!

The growth of the child in the second year is a bit slower compared to the growth in the previous year, but still fast enough that it can be easily disturbed. Therefore, it is important to provide the child with conditions for good progress and to monitor his/her growth regularly.