Baby weight gain is influenced by genetics, eating patterns, and whether a baby is breastfed or formula-fed. Read on for typical weight-gain milestones to know.

Don't obsess about every up and down of your infant's growth chart. It's only potentially a problem when there is a persistent downward trend, usually lasting many months.

Key Pointers Babies at six months old become curious, do different things to gauge reactions, can create and imitate sounds, and respond to their names. At this age, babies have better hand-eye ...

Standardized anthropometric measurements of preterm infants were recorded from birth to a corrected age (CA) of 36 months. A generalized additive model based on location, scale, and shape was used to ...

Growth charts can be overwhelming and sometimes ... By the time they’re six months old, your baby is likely to weigh twice as much as they did at birth. Usually, your baby will gain most of their ...

Background Every year in the UK one in 200 infants are stillborn. Reliable antenatal identification of small-for-gestational age (SGA) is crucial to improving perinatal outcome. Studies have shown ...

However, excessively fast or slow growth in babies could indicate a genetic issue or underlying disease. There are several potential causes of growth disorders in babies, which can require varying ...

Conclusions: We found little evidence that weaning before or after 12 weeks influences health outcomes up to 18 months. Early weaned infants were larger at 12 weeks than later weaned infants but the ...