When do babies go through growth spurts?

(April 1, 2011)

Baby growth spurts are part of the growing process that can be rather painful for your baby, at times. Growth spurts take place right through the period of childhood and even extend into the teenage years. Newborn baby growth spurts are usually noticeable only when the length of the baby’s body is measured, and cannot be seen, as they are an ongoing process. From the time the child is born, he or she is growing, not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. The approximate physical growth of a child can be measured by the number of milestones he or she has achieved, from the time of birth.

A baby growth spurts chart can be of great assistance while you keep track of the progress of your child’s growth. These charts give you information on the approximate levels of growth of children, with respect to their ability to achieve certain milestones. For example, the growth chart will give you information on the approximate time that your child should take to hold his or her dead up without any support, when they should begin crawling and further information on other such achievements. Baby growth spurts and sleep are directly proportionate to each other for the simple reason that the body achieves maximum growth potential when it is at rest.

Typical baby growth spurts are experienced during the night and whenever your baby is resting. The child may experience a certain amount of dull pain in the limbs that is symptomatic to growth spurts being experienced. During baby growth spurts, breastfeeding should continue naturally. It is important that the child be given all the nutrition required for healthy growth, and this is best made available through the mother’s milk. A baby growth spurts formula may be of little help to assess the growth that your child has achieved for the simple reason that all children grow at different rates. Certain children may overcome a number of milestones early and then make no progress for a certain amount of time. Others may achieve milestones later after having made little progress in the early stages. However, it must be remembered that even though children grow differently, at a certain period of time, all will have achieved the same milestones, so there is no need for you to get worried about the development of your child. Give your child the freedom to explore for himself and you will have no regrets whatsoever.

Submitted by N on April 1, 2011 at 06:44