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Home  ▸  Health  ▸  Growth & Development  ▸  Average Toddler Growth

Average Toddler Growth

Some things to look at to determine that your child is getting appropriate nutrition:

  • Growth: not necessarily on a curve, but gaining inches/ounces or parts thereof
  • Meeting developmental milestones on or near target
  • Activity level: alert, happy, active

I have always had a hard time finding information on average toddler growth, so I took a look at the standard CDC growth charts to get these numbers. (Note: these numbers are not for breastfed babies specifically; they come from the growth charts for all children.) This link on checking your child’s growth has some great information on how to monitor your child’s growth using growth charts.

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Age
Average weight gain
12 – 18 mo
7 – 11 ounces/month
18 – 24 mo
5.3 – 8 ounces/month
24 – 36 mo
4 – 8 ounces/month
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. CDC growth charts: United States. May 30, 2000.

 

 

Age
Average height increase
12 – 36 mo
0.3 – 0.4 inch/month
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. CDC growth charts: United States. May 30, 2000.

Updated on January 2, 2018Filed Under: Growth & Development, What is Normal?

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