Question

Plot growth chart for patient

Jonah is brought in by his parents Jewel and Jamal for his 6-month checkup and vaccinations. Jewel says that Jonah has been exclusively breastfeeding and it is going well. She's wondering about beginning to feed him solid foods. Jonah's Length Jonah's Weight 8 pounds 11 pounds 14 ounces 15 pounds 17 pounds 8 ounces Age Birth 2 months 4 months 6 months Using the Length-for-age, Weight-for-age growth chart provided, plot the above weights and 20 % inches 23 % inches 24 inches 27 ¼ inches lengths. Then identify his percentiles at 0, 2, 4 and 6 months for both weight and length.

Answer 1

At birth Jonah's
weight 8 pounds
Height 20 1/2 inches
Normal at birth
Weight 7 pounds
Height 18 inches
2 months Jonah's
Weight 11 pounds 14 ounces
Height 23 1/2 inches
Normal at 2 months
weight 9 pounds
height 21 inches
4 months Jonah's
weight 15 pounds
Height 24 inches
Normal at 4 months
Weight 12 pounds
Height 23 inches
6 months Jonah's
weight 17 pounds 80 ounces
Height 27 1/4 inches
Normal at 6 months
Weight 15 pounds
Height 26 inches
child is above weight and length
percentile for weight
At birth 8 pounds - 50th percentile
2 month 11 pounds 14 ounces- 75th percentile
4 month 15 pounds - above 97th percentile
6 months 17 pounds - above 97th percentile
Percentile for height
At birth 20 1/2 inches -75th percentile
2 months 23 1/2 inches - above 97th percentile
4 months 24 inches - above 97th percentile
6 months 27 1/4 inches- above 97th percentile
BMI above 85th percentile means over weight and above 95th percentile means obese..