CHILD VITALS

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What Is Growth?
Physical growth refers to the increases in height and weight and other body changes that happen as kids mature. Hair grows; teeth come in, come out, and come in again; and eventually puberty hits. It's all part of the growth process.

What's Normal?

• The first year of life is a time of amazing change during which babies, on average, grow *0 inches (*5 centimeters) in length and triple their birth weights.
• Given all the growth that happens then, new parents might be surprised when their child doesn't continue to grow so fast after the first year. But no child continues the rate of growth of infancy. After age 1, a baby's growth in length slows quite a bit. By age 2, growth in height usually continues at a fairly steady rate of about 2½ inches (6 centimeters) per year until adolescence.

• Controls the absorption of calcium and aids in the development of bones and teeth.
• Helps build muscle and is needed to produce red blood cells. Signs of low iron levels include a lack of energy, nervousness and increased infections.
• Helps to grow healthy bones