Monitoring Growth at Home

This practical guide provides clear, evidence-based instructions for parents and caregivers to accurately monitor a child’s growth at home. It covers weight, length, and height measurement techniques, frequency recommendations, and how to interpret results using growth references. This resource is particularly valuable during times when access to healthcare professionals is limited, ensuring that growth monitoring remains consistent and reliable. By offering step-by-step guidance and visual support, it helps identify early deviations from expected growth patterns so that timely clinical intervention can be arranged.

Benefits for Healthcare Professionals

For HCPs, this guide is a useful patient-education tool that can:

• Equip families with consistent and clinically aligned measurement techniques.

• Support continuity of care between clinic visits and at-home monitoring.

• Encourage early detection of potential growth concerns.

• Provide a standardised reference for communicating measurement results during consultations.

By integrating this resource into your practice, you can strengthen the link between professional monitoring and home-based measurements, enhancing outcomes for children at risk of growth issues.

Download and Use in Your Clinical Practice 

Download the guide on Danone Nutricia Campus and recommend it to families under your care. Reviewing the complete resource will give you access to detailed measurement instructions, growth assessment tips, and interpretation guidance that extend beyond the summary provided here.