How fast is the right growth for kids

When you are parents, your life runs around your kids and their growth is your utmost priority. Adya was born with good weight but slowly we noticed she was falling behind and I was really worried that this might affect her activity level. 

Growth is an important indicator to know the status of health and nutrition. First 6 years are critical growth years for every child and we need to monitor their growth.

This will help in understanding if there is any nutrition or health problem. Accordingly, we can take corrective measures to improve their health and overall development.

When children are young there is a lot of worry around if their height and weight is appropriate as per their age and how fast should children grow in India. I too had this worry because did you know, 1 in 3 children don’t grow as per their age?

The most important thing is to take care of their growth and understanding everything behind these parameters of weight gain and height. This will help us in making a perfect nutrition plan for our kids and it will help in their growth.

I found this Grow Right tracker online by PediaSure and I have started measuring my child’s growth because that is the #FirstStepToGrowRight. Why is that?

Once you enter your child’s details you can get a report that is downloadable. It has been super helpful in finding out the nutritional gaps that may have been slowing her growth. That way this growth chart is really helpful in understanding their growth rate.

With the help of this report and doctor’s prescription, I have created a perfect nutrition plan for Adya, that I am sure will nurture her growth. 

Nutrition plan 

  • Including one fruit daily in her diet.
  • Proper home cooked meal two times a day including chapattis, vegetables curry salad.
  • Milk with benefits of PediaSure, two times a day. 
  • Dry fruits for munching
  • Paneer/curd 
  • Home-baked cookies/cake as sweet treat.

This is a simple nutrition diet plan I have been following for her and have seen change in her weight and height. She is not under-weight now and her activity level is really good.

The main takeaway of using the Grow Right Tracker has been the fact that she is now following a proper balanced diet which includes fruits, vegetables and proper meals containing essential vitamins and minerals to support growth. And last but not the least, drinking water as per their age.

Like most of the kids she is also a fussy eater especially when it comes to drinking milk. I am really happy now that with PediaSure she enjoys drinking her milk.

I have taken proper steps to monitor my child’s growth with the help of the Grow Right tracker, and give her proper nutrition for proper growth and development. Share with me what steps you think are essential to ensure that the children grow right.

The opinions expressed in this post are the personal views of the author. They do not reflect the views of any brand. Any omissions or errors at the author’s end does not assume any liability or responsibility on any party mentioned in the blog.

43 thoughts on “How fast is the right growth for kids”

  1. sayeridiary – I love to write down things that come to my mind randomly. I write blogs on fashion and styling related topics. Yes I am a fashion enthusiast and love to pamper myself. My reason of smile is my son Rishaan :)
    Sayeri says:

    tracking your kid’s growth is really imp. We have the growth tracker now and I give Pediasure daily to my kid

  2. CHecking the growth and development of our kids during early age is indeed quite important. I loved your take on this and we too have been using the growth tracker to monitor the growth of our little ones.

  3. Tracking a child’s growth is important for a holistic growth of the child. I too track my son’s growth using Pediasure’s growth tracker.

  4. The indicative diet plan is super helpful. Thanks for sharing about the growth tracker too. It’ll surely help a lot of parents.

  5. Kapila - Every Little Thing: Happiness – India – My name is Kapila. I am an IT security professional by profession and a mommy of 2 lovely daughters and a Blogger by passion. Working Woman| Blogger | Everyday nuances | Reviews | Travel | Parenting|
    Kapila Rattan Bhowmik says:

    Keeping track of my girl’s growth is very important for me. The tracker has been really helpful for me.

  6. This is such an informative post. I agree with you completely that checking our children’s growth is extremely important. I am using the PediaSure Growth Tracker too, it is so handy and easy to compare with.

  7. Loved reading this post. I believe, as a parent, many of us still need to understand that there is a difference between height and growth. I too have understood the basics of growth and development once I started using the PediaSure growth tracker.

  8. Loved the nutritional.plan that you shared with lil twist. A growth tracker always helps but I also keep checking with my Paed doc when my son falls short as per the tracker.

  9. Tina Basu – Bangalore, India – Tina Basu is the founder and editor at TinaBasu - The Lifestyle blog and Twinkling Tina Cooks - The Food Blog. She is a published author and a food enthusiast. This ex-corporate girl is now being a supermom to a little dude. Follow her on twitter @twinklingtina
    Tina Basu says:

    Kid’s nutrition and growth is the biggest worry for moms and I keep tracking my son’s weight and height every fortnight – to a month. This is a very nicely written post.

  10. We as moms can never stop worrying about our kids nutrition and diet. I’ve too been using this tracker to keep a tab on my kids growth. Pediasure is an additional boost for the kids.

  11. Your nutrition plan is so good . I too try to add a little portions of everything to my kids meal in a day . Proper growth track is necessary also.

  12. My Words My Wisdom – I consider Writing as a God's gift to me, its also my passion. I was into recruitment for 9 years with a good amount of experience into varied industries.A recruitment professional who believes in specialized, proactive and innovative sourcing is essential for a successful recruiting process. I come from engineering background, with almost 4 years experience in software development. I have been writing for many well known brands and sites. you can find my blogs on http://mywordsmywisdom.com/ Please read and do leave your comments, don't forget to share the blogs if you like them... everyone is looking for a good read.
    Ujjwal Mishra says:

    Keeping a growth tracker is important. I get milestones set and understood by my pediatrician.

  13. Even I love to use the growth tracker for both my kids. It helps me in understanding the perfect growth of my kids as per their age and the nutrition they are taking on a daily basis.

  14. Many parents come to me complaining that their child is not as healthy or tall as others kids of his/her age. Proper growth monitoring is the first step to help children grow in a healthy and age appropriate way.

  15. Imagemakeover – Hello Everyone, The name of my blog "Imagemakeover" explain the real purpose of me creating this blog. I believe in the process of transformation. There is a process of learn - unlearn - relearn. Intellectual learning starts at birth and eases only at death. So we should be a lifelong learners. My blog will help you in understanding certain critical skills which can increase the probability of your success and aid you in growing.
    Swati Mathur says:

    Growth right tracker seems to be really good. As a parent kuds growth is of utmost concern and knowing how much growth is required at a particular age would make things easy for us. Will definitely try this out.

  16. Yes as a parent, we always had tons of worry and anxiety for proper growth of our kids. maintaining a proper nutrition is little hard nowadays, as most of the kids are picky eaters. pediasure is a great brand to support nutritional requirements of our kids. i had used it personally with good results.

  17. Varsh – Blogger. Homemaker. Artist. I find perfection very subjective and love to enjoy the journey towards achieving it. I like the weird surprises life throws at me and love to turn them around! :)
    Varsh says:

    Your nutritional plan is simple and easy to follow. It also includes a little bit of everything everyday. This growth tracker is a good way to keep a tab on our kids growth.

  18. Exactly we have to track the growth of our kids development I always track my daughters too..

  19. Keeping track of child’s growth is a very important aspect of parenting. And it should not be stressful. The tracker will put the parents at ease for sure.

  20. Ruchie – Being a Domestic Engineer and a proud mom of 6years old princess n a year old naughty munchkin I love doing something or other ... Sometimes loves cooking , sometimes creating some creative stuffs, sometimes doing art and craft and best part love to dance and sing which is stress buster for me... This blog is just to store my memories and share knowledge on food, reviews, gossip, recipes, fun, contest whatever I have with the world who wish to take !!
    Ruchi Verma says:

    I really loved the nutritional plan you shared, happy that even I am using this tracker for my little one.

  21. Doctor mommy – i am a Physician, Podcaster, Author, mother of two on a journey to spread awareness and share experiences about motherhood, parenting and a lot more.
    Dr. Rahat Sayyad says:

    Thats a good basic nutritional plan to get kods back on the growtg track.

  22. Blogaberry Foo – India – Lately, I'm a stay at home mom, a belly dancer, Instagramer and writer who loves partying and having sushi! Living in India for about 6 years now!
    Cindy Dsilva says:

    Checking their growth is extremely important. We also use the tracker.

      1. As a parent one can never stop worrying about the child’s growth and development. Since most of the kids Are fussy eaters nowadays, they definitely lack nutritional intake. Thank you for introducing the growth tracker I am sure this will prove to be very helpful

      2. Blogaberry Foo – India – Lately, I'm a stay at home mom, a belly dancer, Instagramer and writer who loves partying and having sushi! Living in India for about 6 years now!
        Cindy Dsilva says:

        Checking their growth is extremely important. We also use the tracker. Especially with the pandemic and the kids eating more of junk, we have to keep a watch.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Exit mobile version