I just read an article saying that the WHO is planning on releasing new growth charts next spring. Apparently the current growth charts are based primarily on bottle-fed (i.e. formula-fed) American babies. It wasn't clear from the article if there will be different growth charts for different countries, or if data from around the world is being collected for an international chart; I wasn't able to find anything on the WHO website about this.
I doubt this will affect Elliot's percentiles much, although they'll probably go up a bit.
Posted by Jen at August 23, 2005 03:04 PMThanks for posting that article Jen, very interesting read. I wonder if it will be released before our baby is born?
Posted by: Jen Fernandez at August 23, 2005 07:17 PM