The most active growth happens in the first year of life of the child, in a year the kid grows by 20-25 centimeters. Further the young organism grows less actively, but despite this, it is necessary to measure growth of the child constantly. It will help to prevent serious diseases and development of various pathologies.
Instruction
1. For measurement of growth of the baby use the horizontal height meter. It is a board about 40 cm wide on which the scale of 80 cm is located. Such simple adaptation can quite be made independently and without waiting for medical examination, to measure growth of the kid of the house. Just put the kid on the height meter, record the head, straighten legs of the child and note growth. An error at such measurement small, makes about 0.5 cm. Also growth of the kid can be measured by means of a simple centimetric tape. Record a tape, put the child the head to a wall, ask somebody to support the head of the kid, straighten legs, to stupnyam put a ruler or the book and make a note. Such measurements need to be performed only when the baby it is quiet and fed.
2. For children is more senior use the vertical height meter. Now models of such height meters set: is wooden and plastic, simple and electronic. But usually they are used only in medical institutions. It does not make sense to buy such device home. For measurement of the child it is possible to make the paper height meter. Stick together a long strip of paper, note on it a scale. Such simple invention can be bought also in shop. Paste a ready ruler to a wall in the children's room. Put the child a back to the height meter, ask to drive heels into the corner and to straighten a back. Attach the book perpendicular to the height meter to the head of the child, make a note.
3. Probably, many remember how they were measured by houses in the childhood. It is the easiest and available way which is not demanding any special devices and inventions. Put the child to a door jamb, ask to drive densely heels into the corner. Track that the child correctly stood - three points of a body of the child have to touch a wall: heels, buttocks and shovels. Apply any flat subject to the top and make notes on a jamb. Then just measure the received distance by a centimetric tape or a roulette.