For starters, healthy kids come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and they don't grow at a steady rate, either. Your child can look very different from your friends' kids -- or from his own ...

In addition to the breastfeeding assessment tools described ... used were not based on breastfed infants. Thus, a look at growth charts in use today is in order.

For example, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exclusively breastfed ... track your child's weight, height, and head circumference on a growth chart developed ...

the Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool, the Mother-Baby Assessment, the LATCH tool, the Systematic Assessment of the Infant at the Breast, and the Lactation Assessment Tool. The Mother-Infant ...