How do you check your height accurately without the doctor?

9 month old height and head circumference?

• Im a little worried i was told not to be right now but im a First time mom and i worry about everything. My doctor has a thick accent so i barley understood him. Im just wondering if anyone can relate or basically an ease of mind. His height is 27 inches (7 percentile) His weight is 19 pounds 14 ounces (32 %) And his head Circumference is 18 1/4 inch (76%) he wants us back in a month to check again he said his head is a little big. And im guessing what he ment was that it was to big compared to his height. We were always told he wasnt going to be tall. Everyone in My husbands and my family are average im 5'5 and my husbands 5'7.

• Answer:

  If his head is in the 76th percentile, that means that 76% of babies have smaller heads at that age, and 24% of babies have larger heads. My babies never had their percentile for head circumference match their height of weight percentile. I would not worry unless your pediatrician give you a specific reason to - remember, almost a quarter of babies that age have heads even bigger than your son's.