Baby Growth Tracker

What this sheet is for

Growth monitoring is one of the most consistent tasks in the first twelve months. Health visitors and paediatricians check weight, length and head circumference at every routine appointment, and many parents weigh their baby in between. This sheet puts all three measurements in one place, week by week, so you can spot a plateau or a sudden jump and arrive at any appointment with an accurate, dated record rather than relying on memory.

How to use it

Fill in the Month / Age field at the top right before you begin each sheet. Each row represents one measurement session — write the date on the left, then enter Weight, Length and Head Circumference in the three columns. You can record measurements in metric, imperial or both; just be consistent within each column. Use the Observations & Concerns notes area beneath the table to write anything relevant that week: a new food introduced, illness, poor feeding, or a comment from a health professional. At the foot, fill in Total Gain This Month to see the running picture, and note the date of the Next Clinic / Weigh-In so the sheet doubles as a reminder.

What is printed on the page

“Baby Growth Tracker” is laid out as notes and table: a 12-row date table with three value columns across the top, a large ruled notes area beneath it, and two summary fields at the foot. Under the title it reads “Weekly weight, length and head circumference log for the first year.”, and the line at the foot of the page says “Weigh at the same time of day, before a feed, with no clothes or nappy, for consistent readings.”.

The column headings slot holds three entries — “Weight (kg / lb)”, “Length (cm / in)” and “Head Circ. (cm / in)” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The summary prompts slot holds two entries — “Total gain this month” and “Next clinic / weigh-in” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The remaining labels on the page are “Month / Age” for the period label and “Observations & Concerns” for the notes heading.

Two things about this particular notes and table are settings rather than text, and “Baby Growth Tracker” has them set like this. Ruled notes is on: rule the notes area with writing lines instead of leaving it blank. Summary fields is on: include the two summary fields at the foot.

Tips

Bring this sheet to every health visitor or paediatrician appointment; a dated paper record often prompts more useful discussion than an app screenshot.

If your baby was born prematurely, note the corrected age alongside the calendar age in each row so growth plots make sense.

Draw a faint horizontal line across the row after each clinic visit to separate professional measurements from home readings.

The other layouts in this set

“Baby Growth Tracker” is one of three sheets in this set, each a different fixed layout filled for the same topic. “Daily Feed & Nappy Log” uses the dated table layout and “Baby Sleep Log” uses the two-column log layout. Pick by how you work: the layout decides how much you write and where, not what the sheet is about.