Psychology Today | 11.04.2026 00:19
A key role of the pediatrician is surveillance of growth and development. At routine well-child visits in the first two years of life, height, weight, and head circumference are measured and plotted on normative growth charts, and standardized questions assess cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development. Tracking comparable milestones in later years—particularly adolescence—can be more elusive, but it is just as important.
