- Average weight at 10 months: girls 18 lb 11 oz (8.5 kg), boys 20 lb 3 oz (9.2 kg), the WHO median or 50th percentile.
- The usual range (3rd to 97th percentile) is 14 lb 15 oz to 23 lb 10 oz for girls and 16 lb 7 oz to 24 lb 12 oz for boys.
- The curve matters more than the number. A baby who keeps following roughly the same line is growing well, wherever that line is.
- Born early? Use the corrected age until 2 years.
What percentile is my 10-month-old?
Type your baby's weight and we'll open the growth percentile calculator set to 10 months, with your baby's percentile, curve and a plain-words verdict. Add the real birth date there for an exact result.
10-month-old girls: weight, length and head percentiles (WHO)
| 3rd | 15th | 50th (average) | 85th | 97th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 14 lb 15 oz 6.8 kg | 16 lb 8 oz 7.5 kg | 18 lb 11 oz 8.5 kg | 21 lb 4 oz 9.6 kg | 23 lb 10 oz 10.7 kg |
| Length | 26¼ in 66.8 cm | 27¼ in 68.9 cm | 28¼ in 71.5 cm | 29¼ in 74.0 cm | 30 in 76.1 cm |
| Head | 16½ in 41.7 cm | 16¾ in 42.8 cm | 17½ in 44.2 cm | 18 in 45.6 cm | 18½ in 46.8 cm |
10-month-old boys: weight, length and head percentiles (WHO)
| 3rd | 15th | 50th (average) | 85th | 97th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 16 lb 7 oz 7.5 kg | 18 lb 1 oz 8.2 kg | 20 lb 3 oz 9.2 kg | 22 lb 10 oz 10.3 kg | 24 lb 12 oz 11.2 kg |
| Length | 27¼ in 69.0 cm | 28 in 70.9 cm | 28¾ in 73.3 cm | 29¾ in 75.6 cm | 30½ in 77.6 cm |
| Head | 17 in 43.0 cm | 17¼ in 44.1 cm | 17¾ in 45.4 cm | 18½ in 46.7 cm | 18¾ in 47.8 cm |
WHO Child Growth Standards 2006, at exactly 10 months (day 304; one month = 30.4375 days). Length is measured lying down until 2 years. The bold column is the median; the 15th to 85th percentiles hold the middle 70% of babies.
What's typical at this age
At 10 months growth is steady and slow: about 2¼ oz a week and roughly half an inch a month. Pulling up to stand and cruising along furniture can make a baby look slimmer. What matters is that the dots keep following a line, whatever line it is.
- Weight gain: about 2¼ oz (65 g) a week at this stage (WHO median).
- Since birth: 2.6 times the birth weight for girls and 2.7 for boys, and about 8¾ in (22 cm) to 9¼ in (23 cm) longer.
- Next checkup: the 12-month checkup (AAP Bright Futures schedule).
- Sleep: usually 2 naps, with 3 to 4 hours awake in between. The nap planner turns that into a day.
How to read the table
A percentile compares your baby with 100 healthy babies of the same age and sex. The 15th percentile for weight means your baby is heavier than 15 of them and lighter than the other 85. It is not a grade: the 50th is the middle of the crowd, not the goal. Look at weight, length and head together; a baby on the 20th for weight and the 20th for length is simply a smaller baby in proportion.
Crossing two or more of the main lines over time, especially downward, is what pediatricians like to look into. The growth calculator tracks that for you: add each checkup and it draws the curve and tells you how many bands it has moved.
Born early?
For a premature baby, compare with babies of the same corrected age, counted from the due date, until about 2 years. A baby born 8 weeks early is compared at 10 months with the 8-month table. The corrected age calculator works it out, and the growth calculator uses it when you add the due date.
Questions
Is 14 lb 15 oz too small for a 10-month-old girl?
That is the 3rd percentile for girls at 10 months: 3 in every 100 healthy girls weigh that or less. It isn't a diagnosis on its own. Your pediatrician looks at whether your baby has followed that line over time, how they are feeding and the parents' sizes; a curve that is falling across lines matters more than a low but steady one. For boys the 3rd percentile is 16 lb 7 oz (7.5 kg).
How big is the difference between boys and girls at 10 months?
On the WHO medians a boy is about 1 lb 8 oz (680 g) heavier and ¾ in (1.8 cm) longer than a girl. That is why the charts are separate: a girl on the 30th percentile and a boy on the 30th weigh different amounts.
Which growth chart does my pediatrician use?
In the US, the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend the WHO growth charts from birth to 2 years, the same ones as on this page, and the CDC charts from age 2. So the percentile you see here should match your pediatrician's for a baby under 2, give or take the rounding of a home scale.
Sources
- World Health Organization, WHO Child Growth Standards (2006): the weight-for-age, length-for-age and head-circumference-for-age tables. The numbers on this page come from the LMS tables in the WHO anthro package.
- CDC, Recommended growth charts (WHO charts from birth to 2, CDC charts from 2).
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Bright Futures periodicity schedule (checkup ages and screenings).
- Paruthi S. et al., Recommended amount of sleep for pediatric populations, American Academy of Sleep Medicine consensus, endorsed by the AAP (J Clin Sleep Med, 2016).
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