Talk to Pediatrician on Not Gaining Weight
Asking For Self, Female 25, karachi
born weight 2.6 kg, 3 months weight 5.1kg, now 7 month weight 6.8 kg he is not chubby not, strtng 3 month gained about 2.5 kg and after 3 months gained just 1.4 kg (6 month weight 6.4 kg), why he did not gain 2.5 to 3 kg in second 3 months? he is on formula milk , in starting 3 months he was on breastfeed then i was expecting again MashaAllah when he was 4 months old this is the reason he is on formula feed , from 5 months i gave him solid food , banana apple wheatporridge potato desi chkn desi egg rice porridge semolina porridge sagudana in blackpepper, juggery , dates and other dry fruits . no sugar or salt. any reason why he is not gaining weight?
Ms. Zoya Siddiqui - Nutritionist
BS(hons) Nutrition and Dietetics | Lahore
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Dr. Malik Muhammad Arif - Neonatologist
MBBS, FCPS, Neonatal Fellowship | Sargodha
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if a baby is born with 3kg weight his ideal weight at 1 year is 10.5kg....some maybe chubby and weigh more and some may weigh less.....so in short the usual first year weight gain is around 7.5kg....but may varies according to birth weight and weeks of gestation at birth....but if apply on ur baby he has gain 4kg in total in 7months and remaining 3.5 kg he needs to gain in next 5 months, so not so bad gradually speed of weight gain will step down but u need to give lots of solid food to keep up the pace of weight gain and ur already doing very good...by the way u can safely give breast milk even during pregnancy there is no harm atall these are just our myths...2nd option is formula milk but don't give fresh milk. just to finish my words at the end of 2years normal weight is 12.5 to 13kg so total weight gain from end of first year to end of 2nd year is around 2.5kg.
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