At the next visit to the pediatrician with the baby, the doctor can state that the child is gaining little weight. There are tables according to which the doctor is guided by the indicator of the weight of the child in accordance with age. However, most pediatricians use morally obsolete norms of growth and weight of children , which were created with the universal artificial feeding of the child. While in the modern world there is a tendency to popularize breastfeeding of the child on demand. Accordingly, the baby who is breastfed, and weight gaining in a different way, than his fellow artificial man.
Norms for the weight of a child up to one year
The normal weight at birth is the weight of 2.5 to 4 kg. If the child weighs less, then it is considered small, if more - then large. Often, parents are wondering how much a child should gain weight. It is believed that on average for a month a child before reaching the age of six months should recruit at least 800 grams per month, from 6 months to 9 months - not less than 500 grams. By the year the baby is gaining weight about 300 grams per month.
Why is an infant not gaining weight: reasons?
There are a number of reasons why a child does not gain weight:
- low hemoglobin level in the blood (anemia);
- the presence of neurological pathology;
- stressful situations;
- heredity: in the genus of the child, all relatives are of low weight and a certain type of build;
- the baby has worms;
- diseases of the digestive system (diarrhea or, conversely, frequent constipation);
- incorrectly introduced lure (introduction of it in very large quantities at once).
If the baby is on breastfeeding, then we can distinguish the following number of reasons why a child gaining a little weight:
- the mother has few breast milk;
- the baby often falls asleep during feeding;
- the baby does not take the breast well in the mouth and soak it inactive;
- monotonous nutrition of the mother;
- in one feeding the child is applied to two breasts, as a result of which the kid simply does not get to the "rear" milk, which is the most nutritious and useful, and also promotes weight gain.
In this case, it is important for the nursing mother to learn how to properly put the baby to the breast, so that it is comfortable and convenient to eat. And with a lack of milk to drink a special tea for nursing mothers, which is designed to increase lactation .
If the baby is not gaining weight badly, you can try changing his daily routine.
How are premature babies gaining weight?
Babies born before the term are considered most often small and require a special mode of feeding and care. Preterm infants in the first months of life gain weight at a faster rate than their brethren born on time. It is especially important to feed the premature baby with maternal breast milk, as it contains the entire list of useful micronutrients for the baby (protein, amino acids, oligosaccharides, antibodies).
A child born before the time limit, as a rule, is placed in a cuvette, where it is fed by a probe. In this case, breastfeeding is excluded. However, it is important for mother to preserve breastfeeding, since it is absorbed better by a premature baby, it is gaining weight faster and is recovering.
In order for a premature baby to gain weight, it should be fed as often as possible. However, such children sleep very much. AT
It should be remembered that the weight of a baby up to a year is an extremely personal indicator depending on heredity, mother's nutrition, the environment in the family, the ecological situation. And before beating the alarm, that the child is badly eating and has a shortage of weight, it is necessary to consult a doctor and establish the true cause of a small set of weight.