Parents always worry if their child is not gaining weight, and compared with other children at a certain age looks small and slender.
Despite the fact that this option is due to the individual characteristics of baby's development, in pediatrics, there are specific rules of growth ratio, age and body weight. And if the latter figure strongly deviates from them, you need to take appropriate measures, in consultation with the doctor. Otherwise miss the right moment in its infancy, and then catch up with the necessary kilos will be heavier, which will affect the health of the child in the future.
How to understand that the child is not actually gaining weight required for his age, or is it just fiction and fantasy hypochondriac parents and grandparents? Alarm beat the cost, if you notice crumbs in the development of the following factors.
Deviations from normal weight indicators
- In the first 4 months grudnichki monthly gain 600 to 900 grams.
- The half - from 400 to 600 c.
- From 6 to 9 months - from 300 to 500 c.
- From 9 months to 1 year - from 100 to 300 grams.
skin condition
- Body no folds of fat;
- skin looks old woman's wrinkled and dry;
- no smoothness and elasticity;
- pallor.
Physical activity
- lack of activity;
- frequent crying;
- poor appetite;
- sleep disturbances.
If the newborn child is not gaining weight and in the presence of the presence of at least some of the above mentioned anxiety symptoms, indeed, need to consult a doctor. Especially if the family has no slender and tiny, and the kid is different so sluggish physique. After examination the doctor issue a verdict and will advise whether or not to take any additional measures necessary. In any case, the reasons for this phenomenon must be recognized and eliminated in time as possible.
