you have been waiting for the birth of the baby.In dreams you have seen what he is growing and developing.When the child is finally born, young mothers are faced with issues that concern the development of the baby.One of them is the rate of weight gain in children under one year.Table and averages established professionals will help you to solve this.
Birth Weight Newborn
necessarily examines the pediatrician.During the first examination of your baby weighed.After the required number of days spent in the hospital child reweighed.These are numerical data - birth weight and weight on the day of discharge - influence further weight gain.
All children their individual performance at birth.The normal weight of a healthy child - from 2700 to 3700 was worth noting that the original weight of your child depends on factors such as:
- a healthy baby.
- Heredity.Larger moms often babies are born with more weight than those of low and slim women.
- Paul.Mostly boys are born bigger girls.
- Power mom.If a woman during pregnancy made use of high-calorie food, the child gains greater mass.
- psychological and physical condition of the mother during pregnancy.Frequent stressful conditions during the childbearing are reflected on the baby's health and his weight.
- Bad habits of the mother.In drinkers, drug users, and female smokers most children born with weight shortfalls.
From these factors will also depend on further recruitment of child's weight up to a year.
Weight at discharge
During the first days of little kids lose weight.This is due to several reasons:
- baby begins to breathe independently.This leads to a loss of a quantity of liquid.
- In its first days after birth the baby is fed with colostrum, the small portions.It lasts as long as mom does not begin to arrive milk.
- adaptation to the environment.
For these reasons, the child's weight at discharge from the hospital is different from the birth weight by about 5-10 per cent.And the count rate of weight gain your baby is with this number.
Rate of weight gain in children under one year
Finally, you have written, and you're with the baby at home.Your child has learned, he is gradually getting better digestion, as well as heating and ventilation, and the baby begins to grow rapidly.
Weight gain depends on a number of reasons:
- Health.If a child is sick, he does not eat very well.
- type of feeding.If bottle-fed baby's weight increases more quickly than breastfeeding.
- The quantity and quality of food.
- Mobility baby.
- Mode meal.When feeding the baby on demand is gaining weight better than feeding on the clock.
- Age of the baby.In the first months of a child is growing faster, closer to the growth slows down.
In any case, experts rate the child's weight is set to a year.This average figure, but it is for him oriented patronage nurses and pediatricians child health clinics.
Rate of weight gain in children under one year: Table
Average weight gain in the first year of life are:
- In the first month is considered normal if the baby adds 90 to 150 grams per week.
- the second, third and fourth months, your baby should add 140 to 200 grams per week.
- The fifth and sixth month baby weight should increase during the week by 100-160 grams.In six months, the rate of weight gain in some children?Before the year (table shown below) own weight babies increased very intensively.Norma is when the weight of the baby to six months doubled after discharge.
- From the seventh month of life the weight gain slows down.By the year the child should weigh three times more than at discharge.
Should I worry if there is a fault?
fairly frequent, when the rate of the year before the child's weight is not respected.Toddlers have either small or, conversely, a large increase in weight in comparison with a table.With what it can be connected?
- Physiological characteristics.All children grow up differently.Someone slower, some faster, and this is normal.
- The growth of the baby at birth.A child with a big growth is gaining weight faster than a little.For example, if the growth of your baby at birth is 52 cm, for his normal weight gain per week - 170 g, and if the 58 cm - 210 g
- Paul Child.Boys usually gain weight more girls.
- type feeding.When artificial feeding babies weigh more than babies who are breastfed.
So, you know what the rate of weight gain in children under one year.Table averages should be taken into account, but it should be remembered that there are a number of reasons that influence the range of the baby weight, and in each individual case, they may be different.Therefore, variations in the upward or downward should not be regarded as a pathological condition.Rates of weight gain averaged and do not take them as ideal.
