Weight of baby
The mother often looks at her child as the thin child, and then begins to think about the right ways and means to increase the weight of her baby so that her baby looks full and healthy, but every mother knows that there is a global weight that experts put in. Or is it thin or fat?
Natural weight indicators for the child
- The ideal weight for a child from birth starts from two and a half to four kilo and a half kilo.
- Six-month age: The ideal weight ranges between six kilograms and a half to ten kilograms.
- Year: The weight ranges between eight kilograms and twelve kilos.
- Age of two years: The normal child weight shall be between twelve kilograms and fourteen kilograms.
- The age of three years: between twelve kilos and sixteen kilograms.
Increase the weight of the baby
- Feed your baby randomly during the day and whenever you want to breastfeed.
- It should be fed eight times a day if it is less than four months old, but if it is more than four months, the number of feeding times is six times, along with solid meals.
- Give a child who suckles milk industrial, feed milk whenever desired, preferably given eight meals a day, in the four months of age and less, but when it exceeds the age of four months given six meals only, it should pay attention to the solid meals for the child next to the milk.
- If you do not want to eat a large number of feeds a day, you can intensify the dose given to him by adding more powdered milk to the water.
- You can increase caloric calories by adding certain substances to milk, such as corn or polycose oil, and this step will be after the child reaches six months.
- For older babies (one year and older), you can add high-calorie foods such as butter, add cream to vegetables and fruits, or even provide fortified milk instead of plain milk.
- Consult a pediatrician and dietitian to increase your baby’s weight.
Child food after six months
- Vegetables boiled and mashed well like: carrots, potatoes.
- Hardened fruits such as apples, soft fruits such as: ripe and mashed banana.
- Children’s rice.
Tips
There are a number of things that a mother should consider when breastfeeding or feeding a child:
- Make sure your child is in a comfortable position when feeding.
- Let him hold a bottle of milk.
- Stay away from everything that distracts the baby from breastfeeding like television.
- Leave him to suckle his health, and insist on him.