Child weight
The weight of a newly born child is one of the essentials of a healthy child’s health, whether it is physical or also evidence of normal child development during pregnancy. The mother should follow her child’s weight during the first year after the child is born to observe changes in the child, The only way to know the health of the child is to follow the weight of the child, which is an indicator of his health in terms of milk that he drinks and benefit from them.
Children’s natural weights
These weights are the main criterion which indicates the normal weight of the child for one year and these weights are
- At birth: between 2.5-4.5 kg.
- Postpartum month: between 3.2-4.5 kg.
- Two months after birth: between 4.5-6 kg.
- 3 months: between 5-8 kg.
- 4 months: between 6-9 kg.
- 5 months: between 6.2-9.2 kg.
- 6 months: between 6.5-10 kg.
- 7 months: between 7-10.2 kg.
- 8 months: between 6.2-10.7 kg.
- 9 months: 7.2-11 kg.
- 10 months: between 7.4-11.2 kg.
- 11 months: 7.8-11.7 kg.
- 12 months (years): between 7.8-11.7 kg.
These weights are considered to be the child’s natural weights, which indicate a great health and healthy growth.
Child treatment
When a child’s weight is impaired, whether in excess or in decreasing, the following procedure must be followed:
- Visit the nearest pediatric specialist: This method can identify the cause of the deficiency or increase in the weight of the child and the reasons and the way to treat the child, which can avoid many of the problems that can be exposed to the child.
- If the child has a small weight, the mother should increase the infant’s breast milk to grow better and stay away from the artificial milk as much as possible. If the child is overweight and appears after one year of age, attention should be paid to the meals and food consumed by the child and to reducing the fat that And to try to teach the child to eat healthy and beneficial to him.