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Poor weight gain

2020-08-08 07:22:41
My son will be 6 months old on 12th August. Last month on 11th his weight was 7.3 kg. but today when we checked his weight its 7.6kg. only 300 gms he has put on this entire month. so far his weight gain was good in every month. why this happened in this month? please advise what can be the cause.
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Its a good weight as per current age...now weight wont increase too much in next 6 months as it was increasing in first 4 to 5 months...
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no worries

Answered2020-08-08 14:47:44

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Your child weight is absolutely normal for age. And also gain weight. Child gains weight rapidly in first 6 months and in that first 3 months then gradually rate of gain weight is decrease.
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Plot weights in standard weights chart and if it remains above 50 th percentile then no need to worry.

Answered2020-08-08 09:34:06

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