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Baby weight gain
My baby's birth weight is 3kg... Now he is 2.5 months old and weighs 4.7 kg... is it a normal weight gain. My doctor said he needs to put on another 300 gms... what can be done to improve his weight.. he has laryngomalacia
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You increase your diet and liquid intake and continue Breast feeding, Your baby weight is perfect, Syp deksel 0.5 ml once perday x2 month
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
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32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Laryngomalacia has no relation to weight gain.
Ideal weight gain for first 3-4 months in babies should be 10 gram/kg birth weight per day,so in your case 30 gram per day,your baby's weight gain is OK.
Unless the child is sick,the only factor influencing weight is oral feeds.
Give only breastfeeds,and at a gap of atleast 3 hours.
Maintain strict hygiene in feeds.
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