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My child weighs 8.4 kg at 5 months
My 5 months old baby girl weighs 8.4 kg. She is 22 inches long. Only on breastfeed. I am feeding her on demand. Is this overweight? Do I need to take any actions to control weight gain? Her birth weight was 3.04 kg. And she started rolling over just 2 weeks ago.
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No worries...there will be catch down growth after 6 months. Keep giving only breastmilk to y months with vit d
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No need to control weight
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No need to control weight it is absolutely fine.
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