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Preterm Weight gain
My son was born at 32 weeks and weighed 2 kg. He will be completing 5 months on 20 October..his current weight is 6.15 kg. But since last 25 days his weight increase is only 150 gram. He is formula feed..I was giving nan pro excella but I changed it to Nan pro last month only..is the slow weight gain due to change in formula? Is the weight gain proper? What should I do to increase his weight.. please suggest
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Hi, weight is appropriate for the age. Try to increase the quantity of feeds if the baby is tolerating well.
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Dr. Tangade Vishal Bhanudas
Pediatrician
3 yrs exp
Pune
Weight gain is appropriate..don't worry about it
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give feeds whatever he take instead of giving calculated feeds
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
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4 yrs exp
Rajkot
Yes . No need to worry ..at age of 6 months weight 6 kg is good
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