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3 months - 3kg only.
Hi Doctor, my son's birth weight was 2.85kg and after 2.5 months he is 3kg only. He has active breast feeding, no issues with urination and toilet. Is this normal?
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the weight gain is less so kindly meet your doctor to find the cause the average birth weight of neonates is about 3 kg. during the first few days after birth, the newborn loses extracellular fluid equivalent to about 10% of the body weight. most infants regain their birth weight by the age of 10 days. subsequently, they gain weight at a rate of approximately 25 to 30 g per day for the first 3 months of life. thereafter they gain about 400 g weight every month, for the remaining part of the first year. an infant usually doubles his birth weight (taken as 3 kg) by the age of 5 months. the birth weight triples at 1 year and is four times at 2 years of age. the weight of a child at the age of three years is usually five times that of the birth weight.
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