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About baby weight
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I would like to Know when to check the weight of the new born baby?? What is an average weight baby puts on after a month??
Another question is how do you feed a baby which born with unilateral clift and palette???
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1. Check weight with Digital Infant weighing machine of good brand.
First weight @ birth and subsequently on discharge, first follow up and all immunisation visits.
2. With good feeding and no other comorbidities average gain of 30-50 gms per day is expected.
3. Use special long teated feeding bottles for feeding in baby born with cleft lip/palate.
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Keep visiting ur primary pediatrician.
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