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Baby slow weight gain at 1 year
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My baby girl is 2.8kg at birth and now she is one year one mnth and she is 8.6kg.
She is active and eating well. She started walking on her own from 11th mnth itself. She is responsing to her name and even pointing out few things when i ask the name of animal or things. She is having 3 meals and 2 snacks daily along with breastmilk 2 times and cows milk before bed.
But she is not gaining weight.
I am bit worried on this.. pls help me what should i do for increasing weight.
Pls help me
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As per your child's diet and developmental growth , she seems to be perfectly normal and growing at a fairly good pace. You should not worry as long as she is active and gaining milestones. You should start plotting her weight on a growth chart and then monitor for future reference.
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Infancy is the phase of rapid transformation of physical and developmental maturation. One year old child starts to explore things and walk independently and start to explore her all senses(touch , taste , vision , hearing, etc).
Infant at one year of age attains 3x times of the birth weight equivalents. So your child has good weight gain trajectory.
Why Weight Gain Slows Around this Age group -
Growth rate naturally slows after the first year ; child becomes more active (walking burns more calories) ; become pickier eaters sometimes temporarily ; increased requirement of calories and protein in comparison to intake.
Next Steps
- serial assessment of weight and other physical parameters of the child on the growth charts during the immunization visits at pediatrician
- to provide healthy and calorie protein dense foods(like paneer, egg, all dals , porridge of ragi etc)
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**Offer smaller, more frequent portions ** - helps you easily increase the child required calorie n protein needs
-Avoid juice or excess water just prior to meals (bec it takes up major space in stomach and child starts to feel full)
- Make food colorful and fun — toddlers eat with their eyes
**Make child part of family pot feeding**
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Hello
I understand how distressing it should be to you.
But i want to tell you that your baby is normally growing for her age.
So don't worry just concentrate on complimentary feeds and try to stop the cows milk which u give once a day
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don't worry about your baby she is gaining weight adequately
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Dr. Keerthana Sarapu
Pediatrician
2 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Stop cow’s milk
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Don't worry compared to birth weight your kid current weight is normal only
Usually at 1 yr of age the growth pattern has dip and bit slower compared first 8months so it's natural process of development only
Nothing to worry
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