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Baby weight
Hi doctor,
My 6 and a half month old baby boy weighs 9.8kg. He is on formula feed and recently started solid food 3 times a day.
I'm worried about his weight gain. Is it healthy and normal weight? Will it delay the milestones achievement for him due to heavy weight?
Please suggest.
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Weight is on 97th centile.
What are the milestones as per age
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His birth weight? Weight gain in 6 and half months should be 4.4kg. If 3kg at birth, now it should be 7.4 kg
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If giving by bottle, change it to bowl and spoon. Try to feed directly from glass. Give solid food w/o sugar, ghee, nuts etc. But give vegetables, grains, pulses, 2 to 3 times
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Greetings the weight is adequate for the age.
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Dr. Prashanth Kumar T
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Milestones not related with weight
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After child starts playing, crawling the weight gain will be less comparatively
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Dr. Musunuri Manojna
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Developmental milestones are independent of weight. They might experience mild difficulty but tend to achieve. Formula fed infants tend to gain relatively more weight.
Go for home made complementary feeds and nutrient dense feeds.
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Weight is adequate as per age
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