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Weight gain concern
My baby was born on 24 sep 2024. His birth weight is 3.45 kg. In a week he lost weight and as of 30 sep he was 3.23kg and again checked weight on 7 October he was 3.23kg. He did not gain weight then after consultation checked weight gain after 14 days he was 3.63 kg . After a long time checked weight today 11feb 2024 he is 6.33kg. What should his idle weight be . Also he is completely on breast milk. The baby is meeting all milestones rolling, touching toes in mouth and baby is active. Till now baby doesn't have any cold the baby is healthy •please advice his weight accordingly
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Weight is 15th percentile, So focus on supplementary feeding, Only Breastfeeding is not sufficient. It should be minimum 6.8 kg.
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Dr. Pragati
Pediatrician
1 yrs exp
Motihari
Weight at 6months seems appropriate but in infants further follow up needed to assess the pattern of growth . Do visit clinic regularly and get growth pattern charted to further know is growth is going normal or not
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Visit clinic for growth monitoring
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Dr. Alpana Meena
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Sawai Madhopur
At 6 months of age wt should be double of birth weight
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