While the baby is very tiny and can not sharetheir problems, in order to find out whether it is developing correctly, the main criteria are the norms of how much newborns should weigh in weight. It is on them that parents orient themselves in the first months of their children's lives.
Once a child was born, his health immediatelybegin to control not only parents, but also doctors. And of course, the mass of the body is sure to be recognized by weighing in order to learn about possible pathologies in development.
The weight of the newly born baby must correspond to the so-called norm limits:
Knowing the weight at birth, parents should notfrightened that after a short time, for two or three days (and maybe five), unexpectedly the child's body weight becomes smaller. Physicians explain that there is a transient (physiological) loss of mass. This is the natural reaction of a fragile organism, and during this process the intestine is released from meconium, that is, the original feces, and a significant loss of water occurs simultaneously with breathing and sweating.
There are still some reasons that cause such a phenomenon,but until the scientists came to a common opinion about what they are all the same caused. But the main thing is that this event does not adversely affect children's health.
Маме не стоит пытаться остановить этот природный process, trying to saturate the child as much as possible. Increased feeding will not give anything, and if the baby is healthy, he will still lose about 5 to 8 percent of his weight.
The most noticeable weight loss is observed in:
It is noticed that boys lose more weight, and if during the first hours of the child was attached to the chest, weight loss will not be too noticeable.
But the primary mass will return in:
Doctors advise moms to quicklyrestore lost weight, establish your own diet and, most importantly, drinking and also thermal regimes. It is necessary to apply the baby to the breast as often as possible, which will have an important effect on the children's body, because along with colostrum, which contains vitamins, proteins, immunoglobulins, hormones, enzymes and those bacteria that must be in the intestine, it is also high-calorie, which will affect weight gain.
That parents were sure that the developmentit is normal, they are obliged to know how much the newborn child should gain in weight. After all, this indicator is primarily an indicator of health in this period.
After a short weight loss, he beginsarrive with a vengeance. By this time, the diet is gradually established, and in two weeks the weight should return to the primary indicator. From these figures, and begins recording a permanent increase. The initial weight of the infant is exactly that which is fixed at the time of discharge of the woman in labor from the maternity ward.
Первый месяц очень беспокойный, в особенности для adult family members, since the baby’s body weight may fluctuate, because it is very difficult to adapt to new conditions. How many grams should a newborn gain in weight? By the end of the first month, weight gain should average 600-800 grams.
If the data is far from this indicator, it is necessary to notify the pediatrician so that he will give qualified explanations to the parents about how the newborns gain weight.
В этот период самые важные процессы для крохи – restful sleep and regular feeding. Most modern pediatricians argue that it is not necessary to limit the time of feeding, that is, he knows how much the baby needs time to saturate. And precisely when he wants to eat next time, he will notify his mother. Gone are the days when feeding was considered ideal strictly according to time. As a result, it turned out that the on-demand feeding tactics brings health and benefit to the baby.
In the first month of the daily need for feeding the baby on average 8 times. Each serving of milk averages about 60 ml. On the day should go weight gain up to 20 grams.
Boys gain weight more intensively. And how many newborns should gain weight:
In girls, the figures are somewhat different:
On average, starting from the first month, this is how much weight babies need to gain per week:
Artificial feeding allows you to accuratelycalculate the rate of the mixture eaten baby at a time. But with breastfeeding, it is impossible to calculate the grams drunk by the baby. In this case, the control weighing comes to the mother’s help, which needs to be done several times.
This procedure is performed before and after meals.But the result may not always correspond to reality, as it may turn out that this time a smaller amount of milk was drunk. However, the main thing is not the quantity itself, namely how food was absorbed by the child’s body.
There is a simpler method, which is that it should be noted how many times the baby has changed diapers. Confidence that the crumb is not starving, will bring 10 - 12 wet diapers.
In order for parents to clearly know how much a newborn is gaining in weight, it is necessary to keep a diary, which will indicate the weight, possible complementary foods and the behavior of the baby during the meal.
It may be that the weight of the baby toosmall, even if he actively sucks the breast and you think that he gets enough milk. In this case, either the child remains hungry, or there is a threat of development of any pathologies, therefore serious medical research will be required.
If the deviations in weight are minor, then these are the individual characteristics of the organism: some gain weight immediately, others gradually, with each feeding.
To make it easier for parents to decide how muchshould add weight to newborns, doctors collected statistical data and derived average values. They correspond to the full development of the child (they are presented above). But if the weight of the baby does not quite match the indicators that were given, you can consult with a pediatrician. Most often, an insignificant difference suggests that standard, generally accepted standards are statistics, in which there is a margin of error.
Pediatric doctors explain that weight gainnewborns should occur along with active growth and physical development. The first year is the only one when the weight can increase by more than three times, despite the fact that the child basically fed on breast milk or a mixture if he was forced to stay on an artificial diet.
The first six months, 700-800 grams is the normhow much weight does a newborn have in months. But the older the baby becomes, the less interest on the part of doctors is precisely to weight. Attention now focuses on general health, the work of internal organs. It is important how the different skills develop, whether the child shows the activity required for his age.
And if it turns out that development coincides withrecognized norms, the baby sleeps well, has learned a lot, is active, but at the same time in weight he does not reach the general rules, then there is no cause for concern - the body receives food in sufficient quantities.
By five to seven months, weight should be doubled.more, but in half a year children begin to move actively, which means that body weight will no longer rise as rapidly as before the time when they lay without making active movements. And how much weight the newborn should add to the day during this period will be prompted by generally accepted averages, which help parents determine whether their baby is developing correctly.
Special care requires a baby who was bornprematurely. He needs (especially at first) special care and the closest attention. After the mother and her child are at home after being discharged from the hospital, the baby will not gain weight too intensively.
But how much should weight gain prematurenewborn? During the first 30 days of his life, he will be able to recover from 100 to 200 grams. in Week. But by the third month his weight will be twice as much, despite the fact that he will not suck so actively during the feeding and take long breaks. Therefore, it is not necessary to force the child to eat, he will catch up with his peers. The main thing - to be patient and give him some time.
