Don't worry as long as the doctor says he's healthy. My child is excclusively breastfed and is 4 months 18 pounds. The pediatrician says he's at a great weight for his circumstances, he's breastfed. So whatever your cirumcstance are yout pediatrician will take into consideration. Be glad you have a growing healthy baby.
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Most full term newborn babies, born between 38 and 40 weeks gestation, weigh between six and nine pounds at birth. During the first week of life, babies tend to lose some weight, but the lost weight is usually regained by the second week of life.
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A smaller than average baby often grows even more rapidly. Breast milk or iron-fortified formula isbaby’s most important food in the first year, and should be his only food the first four to six months. Breastfeeding Breastfeeding is recognized as the best choice formost infants by all health professionals.
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Somewhere I read that babies double their weight at 6 mo. my son was 6.5 at birth so he should be around 12 at 6 mo? He is only 7 weeks old and almost 10... I don't understand.
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Best Answer: All babies grow and progress at their own pace, but the norm is to triple their birth weight at 1 year. Some are more, some are less.
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A food allergen can be identified by all of the following except: the child's likes and dislikes for foods. noting the symptoms: milk causes a skin rash whereas chocolate causes diarrhea. noting what was eaten at the last meal. a trial of food elimination and later a challenge feeding of the suspected food.
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This time should slowly beincreased so that when the baby is a week or twoold he is nursing about 15 minutes on each breast.The amount of protein and fat in breast milkvaries during nursing, therefore, it is important tonurse at least 15 minutes on each breast every timeyou nurse.
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Four to Six Months. Newborns continue to gain about five to seven ounces a week for the first 3 to 4 months of life. Most babies should have doubled their birth weight by 6 months, but many may have doubled their birth weight by 4 months of age. By 1 year old, most babies have tripled their birth weight.
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If your baby falls asleep before he hasnursed long enough, try waking him by rubbing thebottoms of his feet.☛ When nursing, hold your baby comfortably. Besure your arm and back are well supported.☛ When the side of a baby’s mouth is touched, hewill turn his head in that direction.
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1 From ages 6 to 12 months, a baby may grow 3/8 inch (about 1 centimeter) a month and gain 3 to 5 ounces (about 85 to 140 grams) a week. 2  Expect your baby to triple his or her birth weight by about age 1 year.
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