One of important signs of normal development of the child is a regular increase in weight according to norms. That it was more convenient to parents to monitor development of the child, pediatricians created reference materials with information on norms of weight for children during various periods of development.
Instruction
1. Treat calmly that the child within three-five days after the birth can lose weight. Its weight can be reduced by five-ten percent. That is for the child weighing 4 kg normal will be to lose weight by 200 g during the first days of life.
2. Regularly weigh the child. In the first year of life it is desirable to do this every week. According to calculations of doctors, normal the child has to show an increase of 600 g in the first month of life, 800 g in the second or third. Till sixth month 600-700 g will be norm, and by twelfth month the increase will be reduced to 400-350 g. As a result by a year the average child has to weigh about ten kilograms. However, these norms are given from approximate calculations. The child who was born with an insufficient weight - less than three kilograms - can take him quicker, than peers. On the other hand, large children weighing more than 4 kg can also show an increase in weight, other than norm.
3. Specify average norms of an increase in weight for the child. For this purpose measure its growth, and then divide weight in grams into growth in centimeters. If the turned-out coefficient is in limits 60-70, then the child has a normal constitution for the age. The parent should not worry even if the increase in weight in concrete month was more or less norm. At a coefficient deviation from the set indicators address the pediatrician. It will be able to help you to correct if necessary a diet of the child or to give advice on feeding by a breast.
4. Increases in weight pay off not only on months, but also on weeks. Every week the child has to add on average not less than 100 g. If within seven days, excepting the first days after the birth, the weight of the child does not change or decreases, it has to guard you. Consult to the doctor, perhaps, the child suffers from the shortage of maternal milk or it is time to enter a feeding up into its diet.