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What Is The Ideal Weight For A 13 Month Old Infant?

Posted on Fri, 5 Aug 2016

Question: My baby is 13 month old.He is 8.8 kg.His birth weight was 3.6 Kg.I want to know whether my baby is having normal weight now or not?.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Weight should be around 9.5 kg

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Can understand your concerns.

Weight of 13 months old baby should be around 9.5 kg according to the weight charts. So, weight is less for age.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Priyanka G Raj

Follow up: Dr. Deepak Patel (7 minutes later)

how should I improve my babys weight.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Dietary advice

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome once again.

To increase weight, you should give food which have more fat and protein like
Full cream milk two times a day
1 egg daily
Add ghee butter in every meal
Give banana or apple daily

Diet should be milk two times, 1 time ceralac, 1 time oats or rice mixed with dal or parantha, 1 meal of apple or banana.

Additionally, you should give multivitamin syrup like syrup bevon 5 ml once a day for 1 month.

I hope this will help you.
Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Priyanka G Raj