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Why My Child Is Not Gaining Weight?
hello sir my query is i am having a baby girl , her weight is 8.8 kg and her birth weight was 3.2 and she is 1 year old now. I am giving her 5 times a meal which are healthy but still she s not gaining wt but she is active and one thing that always make me worry that she do potty 4 times a day . is this the reason that she is not gaining weight and how can i improve on this.
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
In the first place, you are absolutely incorrect in assuming that your child is not gaining weight. She is absolutely fine, as far as I can judge. While it is mentioned in books that children triple their birth weight by 1 year, this is not a hard and fast rule. It also depends on the genes she has inherited. For example, either you or your spouse may have been like this at 1 year of age! And the child is following in your/their footsteps!
Doing 4 stools every day is normal for her, so don't worry about this. A change in stool pattern is abnormal. Otherwise, every child has a different routine for stooling.
Dr. Taher
Doing 4 stools every day is normal for her, so don't worry about this. A change in stool pattern is abnormal. Otherwise, every child has a different routine for stooling.
Dr. Taher
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