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Can You Please Suggest How To Increase The Baby's Weight Naturally?

Posted on Fri, 6 Dec 2024

Question: My 3 month old daughter is not gaining any weight. She is active and fed once in every 2.5 hours. We are planning to start feeding formula . Can you please suggest how to increase the baby's weight naturally? Note: Shes 4.5KG from the last 15 days.

Answered by Dr. Shinas Hussain (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
More details required.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
What was her birth weight. Is she taking adequate breast milk? Is the urine output adequate?
Any history of fever with cough lasting for more days?
Any episodes of excessive irritability and cry especially at nights.
Waiting for your response.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Shinas Hussain (5 hours later)

Birth weight 2.7Kg. She doesn't have any problem with feeding on milk as well.

Answered by Dr. Shinas Hussain (26 hours later)

Brief Answer:
The weight is a at low normal range.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The present weight at low normal range. We have to consider parental height and height of the child also.
For three month old child of breast milk is adequate and progressive weight gain is there only breast feeding will be enough.
You have to chart weekly weight gain and if the gain is not there you can consider supplements like nanpro.
Hope I have answered your query.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar