Problems in the baby’s development
One cause leads to another, but are not equal. Are the slow increase of weight and growth retardation serious problems in the baby’s development.
Caring for your baby’s development
Good nutrition in infancy, prevents many evils in the baby.
But if the mother has had a serious oversight at this stage, the baby may have a slow increase of weight and growth retardation. See the following features that distinguish these two oversights:
Slow increase of weight
Blow frequently inefficient, weight gain steady and continuous, but does not reach the average.
The baby sucks and swallows active milk, the reflex is activated milk regularly.
- Urine pale, six or more wet diapers a day.
- Deposition soft and grainy, the frequency is within normal. The baby is alert and active.
Growth retardation in the infant under one month old
The baby still losing weight even after ten days.
- The weight loss at 7-14 days is more than 10% from birth weight
- The baby does not return to meet their birth weight in two to three weeks.
- Little or no growth in length or head circumference, signs of malnutrition and dehydration
- Weight below percentile 10 month old,
- Refusal to be fed from birth
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