Sunday, November 7, 2010

Skinny Babies, not always malnourished

During this time it was thought, meaning thin baby suffering from malnutrition or certain diseases. In fact, can cause all sorts. "Tell your doctor, who knows your son is a specific disease. Her body was very thin. "This kind of advice we often hear or just give to friends that her son looks thin.

In fact, to determine whether or not skinny baby baby, do not quite see from his appearance alone. "The proper way is to measure and compare weight and height, although every baby has a weight and height are different," explains dr. Alinda Rubiati, Sp.A, child specialist of Fatmawati Hospital, Jakarta.

Similarly, for the affairs of thin monitor whether or not the child, must be continuous. "There is a curve or graph to see if the baby becomes more thin or not," said Alinda. Registration is usually done every month, so it will look how the body of the baby growth chart.

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Normally, body weight (BW) newborns had reached 2500 grams. Not too big, nor too small. Because if it's too small, it is feared his body organs can not fully grown so that it can harm the baby itself. Conversely, too much too scared of difficult birth in a normal way and must be via Caesarean section.

Well, the added weight babies can be seen per quarter. In the first quarter, an increase in body weight range 150-250 g/week, second quarter increase of 500-600 g/month, the third quarter rose 350-450 grams/month, and fourth quarter of about 250-350 grams/month.
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