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Child Nutrition (Expert Forum)
Extremly Underweight
Answered by
Renee Radenberg - Child Nutrition, nutrition
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To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
Extremly Underweight
by rawallay, Sep 19, 2009 05:48AM
Dear Dr.,
My doughter is 7 months old and her weight is about 8.82 pounds. She weight 7 lbs at the time of birth. Our Doctor got her tests which were all normal. I personally observed that she gain 100 grams of weight each month. Though she is a PICKY eater, but, still a happy child. She has just started sitting now.
Kindly guid me please as the situation getting worst for me and I'm extremly worried about my baby.
Thanks
RAWALLAY
My doughter is 7 months old and her weight is about 8.82 pounds. She weight 7 lbs at the time of birth. Our Doctor got her tests which were all normal. I personally observed that she gain 100 grams of weight each month. Though she is a PICKY eater, but, still a happy child. She has just started sitting now.
Kindly guid me please as the situation getting worst for me and I'm extremly worried about my baby.
Thanks
RAWALLAY
Is your child male or female?
:
Female
What is your child's height?
:
53 cm
What is your child's weight (kgs or lbs)
:
8.82 lbs
Doctor's Answer
by Renee Radenberg, Sep 20, 2009 07:57PM
, Sep 20, 2009 07:57PMTo: rawallay
Both her weight and height are below the 3rd percentile for her age. If she is breast fed, suggest changing to or adding infant formula to her daily food. As a guideline for a 6-8 month old child should eat the following: Breast-milk or Formula (6-8oz) 3-5 feedings a day; Starch 2 feedings a day – Infant Cereal (2-4 Tbsp); and Fruits or Vegetables 1-2 feedings a day (3-4 Tbsp). Hoped this helped you.
I would like to shear that my baby is drinking formula milk only, which too, in small quantities. She drinks milk 3-4 times during her sleep at night. Her total milk intake for whole 24 Hour is about 6-8oz, which is too low when compared with the intake suggested by you. However, when feeding solid food she tries to hold food with her hand, instead of allowing me to feed her, and started eating/playing it.
Please suggest the way to increase her milk intake, as to me it is the only cause of her slow growth.
Regards,
RAWALLAY