What should I do if my breastfeeding height and weight are not up to standard, and my baby is not up

For new mothers, the most concerned issue is the growth and development of the baby. Each period of the baby has certain developmental indicators, if the indicators are not qualified, the baby will look thinner than the same age baby. If the baby is underweight, he will worry about his parents and don't know what to do.

So, what should I do if my baby's weight is not up to standard?

1. Feed on demand. Some babies have poor digestive function and nutrients can not be absorbed, so they cannot be fed according to the needs of the baby. When the baby is hungry, he should be fed, so as not to delay the baby's growth.

Some babies do not meet the weight standard, or they may eat too little, many babies drink milk powder two or three hours before 6 months, and drink it at night, so parents should feed their babies in time. If you are breastfeeding alone, you should also strengthen your nutrition so that you can meet the baby's needs.

2. Add complementary food in time. After the baby grows to 4 months, it is not enough to simply rely on milk powder or breastfeeding, and complementary foods should be added in a timely manner. When adding complementary food to the baby, we must pay attention to the nutritional matching, not simply eat vegetables or meat, you can add spinach puree, pork liver, etc. to the baby, only balanced nutrition baby can reach the weight standard.

3. Strengthen nutrition. Many babies do not meet the weight standard because of the lack of a trace element in the body, so the baby should be added trace elements in a timely manner, a lot of nutrition can not be obtained by food alone, you can give the baby additional calcium, iron, zinc, etc., so as to promote nutrient absorption.

4. Help your baby digest. Many babies do not meet the weight standard due to poor digestion, poor digestion is easy to cause incomplete absorption, so if the baby has farting, constipation, diarrhea, to give the baby to eat drugs that help digestion, massage the baby or paste the digestive patch, so as to help the baby digestion and absorption.

So it's either to enhance the nutrition of breast milk, or it's to mix feeding.

If you are breastfeeding, your height and weight are not up to standard, and it must be that the nutrition intake of breastfeeding mothers is not comprehensive enough.

In this case, it may be that the baby does not absorb well, and you can add some formula to him.

The clinical significance of 70% higher in children is related to genetics and has no obvious relationship with lactation. Acquired factors, lump nutrition, environment, exercise, lifestyle habits, etc., may all contribute to childhood obesity. Children should pay attention to the balance of trace elements in daily life, eat a balanced diet, and not eat partially.

How old is it best to breastfeed.

Breast milk is beneficial to the growth and development of the baby, and it is for this reason that many women will choose to feed in this way after giving birth to their baby. But I don't care very much about how to let the baby wean breast milk, so let's find out how old is it best to eat breast milk?

Fats, vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients in breast milk. However, over time, the composition of milk secreted by animals and humans will also be different. But for humans, human breast milk is best suited for the baby's growth.

Generally, when the baby reaches eight months or about one year old, there is no need to continue breastfeeding, and parents should choose a suitable time to wean the baby.

It is recommended that babies who are exclusively breastfed are at least 1 year old, and the time of weaning varies from person to person. The baby's nutrition** after 6 months should be slowly transferred to food, while exclusively breastfed babies can be postponed to 6 months, and highly allergenic foods such as eggs, fish, and peanuts can be slowly added after 6 months.

During the feeding period, you should pay attention to giving the baby enough nutrition, during the breastfeeding period, women should have a good rest, do not drink alcohol and smoke, strengthen nutrition, and eat more foods that are easy to produce milk, such as pig's trotters, or crucian carp are good foods. And women are better off not taking the drug during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

What happens when a newborn is breastfed at a substandard weight? Does it have anything to do with the quality of breast milk? This can be caused by underfeeding.

If breastfeeding, it can also be caused by low quality breast milk or insufficient breast milk. At this point, it is necessary to give your child formula milk in a timely manner. At the same time, mothers should also eat more nutritious substances, such as bone broth, crucian carp soup and pig's trotter soup, which can not only promote the secretion of milk, but also improve the quality of milk and ensure the healthy growth of the baby.

Whether breastfed or mixed, the infant's weight gain should be kept within a reasonable range. Breastfed babies gain weight slowly. Normal if it increases within the normal range after measurement and assessment.

An abnormality occurs if the baby's weight is significantly lower than the normal weight range for children of the same age, or if the growth rate is significantly slower than the baby's basic weight. Breastfed babies gain weight too slowly. It is often believed that breast milk is not enough to meet the needs of the baby's growth and development, or that the mother's diet is too light or excessive, resulting in insufficient nutrients in breast milk.

In this case, lactating mothers need to adjust their diet appropriately and increase the intake of foods such as fish soup, chicken soup, and broth.

Insufficient caloric intake:

Milk is generally divided into pre-milk and post-milk. Both contain different nutrients. When feeding, the milk that is expressed first is called "foremilk".

Pre Milk has a thin appearance and is rich in moisture and protein. Babies who eat a lot of pre-milk can get the water and protein they need. As a result, exclusively breastfed babies usually do not require additional water for the first 4 months of life.

Feed frequency not frequent enough:

Newborns should be fed an average of 10 to 12 times every 24 hours. Some babies don't need to eat as often, while others need more frequent breastfeeding to grow. If the infant breastfeeds less than 10 times a day and weight gain is slow, the mother should take steps to increase the frequency of feedings to increase the baby's nutrient intake and increase milk production at the same time.

Babies do not gain weight after eating breast milk, which may be caused by insufficient breast milk secretion, lactose intolerance, protein allergy and other factors. Breastfed babies are generally thinner than artificially fed babies, but this is a very normal phenomenon and does not matter as long as the baby's height and weight are within the normal range.

It may be that the child's eating habits are not good, or the quality of breast milk is not particularly good, or it may be that the mother feeds too little often. That's why your child's weight isn't up to standard. It is also relevant that if the quality of breast milk is not good, then it can lead to malnutrition in the child.

This refers to the child's body, the specific condition, the specific condition of the child's diet, and the quality of breast milk.

Breastfed babies gain weight.

Parents are very concerned about the growth of their babies, especially the indicators are very important, such as length, weight and head circumference, etc., and many parents measure their children every week. The general feeding style can also affect your baby's growth. So, what is the weight gain standard for a breastfed baby?

No matter how the baby is fed, the baby will lose weight in the first day of birth, because the baby needs to excrete excess fluid and meconium, and the weight loss is generally about 5% of the birth weight, and it will recover by the second week. When calculating your baby's weight, start when your baby is at its lightest.

Newborns who are breastfed have the fastest weight gain from birth to 100 days, gaining about 600-800 grams per month. By the time they reach a month of age, they can weigh twice as much as they did at birth. Usually from the fourth month onwards, the rate of weight gain slows down.

By the time they reach 4-6 months, breastfed children gain 85-142 grams per week. Children aged 6-12 months can gain 42-85 grams of weight per week.

Nowadays, many parents will judge whether their child's weight is normal according to the "Infant Weight Gain Table", in fact, this is the average weight of thousands of babies, as long as the child's weight is within the approximate range.