Posted on December 20, 2007 in latest news
All the other babies you see are roly-poly and yours is long and thin, say 25th percentile in weight. The doctor says that he’s doing fine and you shouldn’t worry, but you do.
The truth is that slender babies are as healthy as their roly-poly peers and sometimes healthier. Your cause of concern is much understood, with the roly-poly babies shown in the commercials, and the general society expectations of every baby being a chubby baby.
In your situation, there should be no cause of concern as the doctor as pointed out, if in general:
The factors that affect a baby’s size are sometimes such that you can do very little about it. Factors such as:
The factors that need action from your side for remedy are:
Rarely, a baby’s poor weight gain is related to the inability to absorb certain nutrients, a metabolic rate that is out of a kilter, or an infectious chronic disease in which you can probably notice other symptoms. This illness requires prompt medical attention.
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