Weight Loss Treatment

Please note, within 1-2 weeks after birth, little weight is generally shrinking. Why? Because the baby’s body contains enough water as a “by-by” which he brought from the womb. Well, in a 1-2 week period, the liquid gradually out through the urine. Automatic weight babies so down. Of course not drastic. Yes … about 10% of BB when first weighed at birth. So weight loss 1-2 weeks after birth is a natural thing.
In the following weeks, little weight is relatively increased. Increase per month to around 350-600 grams, or even to reach 1-1.5 kg depending on the plant flowers each baby is unique.
NORMAL INCREASE
Once again, weight gain is not black and white issue. That is, if your baby weight and then she was considered mild sickly or when the baby looks fat she summed directly as a healthy baby. BB increase in general can be categorized in the following calculation:

* First Quarter                       : 500-600 grams per month

* The second quarter         : 350-450 grams per month

* Third Quarter                     : 150-250 grams per month
* Fourth Quarter                  : 600 – 1200 grams per month

Of that number appeared generally in the first 3 months after birth increased the greatest weight. At the age of 3-6 months, the addition of even high enough to reach 2-fold than when the age of 0-3 months. Well, at the age of 6-9 months of additional weight begins to slow. Likewise, when your baby 9-12 months old, not too flashy penambahannya.
If you want to count, count again, the average weight of babies when 6 months to two times birth weight. Meanwhile, at the age of one year to 3 times birth weight. For example, if the birth weight 4 kg, at the age of 6 months has reached 8 kg. At the age of one year was 12 kg. It’s not set in stone but merely a calculating for parents to estimate the weight of your baby. Stay with notes, calculations are only estimates, aka no fixed prices. So babies born weighing 4 pounds is not necessarily at the age of 1 year reached 12 kg. Could be weighed only 10 kg.
Well, after one year of age, weight gain usually begins to slow again. That does not mean a decline. Continues to increase, only slowly. Obviously, parents do not have to be surprised or worried if your child finds the weight up and down. That means normal. After all, from various studies of a number of normal infants of different races also showed a decrease in body weight in 0-12 months age range.
Receptions GROWTH
Well, if found little BB down, not just be a nuisance. It could be kept indicating the normal progress of growth. On the other hand, genetic factors also determine the baby’s growth. This means that weight can also be seen how the history of BB family.
Because of that, to ascertain whether it was within the normal category, lack of or excessive, parents can check or compare the Lubchenko curve contained in a book developed to monitor the baby grows, or KMS (Toward Health Card) from the health center or hospital. Well, based on these curves, the parameters to find out your baby’s growth is not only seen from the increase BB, but also height and head circumference size.
Can be known whether the weight of your baby is still hand in hand with the increase curve height and size of a normal head circumference. So parents are encouraged to constantly monitor your child BB regularly every month through its control to the doctor or nearest health center.
IF has fallen dramatically
Parents are sometimes considered if the BB down means babies are malnourished. As a result, little was forced to eat more, or give him vitamins so fat fast. In fact, the decline BB should not signify the growth of small problems. As long as still within the normal range on growth charts earlier.
Only if the growth curve was decreased dramatically, parents need to be alert. Especially when there are symptoms of appetite dropped, often cranky, and wants feeding decreased. Or if in two consecutive months there is no addition of BB. If this happens to consult whether the child might be suffering from the disease. To be sure, if the additional weight does not match with the chart, then it might be little impaired growth.
Disturbance of growth can occur in the short term and long term. In the short term, weight reduction can be caused due to the decline of the small appetite, less intake of food or illness. Meanwhile, the decline in long-term BB disebakan abnormalities usually fail to grow. The definition of failure to thrive is the inability of infants to achieve BB or TB as a normal growth path. When that happens, then there may be a particular disease or disorder in the child. Or for example, good appetite, but the weight never increases. It is necessary to consult in case your child was experiencing metabolic diseases like diabetes.
Indeed, factors can lead to disease weight babies stunted growth. For instance, because congenital heart disease. The heart has a role that carries blood nutrients. If the heart leak, the body will be starved of oxygen that cause growth disorders due to blood mixed with clean and dirty. In fact, congenital heart disease also affects the suction power so that the intake of infant nutrition or eating less, too.
Disturbance of growth can also be caused diarrhea due to food is not absorbed by the body. In fact, a disease that causes coughing shortness of breath was caused not strong suction power so that the income to eat less. In the end affect the body’s metabolic processes. As a result, little weight was lost.
Digestive problems can also cause growth disturbances. Absorption of food due to disruption of digestive enzymes or bowel movements are not good, or there is damage to the intestinal tuft. Food is not absorbed properly, it will quickly go out again. Or for example, because there are no digestive enzymes of carbohydrate, the carbohydrate substances from the food consumed can not be absorbed by the body.
THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION
Brief already mentioned that the role of nutrition is very important for child growth. In other words, the balance of intake and nutritional needs affecting the little BB is growing normally or not or even continue to shrink instead. Especially for babies first 6 months, the best food and milk main. In fact, the study also noted a big role in breast milk increase weight infants. In the first two months, the increase BB so much faster. Then, from the ages of 6 months, also provide fiber foods that stimulate the growth of the intestine become more optimal and digest better.

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Monitoring the Infant Size

Understand the physical size of the standard baby. This is important for early detection of health problems.

There are many ways to monitor your baby’s health. But the easiest and clearest is to measure the physical condition. For that, you need to know the ideal size – so you can expect little kesehataan status. This all can be done through anthropometric measurements (related to the body), such as body weight, body length (height), and head circumference. Well, the Ministry of Health has set the standard or ideal number of nutrition status of infants by weight and wide body, and head circumference size. Of course, age and sex of the baby must also be determined. This standard is a formal decision to guide the doctor in Indonesia to monitor the baby’s health. You also should be “educated” these standards.

Weight Loss by Age (BB / U)

When your weight is not in accordance with age, or no weight gain in a certain period (1-3 months), could be indicative of health problems.

Head Circumference

Many studies have shown, there is a correlation between the size of the baby’s head and brain that are stored in it. That is why, also head circumference measurements should be done regularly and periodically. Moreover, through this measure, roughly the doctor can see the picture later intelligence.

Unfortunately, until now, there is no standard measure of the circumference of the head. However, in several books on child health or Card Towards Healthy (KMS) can be found curves that describe the development of the child’s head circumference size. For example, babies born will have a month head circumference measures approximately 35 cm.

If you are not sure of the status of child nutrition, do not hesitate to consult with your doctor. To remember, all the anthropometric measurements have normal range. So your baby may look thinner than your friend’s baby the same age, weight and sex. This does not mean your child is not normal, because it could be your baby’s body length on average. What is important, as long as your baby is always active, happy, and the characteristics of the growth of normal, do not be too concerned with her figure!