Benchmark Normal Baby Weight According to Its Age

What exactly is a normal baby's weight benchmark? What is clear, Mother do not immediately worry if your baby's body looks bigger or smaller than other babies his age. As long as the weight is within the normal range and has no other complaints, then Little is classified as healthy.

In the first few days after birth, babies can experience weight loss. Normal infant weight loss is about 5% of birth weight in infants who are fed formula milk or 7-10% in infants who are breastfed. Two weeks after birth, the baby's body weight will return to at birth, even more than that

It is important to ensure that your baby's weight stays up. This shows that Little is healthy and gets enough nutrition. The method is to weigh your baby every month and record the weight gain in the MCH book or growth chart listed on the Card to Health (KMS).

Normal Baby Weight by Age

Normal baby's weight will change with age. Normal baby's weight gain every month is calculated from birth weight. The following is a table of normal infant weight gain according to his age:

Age	Minimum Weight Gain
1 month	800 gram
2 months	900 gram
3 months	800 grams
4 months	600 gram
5 months	500 grams
6 months	400 grams
7-17 months	300 gram
18-24 months	200 grams

For example, if your birth weight is 3 kg, then your baby's weight is said to increase if it reaches the following number:

Birth Weight = 3 kg
Age	Normal Baby Weight
1 month	3800 gram
2 months	4700 gram
3 months	5500 grams

Based on the KMS chart, Little One's weight is said to fail to rise when the weight graph is horizontal, decreased, or intersects the red line of growth underneath. Even though the weight of your little one in the following month goes up, but if the increase is less than the minimum body weight, then this condition can be regarded as a small one that fails to grow.

Infants and children need immediate medical attention if their weight is difficult to increase, decrease dramatically, or have entered the yellow zone in the KMS graph.

Tips to Increase Child Weight

Ideally, babies will gain weight every month. This is because gaining baby's weight is one of the benchmarks of whether the baby is experiencing good growth or even experiencing health problems.

If the baby's weight does not rise as it should, the baby may experience failure to grow. A baby is said to have failed to grow if his weight is much lower than the normal weight of another baby of the same age based on the KMS chart or if the baby's weight does not increase twice or more when weighing after he has gained weight.

Infants do not reach normal weight because they cannot get enough nutrition or suffer from certain diseases, for example have digestive problems that cause nutrients to be absorbed (food malabsorption), hormonal disorders, infections, anemia, or congenital abnormalities.

To support the normal weight gain of a baby, try doing the following:

• Feed the baby as often as possible before she feels sleepy or tired. This aims to make the baby suckle more optimally.
• Check the baby's attachment or suction. Infants who experience nipple confusion due to pacifier use may experience difficulty in sucking the mother's nipples. This can make the baby not get optimal milk.
• Notice whether the baby has tongue-tie, which makes it difficult to suckle from the breast.
• Try to feed the baby in a comfortable place and in a calm mind so that the body produces milk better.
• If the baby is six months old or can start to eat MPASI, add more foods that contain calories, such as eggs, fish, meat, avocados, cheese, or potatoes.
• Go to the pediatrician regularly to see if he has certain medical problems that make it difficult to gain weight.

To monitor the growth of your child, do not forget to regularly weigh her weight every month at the posyandu or puskemas, and consult the growth and development and health conditions at the pediatrician.

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