When babies reach 6-7 months, they eat and sleep quite well, but their weight gain is not as fast as before, what is the reason? This is the law of infant growth and development, which reflects the developmental characteristics of infancy. The developmental characteristics of infants determine the rate of weight gain, and it is normal for infants to gain weight slightly slower after 6 months of age than in the first few months. In general, infants gain weight faster in the first half of the year than in the second half. In the first half of the year, the weight gain is 600-800g per month, and in the second half of the year, the weight gain is 250g per month. It is customary to take the birth weight as the base, and the weight at 5 months is twice the weight at birth, and at 1 year is 3 times. If the calculation is based on 3kg at birth, the weight will be about 6kg at 5 months of age. Length is calculated as 50cm at birth, and by 5-6 months, the length is about 65-68cm. In the first half of the year, the length increases by 2-3cm per month; in the second half of the year, it increases by 1-2cm per month. 1 year old should weigh 9-10kg and be about 75-78cm tall. Parenting Tips Parents should not be anxious about their baby’s weight growth slowing down and rush to let them eat more. When this happens, first of all, you should not panic. If the baby eats and sleeps well, there is no need to rush, and do not intervene in particular, because inappropriate intervention will instead destroy the baby’s normal growth and development pattern. After the baby ate complementary food, has not grown, the weight also fell a lot, what is the cause of it? 1, improper addition of complementary foods Supplementary foods are the initial stage of the child’s diet, if improper addition of complementary foods, the child does not eat well will cause unsatisfactory weight gain. Clinical 7-8 months is the age of poor weight growth. ①Add too many complementary foods, too fast: the so-called “want to speed is not achieved”, parents often add complementary foods at the beginning of the rush, today eat a new, tomorrow eat a new. This can easily cause vomiting and diarrhea in children, and once this damage occurs, it often takes 2-3 weeks to recover, parents are scared by the child vomiting and diarrhea, and begin to hold back, afraid to let their children eat anything. When adding complementary foods, we should pay attention to adding one kind of food at a time, one spoonful, for 3 consecutive days to see if there are any allergies, and then change to another kind. ② Supplementary food added too fine, too little variety: the main purpose of supplementary food added is to let children gradually learn to swallow and chew food, in the process of supplementary food added to adapt and accept a variety of new foods. Some mothers have been to the child to eat paste, regardless of fish and eggs all beaten into a puree, until the child to eat ordinary rice, the child’s mouth is always a mouthful of rice can not swallow, a little larger dishes will be stuck spit out. Over time, the child became a difficult to eat. ③ Supplementary food is not smoothly added to give up: some children do not like to eat supplementary food, especially breast-fed children in the early days of supplementary food added to the difficulties. At this time should not avoid, you can eat complementary foods before breastfeeding. When adding complementary foods follow the principle of thin to thick, single to complex. It is important to remember that children within 12 months, the main or milk-based, remember not to reverse the priorities. 2, repeatedly sick Children repeatedly sick is an important reason for not gaining weight. When you are sick, your appetite becomes poor and your intake is insufficient. When a child is sick, he or she will lose more or less 1 or 2 pounds. Some children’s weight just grow four or two, a sickness, reduce half a pound. Repeating this process, half a year has passed and the weight has not grown at all. This is especially true for skinny children, who can easily have a good appetite for a period of time to eat well, eat more, grow some meat, the mother just happy, not 2 weeks on fever and illness. Although children need enough protein fat to grow, for this type of children should not eat too much meat. Because the child’s gastrointestinal function is weak, eat too much meat and eggs, gastrointestinal burden, can not be well absorbed, resulting in accumulation of food sickness. But you can’t just eat porridge, noodles and other carbohydrates either. How to ensure sufficient protein intake and make the stomach and intestines easily tolerated? You can try to let your child increase the amount of milk and yogurt. Milk is liquid, which is relatively light on the gastrointestinal burden and can provide good nutrients. What is the relationship between baby fat and thin? 1. It has a lot to do with heredity; 2. It has to do with the amount of exercise; 3. It has to do with digestion and absorption; 4. It has to do with sleep time or quality. The baby becomes thin condition and the reason 1, baby anorexia As soon as you see the mother to bring food to run far away, as if with the “rice” have a grudge, how not thin? This is typical of anorexia, which may be caused by stomach problems, indigestion and so on. The mother should examine herself to see if the food she prepares for her child is too monotonous and irregular, or if she indulges her child’s habit of snacking indiscriminately. The inappropriate feeding method “creates” the child’s anorexia. 2, how to eat are not growing meat There is such a baby, not picky, but also eat more, but “dry food does not grow meat”. Some mothers will think that children may be “born to be thin”. This argument cannot be supported in the child. The nutritional function of food is achieved through the nutrients it contains, the child is in the growth stage, too thin most of the time there are problems. The baby is likely to have poor digestive tract function and the nutrients of the food are not absorbed and utilized, so how will it grow well? If the mother prepares poor quality food, the main nutrients into the protein, fat content is low, the baby will also be thin. 3, consumption is greater than the intake is then the baby’s energy consumption is greater than the intake, the intake of nutrients can not meet the body’s growth needs, the child certainly will not be fat. 4, digestive tract diseases If the baby is always hungry, it may be digestive tract parasitic disease; if the baby shows that eating more, weight loss, weakness, may suffer from endocrine system diseases, should take the child to the hospital for examination. The child’s health is the most important Of course, you can’t judge the physical condition of the child from the child’s fat and thin, the child’s health is the most important! For example, how is the child’s resistance? Some children are in this situation, very able to eat is not fat, but the resistance is very strong, rarely cold, sick, mental state is also very good! Mental state is the most direct manifestation of physical condition, children who are not comfortable will immediately express themselves in various ways such as crying, fussing and irritability. If the mental state is very good, it means that his physical condition is also good. The mother is the main implementer of the plan, so show all your patience to change everything. The first priority is to give your child a thorough check-up, and then start by adjusting the diet, improving feeding methods and correcting bad eating habits. 1, maintain the baby’s liver, spleen and stomach Through physical examination, the mother can understand the baby’s digestive system, spleen, stomach and other health conditions, serious illnesses can be taken according to medical advice, such as strengthening the spleen and stomach, to help digestion of children’s special drugs. If your child is deficient in zinc, iron, calcium or anemia, follow the doctor’s prescription for serious cases, and take dietary supplements for minor deficiencies. 2.Ensure that your child gets enough sleep Sleep is a necessary daily “homework” for your child, if this “homework” is not completed, it will affect your baby’s health. 3, to ensure the appropriate amount of exercise every day More exercise, preferably two hours a day, can be divided. Outdoor activities are best to start in the summer and continue through the winter, so that babies can gradually adapt to the cold air, helping to enhance their ability to resist disease. Do not carry out each exercise for too long, and take appropriate breaks to avoid excessive physical exertion. 4. Rebuild baby’s desire for the table Most thin babies are related to factors such as unreasonable nutritional dietary structure, improper feeding methods, and poor eating habits. Mothers quickly change the monotonous meals of the past, try to diversify the food every day, cereals, legumes and vegetables should be reasonably matched, make the table lively, so that the baby regains the expectation of the table.