The possible reasons for a five-month-old baby to become thin include insufficient calorie intake, colds, gastroenteritis, and so on.
1. Insufficient calorie intake: for breastfeeding babies, if the mother’s milk secretion is not sufficient, may lead to the baby is not enough to eat, resulting in thin. In addition, if parents do not feed properly, such as feeding time is not fixed, milk powder ratio is too thin, not timely add complementary food, etc. may lead to the baby’s intake of calories is not enough so that weight loss.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) colds: colds can lead to the baby’s loss of appetite, poor appetite, the consequences of weight loss.
(2) gastroenteritis: gastroenteritis during illness in addition to decreased appetite, there will be vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms, the baby absorption of nutrients is not sufficient, resulting in weight loss.
Five months baby thin, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.