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About weight gain
By 30 th April girl baby born . Her birth weight is 3.1 . By now she crossed 6.75 by 7 months completion is her weight is normal. She is has a problem of cleft palate so weight is more important to the surgery so I need to know what weight she should gain at 9 months?
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She is unable to take appropriate diet due to cleft palate, added calories rich diet in liquid form will help
She will be better after surgery
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Weight is depend upon the diet if infant...
Give calorie dense diet and continue breastfeeding to increase weight...
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at 9 months of age 7tob7.5kg is good...but for surgery you have to ask pediatric surgeon
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi.
Babies double their weight by 5 months and triple there weight by 1 year.
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She her a calorie dense food with ghee and feed 4-5 times/ day.
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Dr. Raktima Chakrabarti
Pediatrician
28 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Weight is fine though the growth is slow because of the problem of cleft palate
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Consult your pediatric surgeon
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Give calorie rich food
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