6 Ways to Keep Baby's Ideal Body Weight

in #parenting6 years ago (edited)

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Although seeing a baby chubby and plump cheeks always make the fuss, but maintaining the ideal baby's weight remains more important. Because it can be unwittingly parents, the child is overweight or obese.

Ideally, newborns weigh an average of 3.25 kg. Meanwhile, in infants aged 1 year of 8.6-9.6 kg and age 2 years at least weigh not exceed 14.4 kg.

Well, what about your baby? Is it ideal? Quiet Moms, even if you have not be despairing. Likewise if it has been ideal, then all you need to do is keep the weight in the small remains ideal.

Here's how to keep your baby's ideal baby weight from Harvard Medical School on her official website titled 6 Ways to Help Keep Your Baby at a Healthy Weight:

  1. Breastfeed
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    Breastfeeding can not only be a natural diet of the mother by burning calories as much as 300-500 calories per day, breastfeeding can also be useful to keep your baby's ideal weight. The content of breast milk is able to meet the nutritional needs of the baby but not only that, the little one also needs extra energy to be able to suck and swallow while nursing.

  2. Do not Feed the Food
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    Every time your baby is fussy or crying, do not feed him with food to calm him down. That is why, it is important for you to recognize signs of a baby hungry, tired, or wanting to sleep.
    Moreover, if now your baby has MPASI and start to know a lot of variety of food. So, do not be easily provoked to always give baby food when in fact he has not been hungry.

  3. Avoid Excessive Portions
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    All that is excessive certainly not good right, Moms. No exception to give food intake to the baby. He who is now beginning to explore many different flavors in food, keep it so as not to overdo it.
    Make sure you pay attention always to the portion of the meal you give to the baby.

  4. Healthy Solid dish
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    Avoid children's fast food, MSG excess, to other unhealthy. Instead, introduce and familiarize it with a healthy solid dish. Like vegetables, grains, fruits, legumes, fish or lean meat.

  5. Recommend Family Food
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    At the age of 8-10 months, you can start to invite your child to eat the same as the family menu. But remember, adjust to the ability of the baby. You can make the family food into porridge or cut into small pieces so that he does not choke.

  6. Push the Active Motion
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    One more important thing, support your baby to move actively. In addition to good health, motor skills are rough and smooth, moving can also burn fat in the body.
    You can spur his moves as he crawls, practicing walking or while playing. Strive to hold the first to give your child a gadget since childhood. Let it explore itself and its surroundings with active motion yes,

Good luck!

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