Reasons for slow weight gain in newborns after adding complementary foods

How many newborns gain weight slowly? This is something that many parents are particularly worried about, because slow weight gain of newborns means that there is a problem with the child. So for many families whose newborns gain weight slowly after adding complementary foods, they want to fully understand the reasons. The following is a detailed introduction so that parents can have a comprehensive understanding.

1. Reason 1: Insufficient milk intake:

After the baby starts to eat complementary food, the total amount of breast milk/milk powder should not be less than 600ml per day. Both breast milk and milk powder contain a lot of protein and fat. Breast milk is divided into foremilk and hindmilk, and the hindmilk has a higher fat content, so don't always eat foremilk;

2. Reason 2: Insufficient carbohydrate intake:

The main ingredients of grains (rice, wheat, oats, etc.) (rice noodles, porridge, soft noodles) in complementary foods are carbohydrates. In order to prevent the baby from partiality, it is best to mix grains + meat + vegetable puree + egg yolks together for complementary foods, but you must pay attention to the proportion. Grains should account for 50% of the total amount, and the amount of meat should not exceed 25% of the total amount. White rice porridge should be thicker, and rice soup should not be drunk (too high water content affects milk drinking, and enough water will not be enough nutrition);

3. Reason three: Unbalanced nutrition:

Some mothers only feed their babies rice noodles/white rice porridge, or only add egg yolks without vegetable puree or meat puree, which leads to unbalanced nutrition and may cause obesity in babies (the age range and order of adding vegetable puree, meat puree and egg yolk can be found on this platform and search for "supplementary food");

4. Reason 4: Poor sleep:

Studies have shown that babies who sleep well have better immunity and growth and development than those who don’t sleep well. If your baby doesn’t sleep well, you must find out the reason (for sleep problems, you can join the platform and search for “sleep”).

In addition, breastfed babies who sleep in the same bed with their mothers will become attached to the nipples, causing them to wake up frequently at night. In addition, some mothers are afraid that their babies will be hungry at night and cause low blood sugar, so they wake up their babies every three hours to feed, which also affects the baby's sleep and thus the baby's weight gain.

5. Reason 5: Insufficient amount of complementary food:

Some mothers are afraid that their babies will have indigestion or gain weight, so they dare not feed their babies complementary foods. In fact, eating too much does not mean gaining weight or indigestion. It is ok to eat until 80% full or 20% full. As long as the baby can eat, sleep, have normal bowel movements, and grow and develop normally, you can increase the amount of food you feed regularly. Remember to drink milk directly after finishing complementary food. Do not eat small meals frequently. If you feed them separately, if you do not eat enough at one meal, it will affect your baby's eating of complementary food at the next meal.

The reasons why newborns gain weight slowly after adding complementary foods. I believe many parents have fully understood some of the reasons why their children gain slowly after adding complementary foods. After fully understanding the reasons, in order not to affect their children’s weight gain, they must improve it through comprehensive treatment so that their children’s weight gain can be improved as soon as possible after treatment.