Height and weight of a 2 and a half year old baby

In fact, there is a standard value for the height and weight of a two and a half year old baby, but it still depends on the actual situation of your baby. If it is too far away from the standard value, it is definitely not okay. You must pay more attention to supplementing them with sufficient nutrients in their diet. In this way, their physical growth and development will be faster and there will be no adverse reactions.

Weight is an important indicator of growth and development, and is an important basis for judging children's nutritional status, calculating medication dosage, and replenishing fluids.

Generally speaking, children's weight gain increases with age, and the younger they are, the faster they gain weight. But there is one special place.

Newborns may experience temporary weight loss 2 to 3 days after birth due to the excretion of meconium, absorption of vernix caseosa and loss of water, as well as weak sucking ability and small milk intake. The weight may even be lower than the birth weight. This is clinically called "physiological weight loss." By the 3rd to 4th day after birth, weight loss can reach 6 to 9% of birth weight.

For example, a baby weighs 3,700 grams at birth and can lose 222 to 333 grams on the 3rd to 4th day. After that, as the baby's milk intake increases, the body's adaptability to the external environment gradually adjusts and the weight gradually increases, returning to the birth weight. If the weight drops by more than 10% of the birth weight, or has not returned to the birth level on the 10th day after birth, it is not normal "physiological weight loss" and the cause should be found out, whether it is improper feeding, insufficient milk, or the child is sick.

The average weight of a baby at birth is 3.2 kilograms. Normally, male babies are heavier than female babies. Babies of tall and fat parents are also heavier. If the baby's weight is below the average but not less than 2.5 kg, it is considered a normal weight baby. We often encounter babies of this size. These newborns are generally fed no differently than other children, except that some children are small and have relatively poor sucking ability, and sometimes get tired after eating very little milk. So for such a small baby, the new mother must be more patient and careful. When feeding breast milk, she should adopt the method of small meals, so that the total amount of milk fed to the child does not decrease and is conducive to his digestion and absorption.

In addition, for newborns with relatively light birth weight, modern scientific methods can be used, such as neonatal massage and neonatal gymnastics. These methods can increase the secretion of neonatal gastrin, improve appetite, and promote digestion and absorption. At the same time, this kind of skin contact can also strengthen communication between mother and child, emotional communication, and is very beneficial to the child's early intellectual development.

It is worth mentioning that massage must be done under professional guidance, otherwise it will not have a good effect.