Secondly, the baby also needs weight management, and the subjective consciousness is very good!

Third, if the height and weight are overweight or not up to standard, besides adjusting diet and exercise, we should also pay attention to the cultivation of healthy habits.

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Every baby has its own unique growth curve and process. The baby's growth and development is influenced by both congenital heredity (fat and thin, body shape) and acquired (diet, exercise and habits): some parents are thin and the baby is not fat; Some parents are fat, so it is difficult for the baby to lose weight. So parents need to draw the baby's height and weight curve on the standard children's height and weight curve (divided into boys and girls), from the following two aspects:

1. Height and weight are within the normal range. Beyond this range, it may be light, short or heavy.

2. The curvature (variation range) of the curve is similar to the standard line. If there is a sudden slowdown in growth and development, or a sharp increase in growth and development, it may be a harbinger of some diseases.

Babies also need weight management. The reason why we should emphasize this point is that too many people in China are apt to walk into such a misunderstanding: the fatter the baby, the better! Especially the old people of different ages. I often hear others "compare" with each other: mine is already 20 kg! My family is already 25 kg! Especially beautiful! Fat man! Especially if you can eat and sleep for a long time! I can hardly hold it! In fact, many foreign pediatricians, including Dr. Sears, advocate "raising a thin child": little fat people have a high probability of obesity when they grow up, while fat children will be accompanied by physical, psychological and emotional disadvantages when they grow up, and are more likely to suffer from some adult diseases, such as heart disease, stroke and arthritis. However, most babies will be chubby in the first six months (cute baby fat! ), when they start to sit, climb, stand, walk and run, they will gradually slim down and become more symmetrical.

How to manage your baby's weight? Congenital factors can't be controlled, let's start with the acquired influence! Mainly for the baby's diet, exercise and habits to make adjustments and training.

1. Promote breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is most suitable for all stages of baby's physical development, and it can provide neither much nor little nutrition. Milk powder babies are generally fat, mainly because artificial feeding is not easy to grasp the baby's real food intake, and it is often easy to feed more. It doesn't matter if the baby who is exclusively breastfed is fat. As the saying goes, "Fat milk is not fat", these babies will start to lose weight at the age of 1-2.

2. Don't feed when you cry. Baby crying may be caused by various reasons. Is the newborn crying? -Cecilia's answer Before breastfeeding, you can usually try to hug, sleep, appease, etc.

3. Respect your baby's appetite. The baby's belly is only as big as his/her little fist! When the baby shows obvious signs of not wanting to eat, there is no need to force feed. Many parents in China, especially the elderly, like to run after their babies with food, and even indulge their babies to eat all kinds of "delicious" but unhealthy snacks (mainly with many additives) in order to make them eat more. It is difficult for babies to form healthy eating habits, so that they are either overeating and obese or anorexia and thin.

4. Calculate the calorie intake of the baby. Patience can record the calorie intake in the baby's daily menu in detail. If the energy is limited, you can roughly record how much you eat every day. If the weight gain is abnormal, it can be found or adjusted accordingly.

5. Encourage your baby to move. It is common sense that babies who exercise are not easy to gain weight. However, Ma Meng should remind you that you need to make sure that your baby can move: you can check whether you have put too many clothes on your baby, or make sure that your baby can exercise in a safe environment and under supervision.

6. Cultivate your baby's good eating habits. From the time the baby tries complementary food, the person who feeds the baby (usually the mother) needs to give the baby a chewing demonstration to cultivate the baby's eating habit of chewing food instead of wolfing it down; Language and body language express that food is delicious, and encourage babies to try foods that are not delicious but nutritious; For picky eaters, we should cultivate the good habit of not picky eaters by reading picture books, singing children's songs, vividly explaining the benefits of various foods, and encouraging babies to use their favorite methods (such as grasping with their hands or eating with their favorite spoons). Don't force a baby who is not hungry to eat. You can have a hungry meal first, and then the whole family can eat it together, so that the baby can change from "want me to eat" to "I want to eat"