my baby is 8 week old. his birth weight was 3.6 kg. now he weighs 7 kgs. I am worried about overweight. he is on formula. what should I do??

1 Answer

ExpertVandana SharmaNutritionist2 years ago

A. Hello mom he has almost doubled his birth weight within a month as almost they are expected around 4 to 6 months of age and monthly weight gain is ideally around 300 Gm to 1 kg . Formula fed babies normally gain lot of weight

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