what is the average weight of a 4 month old boy?

[bailey19782000]

Originally Posted by KristyLiz

This is not right! Babies should not be givin water, it can lead to a condition known as Water Intoxication -

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Water Intoxication in Infants
For healthy adults, nothing seems to quench a thirst better than plain, pure water. We're encouraged to drink several glasses a day to keep our systems in balance. But for children under 1 year old – and especially during the first nine months of life – drinking too much water can be dangerous.

In fact, according to pediatricians like James P. Keating, MD, medical director of the St. Louis Children's Hospital Diagnostic Center, too much water dilutes a baby's normal sodium levels and can lead to seizures, coma, brain damage and death.

Breast milk or formula provides all the fluid healthy babies need. If a mother feels her baby needs to take additional water, it should be limited to two to three ounces at a time and should be offered only after the baby has satisfied his hunger with breast feeding or formula.

Dr. Keating also recommends that parents avoid participating in infant swimming lessons. "Repeated dunking of infants can cause them to gulp water and has caused seizures in the infants at the poolside," he says.

Since the brain is the organ most susceptible to water intoxication, a change of behavior is usually the first symptom in older children. They may become confused, drowsy or inattentive. They also may suffer from blurred vision, muscle cramps and twitching, poor coordination, nausea and vomiting, irregular breathing and weakness. If you notice any of these symptoms, call your pediatrician.

my sons pediatrician has me giving him water instead of formula. he gets 8 ounces of water and one scoop of formula when h cries between feedings because he is hungry. my son vomits after most feedings and we have been told this is because he has acid reflux, the doctr said he is crying not because he is hungry but because his insides are burning from the acid. they put him on a medication for ulcers called axid. this is not working either. he has been on a diet for almost 2 months and is still gaining weight. he is seeing an endocrinoligist, a gastrointeroligist, a pediatrician and a nutritionist. the gi is the one who found the enlarged liver.

[orrmobl]

If you're that worried about it, you can stop feeding him thickened formula and either get him on Zantac (not sure if he has upset stomach or just throws up) and cut the cereal for now or spoon feed it to him. We didn't feed our kids solids til about 6 months because of reflux of both kinds. I fed my second thickened breast milk to help keep it down but that wasn't til about 6 months. Thickened formula is way too many calories for a 4 month old in my opinion - formula bulks them up to begin with, cereal, more so.

My 4 month old girl is a little butterball in the thighs and she weighs about 14.5-15 lb.

"What to Expect the First Year" recommends not thickening bottles but spoon feeding the child as they will then be full sooner and not overeat as bottle feeding encourages. This was a concern with my second but it was so darn easy to bottle feed him cereal, there was no mess, and he didn't puke all over the place. So I got over my apprehension, and he's a skinny minnie anyway.

But if you're truly concerned, try some of this stuff and/or talk to your doctor.

And re: giving a baby water. No, you shouldn't give them water all the time. BUT if a baby gets up during the night to nurse/feed but you know its more a comfort thing, it is recommended to give them a bottle of water so they get a little satisfaction but not much. Soon they realize this feeding is not worth the effort and will sleep through the night. Also in hot weather if the child is outside, it is recommended you supplement with some water as well. Just like most things in life, all things in moderation...

[Chippery]

My son is also 4 months old now. He weighed 5lbs 6oz. at 3 weeks early (Pre-eclampsia). His weight now is 11lbs 14oz. This throws him into the 4-5% range. I actually was proud of how much he gained, until the nurse walked in and called him skinny. Talk about a mood killer...

Anyways, he was eating up to 6-7 ounces a feeding, but burping up so the doctor cut him back to 4 ounces per feeding.

My sister mentioned that preemies (he was 1 day short of the title, so I just say it) usually catch up around a year old - in regards to weight. Is there anybody else that on here that knows anything about this?

....as much as small can be cute, it's starting to get annoying. Especially when babies younger than him are outgrowing him.

[davidsmommy2008]

my son is 4 months old and weighs about 16 pounds. i wasnt sure at first if he is ok with his weight because he is in the highest percentile for his weight. i am hoping that he will be ok in the future. what do u think i should do?

[lovearizona]

I just took my 12 week old son in to the Dr. last week for his 2 mo check up and shots and he only weighed 11 lbs 9oz, and he was 24 inches long. My Pediatrician said he was only in the 20th percentile for his weight but the 75th for his height! I am not worried about it because he eats a lot at one time. Every 3 hrs I feed him and he eats anywhere from 6-7oz each time. He is gaining steadily and thats all that matters. He weighed 7lbs, 9oz when he was born and was 21 inches long. Neither I nore my Hubby are tall and we are on the smaller side. He did have acid reflux and we finally got it under control about a month ago, he was put on Zantac and it is amazing! Our ped tried putting him on the Enfamil A.R. first to see if that would help but he still threw up and didn't gain any weight on it. He could only eat about 4oz at a time cuz of it being soo thick. Now we just give him the Enfamil Gentlease and he seems to be doing great! I tried the reg Enfamil in the Yellow can and he spit up more on it.