A member asked:

My five months old baby weighs 6kg.her born weight was 2.75kg.she is only breastfeed.is tat adequate weight gain?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Fuad Kiblawi answered

Specializes in Pediatric Cardiology

Yes: Usually infants should double their birth weight by 5 months of age and triple it at 1 yr. Your baby weighing 6kg at 5 months is excellent.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Dr. Jay Park answered

Yes: Normal monthly weight gain for the full-term born infant is close to 0.6 kg.

Answered 10/23/2017

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