We were advised to try eliminating all dairy products from my diet, then supplementing formula after each breastfeed, and now give up nursing entirely and formula feed, but none of these is making a difference. The scale becomes the focus of the visit. This deeply rooted concern makes sense. Growth is central to childhood.
Growth is particularly noticeable and rapid during the beginnings of life.
In the first four to six months, a baby typically doubles her birth weight. She will triple her birth weight by the time she is a year old. Maximal brain growth also occurs during the first six months of life. The brain grows as much during a child's first year as it will during the entire rest of her life. A child is failing to thrive when she is not growing at the expected rate for her age, or if her weight is disproportionately low compared to her height and head circumference.