Principles and practice of infant feeding . iet of different infants necessary tonormal weight increases must vary within very consider-able limits, the scale offers information which is of in-estimable value. The following may be taken as working averages forcomparative purposes, and the estimation of over- andunder- weight in infants coming under observation. Average weight at birth 7 pounds (3200 Gm.) Average initial loss 10 ounces (300 Gm.) or about one-tenth of the body weight at weight regained usually by the fourteenth is doubled at the end of the fifth
Principles and practice of infant feeding . iet of different infants necessary tonormal weight increases must vary within very consider-able limits, the scale offers information which is of in-estimable value. The following may be taken as working averages forcomparative purposes, and the estimation of over- andunder- weight in infants coming under observation. Average weight at birth 7 pounds (3200 Gm.) Average initial loss 10 ounces (300 Gm.) or about one-tenth of the body weight at weight regained usually by the fourteenth is doubled at the end of the fifth at the end of the first year. 132 INFANT FEEDING. Average weekly gain during the first five months) should approximate 5 ounces (150 Gm.), during the remainder of first year 4 ounces (120 Gm.).Yearly gain during the second year 6 pounds (2727 Gm.).Gain during the third year pounds (2000 Gm.).Gain from the fourth to the eighth year, 4 pounds annually (1800 Gm.).Gain from the eighth to the eleventh year, 6 pounds annually (2700 Gm.).. Fig. 8.—Scale for weighing infants. An accurate scale is necessary equipment for properinfant feeding. Parents should be encouraged to pur-chase a balance scale with a large scoop. However, it is not sufficient to base the determinationof the amount of food on the weight of the baby alone,since two infants of the same weight may have decidedlydifferent nutritional requirements, dependent upon vari-ous factors. The fat baby requires less food per poundthan the thin baby—the overfed less than the underfedinfant; and the sick baby must of necessity be fed withinits limits of tolerance during the acute part of its illness, MILK DILUTIONS WITH CARBOHYDRATES. 133 and the body losses must be compensated by increases inthe diet beyond those which we have learned to consideras the normal feedings per pound body weight, as itstolerance for food permits during convalescence. A healthy infant should, therefore, show a regular gainwithin certain limi
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