Weight of children in 4 months, growth, development

With the onset of the fourth month of life, the child's physiological and mental development comes to a new level. Now the baby begins to grow in appearance.

Norms of weight and height

At the moment, there are two types of physiological standards. Differences are only in the range of acceptable values, which must correspond to the child (4 months): height, weight and other parameters. This also applies to the circumference and head, and chest.

According to domestic experts, the weight of children in 4 months should be in the range from 5.4 to 7.6 kg. The minimum threshold for boys and girls is uniform, and the maximum difference is 0.5 kg in favor of the former. Deviations of up to 700 g are allowed if the child was not born on time. The growth in boys can be from 58.7 to 64.5 cm, when girls - from 58.4 to 64 cm. The head circumference varies from 39 to 43.5 cm, the breasts - from 38.6 to 44.6 cm . According to international standards, the weight of children in 4 months can be in the range from 5 to 8.7 kg. Errors and permissible deviations in girls and boys coincide with domestic norms. The growth of children at this age can be from 57.8 to 68 cm. The indices of the head circumference are from 38.1 to 44 cm, and the breasts - 37.3 to 45.2 cm.

Deviations from the norm of weight and height

The body weight of an infant directly depends on its physiological development, nutrition, heredity and the course of pregnancy. If the birth was much earlier, the weight of the child at 4 months may be significantly lower than the norm, as well as the growth rates. The same is true for children who have been moved, when their physiological parameters exceed the generally accepted standards. In both cases, the baby can develop normally, so do not fixate on the error.

At this stage, it is important to monitor the overall condition of the baby. It is worthwhile to understand that a more adult child (1 year 4 months) may be subject to similar deviations. Weight and height of premature infants are often less than normal up to 2-3 years. That is why the development of such babies is closely watched by the attending physician. If the weight of a child at 4 months exceeds the norm of more than 1 kg, then there is the likelihood of early obesity. In this case, you need to change the mode and dosage of the food, switch to another lure. If the weight of children is 4 months below the generally accepted standards of 1 kg or more, it is necessary to immediately contact the pediatrician. Otherwise, this tendency of deviation may soon cause the appearance of rickets and oxygen starvation.

Physiological development

At 4 months, babies and nails grow much faster in babies. Since that moment, the child needs additional care. Children are no longer wearing scratches, so it is important to cut their nails in time, otherwise soon not only microtraumas but subcutaneous itching will appear on the baby's body.

At this age, the main thing for a baby is its development: weight, height, head shape, elasticity of the spine, muscle mass, etc. In other words, all physiological indicators should be normal. With growth and weight gain, muscle mass, spine, cervical discs should be strengthened, and the shape of the skull should be rounded. At this stage of development, the baby should already have everything in proportion. The main problem that each parent faces on this deadline is teeth. At 4 months they just begin to erupt, so the child can not find a place for itching and pain: he is capricious, cries, refuses to feed, constantly wakes up at night. This is in the order of things, but if necessary, you can alleviate suffering with special freezing gels or potions. Any medication should be taken only after consulting a doctor.

Fortunately, by 4 months, another headache of parents - intestinal colic practically disappears. At this age the gastrointestinal tract was finally formed and cleared, therefore it is possible to forget about this problem with joy.

Mental development

Four-month-old children are already beginning to establish contacts with the world around them. Familiar people, especially mom and dad, they smile more, showing that they are very happy to see them. At this age, the child wants to communicate, reacting to conversations, games and bright objects. The expression of emotions occurs in the form of separate incoherent sounds or even simple syllables. Also the little one understands the intonation of the appeal. It is at this moment that the speech device develops, so the baby needs to communicate more, to teach him to pronounce individual sounds. By the end of 4 months the child will start to entertain himself, to walk for a long time, loudly to babble. If the face and head are blushing, you should not worry. The process of playing sounds is very popular with children, so they are often overexerted. This is how the vocal cords develop.

Already now the kid begins to react to his name - freezes, listens, turns, smiles. However, the emotional background is still unstable due to age. Children continue to react violently to any events. If they are concerned about something, then whims and crying begin, if they feel well, then the mood is elevated (smiles, exclamations, laughter).

At this stage, the feelings of the child develop. Now he is experiencing not only fear and hunger, but also surprise, resentment, curiosity, disappointment.

Optimal mode

At 4 months, the baby should have a clear and balanced schedule of the day and night. Up to six months it is important to walk daily in the fresh air from an hour to three, depending on the weather conditions. Also, daily massage of the extremities and bathing in the bath is necessary. The more active and diverse the child will spend the wake-up period, the better it will eventually end up sleeping. Between daytime feedings must necessarily be a dream (about an hour and a half). You can not force a child to stay awake for 4 hours or more, as it promotes overexcitement, development of headaches, crying.

Before a night sleep, you should take the baby as much as possible, so that he is more tired, but do not overdo it. In that case, the night will pass quietly, without awakening and crying.

The right diet

For a four-month-old child, it is important to organize an optimal diet and menu. It is time to switch to a 5-time feeding (the latter - no later than 20.00 hours).

If the baby still feeds on breast milk, the ration should not be expanded this month. Otherwise, you need to introduce complementary foods. For this, liquid vegetable purees are ideal. If the crumb does not want to take the feeding from the spoon, you can go to the mixture for the bottle.

At this age it is important that the baby gets the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals. If a child (4 months old) whose development, weight and height are normal, feeds on only one type of mixture, then by the year he may develop anemia and rickets.

Between feedings should be 4 hours. Deviation is allowed for 20-30 minutes, but not more.

If the weight of children at 4 months is much lower than normal, it is allowed to return the sixth feeding.