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Result - Ideal Baby Weight

Result
Gender Boy
Age 6 Months
Ideal Weight for this age 3 kg

7.37 lb (pounds)
Note:It is recommended that a physician be consulted for advice in event of any doubts or need for therapy.
Find your Baby's Ideal Weight

Weight Percentile for 6 months old Baby Boy
Weight (kg)6.36.56.87.37.98.59.29.69.8
Percentile3510255075909597
Under WeightHealthy WeightOver WeightObese

What is a percentile?
Percentile is a number used to assess an attribute in comparison to the rest of the reference population. In the case of height (or weight), it is the percentage of the population of the same age and gender whose height (or weight) is less than or equal to the percentile given. For example, if a 2 year old boy’s weight is at the 60th percentile, this means his weight is higher than or equal to 60% of all other 2 year old boys. A higher percentile therefore means the child is at the higher end of the growth spectrum for their age and gender and vice versa.

Weight Vs Age Percentile Graph for Babies aged up to 3 years

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Interesting Facts

  • Boys on an average are slightly heavier and taller than girls and their growth patterns are also different. Boys are usually 0.3 kg heavier than girls.
  • Variations from the ideal weight score for the first two months may be minimum.
  • For children between 50 – 60 months the difference may be up to 0.4 – 0.5 kg.

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elavarasy-lakshmi-narayanan

My baby 1month weight 4kg and new born weight 3.7kg it's ok for this? I am worried.

Johnlizzy29

I am glad my baby ideal weight for her age is good. She is 10.7kg at 19month

anitha_nextgen

My baby girl is 10 month old. She is currently 7.4 weight and her birth weight was 3.7 kg. Wanted to know whether her weight is normal?

maria-moagi

My son he is 5 months and weight 6.4 kg am concern he was taking Nan Perlagon we recently change to Nan Opti was is a right decision for us to change?However he enjoys the formula.

mary-danso-

My 11 months baby weighs 9.2 and 72cm un height. Is there any medication to increase his height



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