The baby : a mother's book by a mother / by a University woman.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The baby : a mother's book by a mother / by a University woman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    something wrong, and the sooner it is seen to the better. If the gain is steady, but not as great as it should be, this again is a matter requiring investigation. The weight of a child after the first six months does not increase so rapidly, and the decrease in rate con- tinues to the end of the fifth year, as well as far beyond. ^ - r- > s __ - 4 d H T s w IM f7fl O' A it VS ‘L af PI -rt T F ] he ft Qf . 1(1 i 1 ^ i r<t s Y? s / / f r Y 5. J u i£ SJ 1 L 1- J Fig. 7. Thus, while a normal child will more than double its weight in the first six months, it will only increase to . about three times the weight at birth in the first year, ; and will only double its weight at the end of the first year in the next four years. But the child, if healthy, ^ should always be gaining, and the weight chart should 1 be kept up for the first year. There are many methods of weighing a child. It can 1 be placed, during the early months of life, in a basket land weighed by a spring balance, the weight of the
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