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Home  ▸  Health  ▸  Growth & Development  ▸  Average Weight Gain for Breastfed Babies (Metric)

Average Weight Gain for Breastfed Babies (Metric)

[click here for English Units (ounces/inches) and discussion]

 

Baby’s Age Average Weight Gain
0-4 months 155 – 241 grams per week
4-6 months 92 – 126 grams per week
6-12 months 50 – 80 grams per week ‡
† It is acceptable for some babies to gain 4-5 ounces (113-142 grams) per week.

‡ The average breastfed baby doubles birth weight by 3-4 months. By one year, the typical breastfed baby will weigh about 2 1/2 – 3 times birth weight.

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Sources:

World Health Organization Child Growth Standards, 2006. Available at: http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/. To figure average weight gain, we used the weight-per-age percentile charts for birth – 5 years. The range is a combination of boys and girls 5% to 95%, rounded to the nearest 5 grams.

Baby’s Age Avg. Length Increase Avg. Head Circumference Increase
0-6 months 2.5 cm per month 1.27 cm per month
6-12 months † 1.27 cm per month 6.4 mm per month
† By one year, the typical breastfed baby will increase birth length by 50% and head circumference by 33%.

Source: Mohrbacher N. Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple, Amarillo, Texas: Hale Publishing, 2010, p. 205.

 

Updated on January 27, 2018Filed Under: Growth & Development, What is Normal?

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