Underweight babies and the implications

Have you ever been to a nutritional rehabilitation most especially for babies in the hospital before? You see different kinds of babies not up to a year old so skinny and weak while you see some babies so beautiful and adorable in size that you already admire them at the first sight. Good Nutrition and balanced diet are very important to both babies and adults.

You wondered why some give birth to underweight or undersized babies. This happens mostly when the woman during their pregnancy state did not take good food or balanced diet. Some will not bother to check the type of food they are supposed to eat. Medical advices on foods and fruits to be taken by a pregnant woman are always dished out at a hospital. All these are necessary so that a healthy baby can be born.

In adults most especially the women who just gave birth, balanced diet is compulsory to be taken always. This will help in the rapid growth and development of the baby too as most of the nutrients derived from the food taken are being passed to the babies too in form of breast milk.

Now that we know that food intake with poor nutritional value can cause underweight babies when born, what are the ways to correct that deficiency in babies? Firstly, During your pregnancy, you must eat good food and make sure your food is always balanced. That is, there should be presence of the six classes of food in your meal. They are;

1. Carbohydrates which are necessary to gives you energy and power. Bread, Rice, Yam, Grains etc are good examples of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are also needed in digestive system and help in heart control.

2. Protein are necessary for body building. They help to ward off against diseases and is needed in a pregnant women's food. Examples of proteinous food are beans, milk etc.

3. Vitamins is further categorized into different forms. Nevertheless vitamins help in repairing cellular damage and boost the immune system. Vitamins are most found in fruits and vegetables.

4. Fats and oil. Fats can be found in avocados and olive. Fats is essential as it provide energy and insulate body organs.

5. Minerals are needed for body growth, maintenance and development. They are essential for good health. Minerals include calcium and iron found in  cereals, meat, fish etc.

6. Water is life and is needed to aid digestion. Water cannot be substituted for anything as we can't all survive long without water.

So you might wondered how babies who are underweight or small in size can cause problems for themselves or their parents. These are some of the problems associated with having an underweight baby.

1. An underweight baby or a small sized baby will also have a small size organs inside their body. The weight of a child is almost the same as the organs inside their body. A baby with little weight will have a little immune system in his body and that could pose a threat

2. An underweight baby will also have little strength and may feel weak always. A weightless body has a weightless brain because the body will affect the brain too.

3. Hardly will you see a skinny baby who is beautiful. This is because this also affects their physiological features too. This can have a psychological impact on the babies when they grow up.

There are many disadvantages of having a baby with small size but the good news is that it can be rectified. All you need to do is to go to the hospital and let them know what you are experiencing with your baby. Place yourself and your baby under a very good nutritional plan. It's also good to prevent nutritional deficiency in babies while they are still young. Be optimistic that your baby can still be better and pick up.

Married people with kids like @tired_momma can also talk more on this out of their experiences too.