Show I WEIGH BABY I IBy By PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE The loss of a pound or two of weight makes very little difference to the adult but it is a serious matter for a ayoung ayoung ayoung young baby A pound or two loss means as much to the baby as ten or fifteen pounds does to the adult for forIt forIt forit it is 10 per cent or more of 01 his total body weight If a baby fails to gain in weight for several severa weeks or loses a pound or two it becomes noticeable But Dut the aVerage average average aver aver- age daily dally gain in weight for the first year is so small that It cannot be de detected detected detected de- de without weighing When a baby fails to gain the required re required re- re number numb of ounces for even one week weel it means moans that there is something wrong with him or the food Whatever Whatever What What- ever it is it should be remedied at once To delay until baby has lost weight for several sev-eral weeks or until the loss of weight reaches roaches a pound or two always lessens the baby's chances of prompt recover recovery It is very much easier to keep a ayoung ayoung ayoung young baby well and gaining gaming steadily than it is to have him regain lost weight or to get him well again once he has become ill III For these reasons a mother should weigh the young baby every week until he is nine months old and after that at least every two weeks until he ho is one ono year year old From infancy until he lie enters school the child should be weighed at least once a month The average baby weighs a little over seven pounds at birth He doubles his weight at six months weighing ordinarily or ordinarily ordinarily or- or fourteen pounds He triples It at one year weighing about twenty- twenty one pounds It is because of his rapid growth that a baby must have havo the right kind of food and spend most of ot his timo time sleeping |