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Show 1 Uncle Sam, M. D. The avs of n pojud or two of weight roakoa Very little difference to the adult, but It Is a serious matter for n young baby. A pound or two loss menus as much to fhi baby ns 10 or 1 ."i pounds does to the adplt, fr it l in per cent or more of his total body weight. if a bab) fails to gain In weight for Several weeks, or lo.--.e a jiound of two :t becomes noticeable, ltut the aver-l age daily gain In weight ror the first year is o xtn.ill thut it ...nnot be detected de-tected without weighing. , When ,-i bft'bj fails to Ctiin the re-, quired number .r ounces for even one veet, ii mcuna -h:,t there In something some-thing ,v roiig w ith him or the food. Whatever it Is', it should be remedied at once. To delav until baby has lost weight for several w -k-- .i until the loss of Weight reaches a pound or two always j,ensenj the '.abyN chances of, prompt roepvejry. It is very much caster t keep a) young baby v.eii and gaining steadily thn It Is to. have him regain lol w.-iabt, hi to k t him well again ones he has. become ill. For these reasona ' a mother should weigh the yoUng bab every week until he in nine months old and after that at least once every two weeks until he Is on, year bid. Prom Infant) until he enters school the Child should be weighed at least ifnec a month. The averace baby weighs a little over -eeu pounds .i birth. He doubles dou-bles his Weight at -ii v iiM.nl hs, weighing weigh-ing ordinal ll I I pounds. He triples It at one year, weighing about 21 pounds it is because of his rapid gXOWtfl that a baby must have the light kind of food and spend most of his tine sleeping |