My 10months Old baby only weighs 6 kg, he's weight at birth is 3.1kg.

My 10months Old baby only weighs 6 kg, he's weight at birth is 3.1kg. I'm so concerned about my baby weight, he's always running temperature since June I have been visiting hospital since then and they keep on telling me is malaria, there's no mosquito in our house and will do sleep under a mosquito net.

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Modupeoluwa Osunbayo

Kindly note that malaria is not the only cause of rise in temperature, viral infections e.t.c can cause that as well. So you need to see a paediatrician for a thorough evaluation.

Nancy Ije

At 10 months is expected to weigh averagely 9 - 10 kg. And it is important to make sure your babies weight do not remain Static or sam or worse drop below what it was before, those are very bad signs, those are very bad signs. Baby not gaining weight NOT is an Orange signal. Please, see a doctor asap. You need to ensure he feeds balanced