The nurse assessing a 6-month-old healthy infant who weighed 7 lbs at birth,shares with the parents that the infant should weigh approximately how many pounds?

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Birth weight doubles at about age 5 to 6 months.At 6 months,an infant who weighed 7 lbs at birth would weigh approximately 15 lbs.Ten pounds is too little; the infant would have gone from the 50th percentile at birth to below the 5th percentile.Twenty pounds or more is too much; the infant would have tripled the birth weight at 6 months.

The Nurse Assessing a 6-Month-Old Healthy Infant Who Weighed 7