Neonatal weight and IQ related?

When a baby is just born, weight is a topic of concern for relatives. The baby's weight has become an invisible "comparison".

If the baby is thin, the mother will generally feel guilty for not delivering all the healthy nutrients to the baby's body.

In the older generation, it is believed that fat is a symbol of good fortune, especially fat babies, look cute and likable, look ahe very healthy and smart.

Lu Xun's nine pounds of old lady mantra always said: "generation is not as good as a generation," the reason is: she was born nine pounds, her son eight pounds, her grandson seven pounds, great-granddaughter only six pounds.

It is pedantic thinking and behavior to judge whether a person is productive or inactive by weight loss.

However, the British brain neurologist study concluded: the baby's birth weight and IQ are indeed closely related, but not the heavier the smarter.

Research data shows that when a newborn baby weighs close to 7.2 pounds, the IQ is usually near its peak.

This is because 20% of human IQ is determined by the degree of brain development. Seven-pound babies have the best brain development and more mature and well-developed organs.

What are the differences in IQ for newborns of different weights?

① Babies below six pounds

Newborn babies between five and six pounds, lighter weight, and relatively poor health, may also be "congenital deficiencies", poor body resistance, and more prone to disease.

But now, unless premature babies, babies born in normal months, too lightweight has rarely been.

The baby is less than six pounds, and the mother in the daily care is more attentive to ensure that the baby's nutrition and adequate exercise, as well as a healthy body, can be harvested.

The girl in the university dormitory, Lele, is not tall, less than one meter six, just look at her face and body belong to the gentle, bird-like kind, but her arms, and calves are "small muscles".

She also does not look so "weak", hand strength is also very strong, often carrying a large suitcase to the car.

She said she was born less than five pounds, like a "little mouse", and her mother at a very young age exercised her to do more housework, dance classes, exercise in physical fitness, and grow up to be very good physical fitness.

② More than eight pounds of baby

As people's standard of living gets better and better, now more and more "giant children" are being born. Colleague Fan's baby just born has been more than ten pounds, are close to catching up with the full-term baby.

More than eight pounds of baby, basically already belongs to the "giant child".

The newborn baby is too heavy, not only will increase the danger and difficulties of the mother during childbirth. It is also a red flag that the newborn has too much fat in his body, and his blood lipids and blood pressure may be higher than those of a normal-weight baby, and he will be at risk of obesity and diabetes later on.

Overweight babies will directly affect the development and functioning of the brain and will appear clumsy, inattentive, etc.

③ Babies between six and seven pounds

Most babies are born with a weight of about six to seven pounds and are born with an IQ level that is basically in a range.

And this is the weight of the baby, suitable for the mother's natural delivery, generally speaking, the baby's cerebral cortex after squeezing, cortical cells will be secreted more, will show signs of physical coordination, and more intelligence.

However, this is not entirely true, as the eldest baby was delivered by C-section because of cloudy amniotic fluid despite being born at 7.2 pounds. His language development and physical coordination are better than those of children his age. He is a "child king" everywhere he goes, with a little leader temperament.

If pregnant mothers do this, their babies will be smart and healthy

① Pay attention to your diet

In the first few months of pregnancy, because of the reaction of pregnancy vomiting, usually appetite, weight loss, and psychological burden: worry that the baby is not enough nutrition.

So in the middle of pregnancy will increase the intake of food and calories, especially appetite, it is easy to overeat, coupled with the baby from the mother's energy intake, and many mothers will feel hungry in the middle of the night, up for food.

In fact, during the first trimester, the baby's nutritional intake from the mother is very limited. There is no need for a mother to take in too much food during the middle and end of pregnancy to "compensate for the psychology".

The fact is that a lot of mothers, especially those who drink maternity formula, gain weight very fast, but a lot of meat is grown in their bodies.

The actual fructose intake is also not too much, the pregnant woman's hormone imbalance, their blood sugar increased, and the baby will be hypoglycemic, affecting fetal development.

My good friend Qingqing was late in her pregnancy and ate too many grapes from the farm, so her baby was born in a "holding tank" and monitored for two weeks before she was taken home.

② Pay attention to life and rest

Pregnant mothers should go to bed early and wake up early on time to develop good habits of rest, and to be full of spirit, the baby in the belly will also feel the regular work and rest of the mother, for future habits invariably lay the foundation.

In addition to smoking and drinking, coffee and drinks as soon as possible, crab, persimmon, barley, hawthorn, and other cold or difficult-to-digest or unfavorable food for pregnant women have to stay away.

In addition, the mother has to maintain a good mood. Many of the baby's early education begins in the mother's belly. If the mother is in a good mood and often in a beautiful environment, the fetus will have a healthy and balanced development of all the senses and will be born a calm, quiet and curious baby.

③ Pay attention to regular maternity checkups

The mother and father who have experienced maternity leave will complain that the frequency and cost of maternity leave nowadays are a bit overwhelming.

From health checkups during pregnancy preparation to NT at 12 weeks, NF, 4D ultrasound, Tang screening, DNA, and various blood tests, especially in the last month, it is a weekly checkup, and more often than not, it is reported to the hospital every day.

My girl started to have low amniotic fluid at 28 weeks, and she reported to the hospital every other day for the remaining two to three months, and had to monitor her amniotic fluid every few days, especially in the last few weeks when she had to go for fetal heart monitoring every night.

Although after so many tedious processes, but see the baby born smoothly, healthy and smart, but still feel that everything is worth it.

The modern era is not like the past, do not listen to some old people's words, saying that in the past there were not so many tests, the children are all healthy, one by one, they have grown into adults.

It is still important for pregnant mothers to pay attention to maternity checkups, follow the doctor's instructions, make timely adjustments and interventions for various problems during pregnancy, and eventually "harvest" a healthy and smart baby.

Although the baby's birth weight has a certain impact on the IQ, the era of "weight is the hero" has passed, the baby's intelligence and parents' IQ genetic, acquired family education environment have a very deep impact, mom and dad efforts to create a good environment for the baby, the baby can certainly have a better future.