If there is something that worries mothers a lot since their babies are born, it is if grow properly or not. If others you have twins, Twins, or triplets, it is inevitable to compare them, it will seem that one is bigger than the others, or that your twins do not grow.
So that you stay more calm we will tell you how is the growth of siblings who were born in multiple births, which does not change from any other baby, with one caveat: these babies are usually premature, as regards growth, this does affect them.
Size at gestational age
Since you find out that you have twins or twins, the worry about whether the two will develop to the end. And it is that, almost certainly you have heard of the syndrome of the vanishing or missing twin. It is the loss in the uterus of one or more of the fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, which are totally or partially reabsorbed by the other. But if both of your babies have come to term, you don't have to worry about this at all.
Infants with multiple births and preterm infants were not initially included in the samples used to construct the percentile tables. Today these tables are taken into account for them, but it is flexible. In the case of twins from week 28 on, their growth slows down noticeably, but this is normal, it does not imply any pathology.
A baby is considered to be small for his gestational age, who is born two deviations below the weight corresponding to his time, or below the 3rd percentile. In the case of twins, it can affect one or both, and they coexist, almost always on the grounds that they are premature. Twins are usually 30% smaller at birth than babies born from a single pregnancy.
How do twins grow?
When twins are born very small, with little weight, but from week 37, they will have growth times a little slower than those of a single child. But this does not have to influence your growth as a child, adolescent, and adult at all. The development, if there are no complications of any kind, will be identical to other babies.
If your twin children were born with little weight and also being very premature, then, the complications will come from this circumstance, not because they are twins. Each organism is independent and will have its own growth rate which, in turn, will be influenced by other factors.
El first year of life of a child, also of twins, is the stage of greatest growth. It is a time when the body grows rapidly and in that year, it may reach half the size it was at birth. The idea that for each month it increases by about 2 centimeters is taken as a “trick”. It is older in the first six months and decreases as it approaches one year of age.
Growth of premature babies
With all that we have discussed before, we are going to focus now on how premature babies grow, rather than on whether they are twins or twins. The table that measures the height of a premature baby should be corrected up to two years, when the child's development will catch up with that of other children. It is recommended to measure the baby periodically, more or less every 2 months, until he reaches this age.
Regarding the ascent curve of weight of premature babies is slower than that of a full-term baby, because he ingests very small amounts of milk. In general, during the hospital stay, the baby, each of them can initially lose weight. Little by little it will begin to recover it and it does not mean that the two will recover it at the same speed.
To reassure you, we will tell you that most premature babies achieve adequate psychomotor development, but, I eat almost everything at a slower pace than the other babies. They often have uncoordinated movements at first, and their limbs alternately stiff and flabby. But, with adequate stimulation, you will make everything go well.