Case infants with birth weight below normal are still a lot happening. More than 90 percent of babies born weighing 800 grams or more can survive. Whereas infants weighing 500 grams or less have a 40-50 percent chance of survival, although the possibility of complications is greater.

Babies born with weight under 2500 grams (2.5 kg) including low body weight, whereas if the birth weight less than 1500 grams (1.5 kg) including very low weight.

In general, infants low weight for two reasons that were born prematurely (preterm) or because the pregnancy is indeed small.

An estimated 1 in 13 babies born has a low weight below normal. But if the baby is low birth weight, are usually very vulnerable having problems with his health or lack of capacity has now grown up.

As quoted from the Pregnancy, common cause of infant born with low weight is due to alcohol consumption, exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy, drug use on a regular basis, malnutrition, stress and excessive fear, mothers who low weight, genetic disorders, chronic illness, lack of care during pregnancy and when pregnancy is close to previously.

Infants with low weight have a lot of special need in order to survive, so often infants placed in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). NICU are usually designed to limit the pressure on the baby and the baby's basic needs such as warmth, nutrition and support the growth and development.

Besides with the help of the NICU, the mother can also help restore the condition of the infant with feeding. Providing exclusive breastfeeding is the best way of giving the baby to eat. Let your baby feed more often than every 3 to 4 hours, because breast milk contains all the nutritional needs of infants. Also give warmth to the baby, because babies with low weight vulnerable to hypothermia (body temperature down).

Not forgetting to give skin contact so that the baby feel more secure. And do control with your doctor regularly to see if there are symptoms of jaundice in infants, difficulty breathing or a fever that can be treated and quickly get a normal weight.