With each month of life, crumbs its daily menu can vary significantly. In this article, we will tell you how to properly feed a child in 3 months, and how much it should eat to feel great and develop fully.
How many times a day does the baby eat at 3 months?
According to the generally accepted rule, a three-month-old baby should be eaten 5 times a day. Meanwhile, those babies who are breastfeeding usually eat more often, about 6-7 times a day. This is because the mother's milk is the ideal product for a tiny baby organism, so it is absorbed as quickly as possible.
On average, the break between applying to the breast should be 3 hours. Modern mothers, for the most part, today practice "on demand" feeding, so this time interval may be somewhat different. If the crumb is on IW, it needs to be fed every 3.5 hours, each time pouring into the bottle the same amount of the adapted milk formula.
How many grammes of a mixture or milk does the baby eat at 3 months?
Of course, the body of each child is individual, and the need for each baby in the nutrient fluid can be different. Despite this, there are some rules that allow you to calculate how much a mixture or milk should be drunk in a day to feel well and develop fully. To determine the normal indicators, use the following guidelines:
- The most common formula that will allow you to determine the amount of a mixture or milk that a baby needs throughout the day is as follows: X = 800 + 50x (n-2), where n is the age of crumbs in months.
Thus, a three-month-old baby needs on average 850 ml of nutrient fluid per day. - Also, you can divide the child's body weight in grams by its length in centimeters, and multiply this by 15.7.
- Finally, the easiest way is to determine 1/6 of the body weight of the crumbs. This is exactly the amount of the mixture or breast milk that will be enough for a three-month-old baby.
In general, the daily norm of a dairy liquid for a three-month-old baby should be from 800 to 1050 ml.