A young mother always cares if her baby eats enough milk. Why is he crying? Is it not from hunger? Because the peace of mind of a nursing woman is as important as the baby's well-being, just check how much your child eats, and whether the amount of food corresponds to the norms of feeding infants.
Calculation of the norm of nutrition for infants
- Within 2 months, the amount of food eaten per day should not be more than 1/5 of the body weight. Let's calculate for example how much a baby weighing 4 kg should eat. It turns out that per day, taking into account nocturnal feeds, 800 ml leaves.
- Norm of feeding of infants 2 - 4 months makes the sixth part of weight of a body.
- Up to six months - the seventh part of the body weight.
- After six months, the child should eat on the day of milk as the eighth or ninth part of his own weight.
Nutrition rates depending on the type of food
How much should the baby eat on breastfeeding and artificial feeding:
- Norms of breastfeeding . In the first month of life, the baby should eat 100 ml per one feeding. If you feed him 7 or 8 times a day, all he eats 700 - 800 ml of milk. How to make sure that he gets the required amount? Weigh it after each feeding, and then summarize all the indications for the day.
- The norms of feeding infants with mixed and artificial feeding are no different from the previous ones. The only difference is that it's easier for you to control what your child ate. Remember that "artificial" are more prone to overeating, mainly because it is easier to eat from a bottle, and Mom will always give an additive. In your power to keep under control how much it eats.
In general, the value of the mixture in milliliters for both breastfeeding and artificial feeding is greatly exaggerated. Believe me, if your child is strong, quietly asleep, if he regularly pisses (no less than 7 times in bitches) and adds weight to his age, you have no reason to worry.
What to do if breastfeeding is not possible
If due to circumstances your child still needs supplementation, it is necessary to approach the choice of the mixture correctly. In such cases, experts recommend a mixture that is as close to breast milk as possible so that the child does not experience metabolic disorders, allergic reactions, skin and digestive problems. Closer to the composition of human milk, the adapted mixtures on goat milk with a protein of beta casein, for example, the gold standard for baby food - MD mil SP "Kozochka." Thanks to this mixture, the baby gets all the necessary substances that help the child's body to properly form and develop.