The norm of feeding an infant by months

Every mother cares if her baby is eating well. But since it can be determined only by weighing once or twice a month, the norms of nutrition of infants are very actual for parents. On them you can roughly determine whether the baby is eating, and in time to adjust its menu.

How should the infant breastfeed?

If you are breastfeeding, you will most likely need the following information:

1. Modern pediatricians recommend applying crumbs to the breast on demand. Thus, he can himself vary the amount of milk that sucks. At the age of 3-4 days, it can be 20-60 ml, in a month - 100-110 ml, in 3 months - 150-180 ml, in 5-6 months - 210-240 ml, and by the year the volume of sucked milk reaches 210 -240 ml. More information about this can be found in the table of infant nutrition by months.
2. Starting from 6 months, parents, according to the norms of WHO, introduce complementary foods. In half a year this vegetable and fruit puree, and also dairy-free cereal, in 7 months to them add crackers and vegetable oil. At 8 months, your baby can try a little wheat bread, meat puree and butter (if the baby does not have a tendency to allergies, you can try to give a little fruit juice, but up to 10-12 months with great care). From 9-10 months the youngster is allowed to feed cottage cheese, kefir, yolk and fish. The norm of infant nutrition by months is given in the following table.

How to feed an artificial man?

Toddlers on artificial feeding are fed strictly by the clock, in the first months of life every three, and then four hours. The number of feedings is 8-9 times to 2 months, 7-8 times in 3 months, 6-7 times in 4 months, 5-6 times in 5-6 months and then 4 to 6 times in 7-12 months. The norm of feeding an infant with artificial feeding varies depending on the age from 700 to 1000 ml per day. For more information, see the table below.

Lure small artificial animals are administered in the same way as those who feed on mother's milk.