0-1 year old babies are the healthiest to feed like this!
For new parents, the baby's "eating" is a top priority.
Breastfeeding mothers are worried about less milk and that the baby will not have enough to eat...
Breastfeeding formula and worrying about feeding too much milk, supporting bad babies.....
In the matter of feeding the baby, the mothers walk carefully every step, afraid of making mistakes.
But sometimes, the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes.
Yesterday, pregnant mothers brushed up on the experience shared by a mother, because of her wrong way of feeding, the 2-month-old baby was starved into malnutrition.
Image source: @Full of little comrades' mother
Because of insufficient breast milk, she weaned her breast milk and fed it with whole milk.
She said: Because the elderly in the family say that children are not hungry, but it is easy to break, there are always some cases of children eating too much on the Internet, so I have always insisted on feeding on time, fixing a good time every day, and feeding again at the point.
When the baby is 40 days old, the baby eats 110ml a meal, fixed for 3 hours a feeding, even if the baby is hungry and crying for more than 2 hours, she also insists on feeding until the point, afraid of feeding more children to eat into a big belly baby.
This lasted for 20 days, and at the time of the 2-month physical examination, the baby was found to be malnourished and weighed thin.
The doctor said: If you continue, the child may be anemia, dizziness, vomiting...
The result of malnutrition in children is that there is a problem with feeding methods, and long-term lack of food will lead to substandard indicators of the baby's physical development.
The doctor said: The feeding method must be adjusted, and the baby should be fed as needed.
After returning home, she adjusted the feeding method, and in just 10 days, the baby's small face was fleshy and the weight followed.
She reminded all parents not to make the same mistakes as her, blindly insisting on feeding on time will affect the baby's nutritional intake.
"Because of the regular feeding, I fed the baby to anemia!"
Many parents have fallen into the pit of feeding on time, no matter what the situation, insist on feeding until the point.
Some mothers said: the baby who just came out of the confinement, 2 hours hungry to cry, all said to feed on time, let stand up, afraid of feeding bad, the result is later adjusted, the baby is full, really do not cry or make trouble.
There is also a mother, at first it is also fed according to time, and the result of the physical examination is that the baby is anemic, because the nutritional supplement is not enough.
There are many, many more examples like this.....
Because they have no experience, many mothers listen to the advice of people who come over and feed their babies strictly on time.
However, the absolute time feeding of the baby, ignoring the baby's hunger signal, eating milk every 3 to 4 hours, this is likely to affect the baby's nutritional intake, and some babies will also have resistance to eating because of the parents' "feeding on time".
Whether breastfeeding or formula feeding, feeding principles recommend feeding on demand!
Absolute time feeding is not suitable for small babies, because the stomach capacity of small babies is relatively small, and frequent eating is needed to meet nutritional needs during the surge period, and too strict on-time feeding will make the baby's needs unmet.
So how should the baby be fed? Babies at different stages have different needs:
1. The amount of feeding of newborn babies
For newborn babies, it's basically on-demand feeding.
Breastfeeding babies give milk on demand, do not limit the time of solids, and do not worry about the baby not eating enough, because the stomach capacity of the newborn baby is not large.
Milk-fed babies, as long as they are crying because of hunger, they should be fed, and after forming a feeding routine, they usually feed the baby every 3-4 hours.
The specific amount of milk can be referred to:
●The first day of birth of the baby: 2-10 ml per feeding, 8-12 times a day or more.
●The second day of birth: 5-15 ml per feeding, 8-12 times a day or more.
● The third day of birth: 15-30 ml each time, about 10-12 times a day.
●In the first week of your baby's life, the amount of milk you are fed will gradually increase.
By the fifth day of birth, the daily feeding amount can reach about 500 ml.
The amount of feeding for babies aged 2 to 6 months
Breast-feeding babies: Usually 8-12 feedings within 24 hours.
●After the full moon, the average daily intake of breast milk between 1-6 months is about 750 ml.
● If during growth, it may be increased to 900-1000 ml in the short term.
The specific feeding time and the interval between feedings are not fixed, as long as there are at least 6 urinations per day (4-8 diapers are not wet), and 3-4 times of stool, the amount of milk is sufficient.
Milk powder baby: Milk powder baby is more likely to form their own milk drinking rules, the total amount of milk according to the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends, the total amount of formula milk eaten in 24 hours should not exceed 960mL.
The specific feeding amount can be referred to as follows:
● Full moon baby: 120 ml each time, usually every 4 hours.
●2-month-old babies: Eat about 120-150ml of milk at a time.
●4 months of baby: each time to eat about 150-180ml of milk (there are differences), the total intake is generally 750-900ml.
●5 months old baby: Eat about 180-210 ml of milk at a time.
●6-month-old babies: eat about 180-240ml each time, and breastfeed 4-5 times a day.
Note: This is just a reference amount, each baby's growth and development is different, parents should be flexible to adjust.
3. The amount of feeding for babies aged 7-12 months
With the addition of complementary foods, the baby's milk consumption will be affected, but for babies under 1 year old, the staple food is still milk.
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016) recommend:
●Babies aged 7-9 months: maintain more than 600mL of milk per day, feed 4-6 times, and feed complementary foods 2-3 times.
●Babies aged 10-12 months: maintain 600mL of milk per day, feed 3-4 times, and feed complementary foods 2-3 times.
If a mother who has insufficient or cannot breastfeed, use formula as a supplement to breast milk.
In general: on-demand feeding is the best way to feed a newborn baby, over time, the baby will have their own rules, and the mother will adapt to this law of the baby.
After the formation of the law, the baby can naturally convert to feeding on time, and must not blindly feed the baby on time.
Feeding on demand is not giving at a time of crying, but to seize the baby's hunger signal and feed correctly!
Parents should pay attention to the fact that on-demand feeding does not mean feeding at any time, nor does it mean that the baby will be fed when he cries, but to feed the baby according to the baby's hunger signal.
This requires parents to understand the signal of baby hunger, a hungry baby, has obvious characteristics:
Your baby opens his mouth and looks around for his mother's breast.
The small mouth makes a sucking motion or a loud sound, such as smacking the mouth and sticking out the tongue.
Scratch your mouth with your hands, hum quietly while dancing with your hands and feet, trying to nibble your own little fists.
More active than usual, rubbing mom's breasts with her nose.
Irritable, crying, and as hunger increases, the cries get louder.
Not all crying means that the baby is hungry, and feeding when crying and feeding when crying can easily lead to overfeeding.
The baby's performance of hunger should be noted, and the performance of eating enough should also be noted, if the baby is full, there will also be obvious performance:
When breastfeeding, if the baby can hear the sound of the baby swallowing milk after sucking hard a few times, it means that the milk is enough.
For a few hours after feeding, your baby has been looking satisfied, which means he's full.
Your baby spits out the nipple or nipple on his own.
The baby can urinate about 6 to 7 wet diapers per day, and the urine is pale yellow or colorless.
Weight gain: The most accurate way to judge whether the baby's long-term intake is sufficient is to check the weight gain, and the reference standards for weight gain of babies of different months of age are as follows
●1 month old baby. Gain about 110-200g per week.
● Babies aged 2-6 months. 450-670g of weight gain per month.
● 6-12 months old baby. Gain 350-450g of weight per month.
Note: baby weight measurement should be based on the doctor's instruments, the home scale is not suitable for small babies.
The last thing to say is that feeding the baby, do not follow the dogmatic feeding on time, each baby's growth and development is different, the needs will be different.
Newborn babies are fed on demand, as the baby grows up, they will gradually form their own eating rules, parents should observe carefully, at this time, you can feed according to this law of the baby.
I hope that every baby can be scientifically raised and grow up healthily!