For newborns, breast milk and formula are the best food sources for babies. Eating enough milk every day is the key to the nutritional and healthy development of infants and young children.
However, whether the breast milk is enough and whether the baby can eat enough is difficult for some novice mothers to make accurate judgments. Because of the health of the baby, many mothers are always worried that the baby will not have enough to eat, which will affect the normal physical development, and the crying from time to time will aggravate the suspicion of mothers, especially some mothers with small breasts.
How to judge whether the baby is full or not, and how to alleviate the anxiety of mothers?
The correct way to calculate your baby's milk intake
New mothers lack breastfeeding experience and do not know how to judge whether the baby is full, may wish to try the milk amount calculation formula for a reference.
Baby's daily milk intake = baby's weight kilograms x 150±30cc
If the baby weighs 5 kg, then the total amount of milk per day is 5x150±30cc, that is, 750cc, floating up and down 30cc, and then divided by the number of feedings, which is the amount of milk per feeding.
However, the formula is only a mathematical model, can only be referenced, and cannot be used as a standard for feeding. Each baby has its own development rules, the amount of milk is naturally different, even if it is the same weight of the baby, the amount of food is also different. Therefore, there are often mothers who have fed enough estimated milk, and the baby still eats non-stop; of course, there are also 70% or 80% of the estimated milk amount that the baby does not eat. It can be seen that the formula is for reference only, and summarizing the experience of breastfeeding is a scientific feeding method.
Formulas are only references, experience is the key
1, facial expression judgment
When the mother takes care of the baby for a period of time, she will find out what kind of expression changes the baby will have when he is hungry and full, and adjust the feeding amount in time through their expression changes. Most of the time, after the baby is full, even if the mother puts the pacifier to the baby's mouth, the baby will not suck, and even turn the head away.
2. Defecation amount judgment
In addition to the change in expression, the mother can also judge by the shape of the baby's stool. After the birth of newborns, the stool begins to change from green fetal stools to yellow normal stools, and slowly tends to adults.
If your baby is well fed, the number of bowel movements should be between 2 and 3 times a day. After 2 months, the number of bowel movements per day begins to decrease, changing to once a day, or even once a few days.
3. Count the diapers
Newborn babies, body nutrition and moisture mainly from breast milk or formula, want to know whether the baby is full, may wish to try the method of counting diapers.
At least 1 tablet of diaper should be used on the day of birth of the baby, at least 2 tablets of diaper should be used to be non-wet on the second day, and so on until the 6th day, at least 6 tablets of diaper should be used to not wet. After 6 days, the amount of diaper used by the baby every day is between 6 and 8 tablets, which means that the baby's milk intake is normal. If the amount used is small, it means that the baby is not full.
4. Weight change
Whether the baby's diet is normal or not will be more directly reflected in the change in the baby's weight. Generally speaking, babies will have a strange phenomenon of weight not rising and falling in the first week of life, but they will start to rise from the second week. In general, the baby gained more than 500 weight per month in the first three months of life.
Of course, the mother can also compare the baby's height and weight data with the baby's growth curve, as long as it is within the range, it means that there is no problem with the baby's diet.
During lactation, mood has a great influence on mothers
Due to their lack of parenting experience, new mothers will inevitably have some worries and anxieties when they are "suggested" or "pointed out" by elders or relatives and friends.
In fact, as long as the baby is in good spirits, sleeps soundly, and does not have any symptoms of illness and discomfort, the mother does not need to worry. The mother maintains a pleasant mood and a balanced state of mind, which is more conducive to milk production and provides a steady stream of nutrition and energy for the baby.