By the chest baby is already applied in the first moments after birth, although not a pipsqueak drinking milk and colostrum. It colostrum - a transparent liquid sweetish, rich in nutrients - stands out from the chest in the first 2-3 days after birth. And often young mom is going through, and if the crumb eats? Does he have enough milk?
Stop worrying and safely feed your baby will help our useful chart for calculating the amount of breast milk, depending on the age of the crumbs.
IN THE FIRST DAYS: BIG DIFFERENCE
In the first days of life the baby eats little: it is still poorly developed sucking reflex, and the ventricle still quite small. Plus - colostrum is quite fat, nutritious and perfectly fills the crumbs, providing him full life. In one feeding pipsqueak consumes only 7 - 9 mmillilitrov colostrum, so applying his chest should be at least 10-12 times that in the first days of a newborn has received about 100 ml of colostrum. With 3-4 days when the milk arrives, you can already calculate the daily amount of breast milk.
What to do with the crumbs-bottle-baby?
For example, a baby 2 months, weight - 4800 g Daily amount of milk: 4800/6 = 800 ml. Thus, a single serving of the mixture is calculated as: 800/6 = 130 ml.
With 10 days and 1.5 months crumbs must mixture 1/5 of his weight. From 1.5 up to four months - 1/6 of the weight of the baby, 4 months and six months respectively - 1/7. With six months to 8 months - 1/8 from 8 months to a year - 1/9 of the weight.
But do not forget that every kid is unique and different, so a slight deviation from the norm and standards is possible.
Take note as to how to find out Do enough breast milk for the baby in the dough "wet diaper."
