How many the baby in day has to eat – this question is asked to herself by each young mom. Easily to calculate day norm of food for your kid, it is necessary to arm with a special simple formula: it is necessary to know only the weight and age of the baby.
Feeding volumes in the first ten days of life
During the first applying of the kid to a breast in maternity hospital he will receive very little – only several precious drops of colostrum. It is connected with the fact that the child is not able to suck a breast yet, he quickly is tired, besides colostrum is very concentrated. It is enough to satisfy needs of the newborn for nutrients. The volume of his stomach is only 7 ml. Further the child begins to be put already to a breast more often and longer. Increase of volumes of the eaten milk (from colostrum to transitional milk, then to mature milk) quite fast.
For the first day the kid will drink only 10 ml of colostrum for one applying. By second day the volume of daily colostrum will increase to 90 ml (10 – 30 ml at one time). Milk comes to third day, now the child can eat up to 190 ml of milk per day (30 ml for one feeding). For the fourth day the total amount of the eaten milk will increase to 300 ml (40 ml for feeding). For the fifth day the newborn will eat 350 ml of milk (50 ml for once).
For the sixth day the kid will cope from 400 ml of milk of mother or mix (60 ml at one time). For the seventh day the volume of each applying will be 70 ml, and on the eighth – 80 ml. For the ninth and tenth day for once the child will exhaust 80-90 ml of breast milk or mix from a small bottle. By one month the volume of a stomach of the baby will increase to 100 ml.
How to calculate norms of feeding for the child up to 10 days
All calculations for scoping of necessary quantity of food of the kid can be divided into two: calculation for the first ten days of life (newborn child), and the second calculation for the baby from ten days of life to one year. A formula for scoping of food of the child in the first 10 days of his life: N (number of days of life) x 10 = single volume of food of the child. The daily volume of food in the first 10 days of life: If the child was born weighing up to 3200 gr, then a formula such: age in days (N) x 70. Example: the child of 5 days gr has to receive a joy weighing 2800 in a day: 5 x 70 = 350 ml of milk. If the child was born weighing from 3200 gr, then a formula such: age in days (N) x 80. Example: the child of 5 days gr has to receive a joy weighing 3800 in a day: 5 x 80 = 400 ml of milk.
How to calculate norms of feeding for the child from 10 days to 1 year
Formula for determination of daily volume of food of the child from the first 10 days of his life to 1 year: From 10 days to 6 weeks – 1/5 body weights; From 6 weeks to 4 months – 1/6 body weights; From 4 months to 6 months – 1/7 body weights; From 6 months to 8 months – 1/8 body weights; From 8 months to 12 months – 1/9 body weights. Example: the child is 1 month old (4 weeks), weight 4000 gr. Calculation of daily volume of milk for it such: 4000/5 = 800 ml. Remember that up to one year of the child the daily meal should not exceed 1200 ml a day.
How to define whether enough the child receives milk
On breastfeeding the week increase in weight 150 – 200 gr is considered normal if less than 100 gr, then it is necessary to begin to worry and take measures. Babies eat up to 12 times a day to check the volume of the eaten milk the child at one time, use children's scales: weigh in the same clothes together with a diaper before and after one feeding. Write down a difference, show on reception to the pediatrician. Still there is a way of tracking urinations: wet diapers after the first three days of life there have to be not less than 5-6 pieces a day. You watch behavior of the kid if he uneasy, sleeps badly, often cries and a mouth looks for a breast – draw a conclusion that the child is malnourished. The full and happy child will be vigorous, cheerful, well and long to sleep, not to show concerns without the visible reasons.