When the child uses maternal milk, to worry about food especially and it is not necessary, just mothers should feed the kid when he wants. But if the child is on artificial feeding, you need to consider some nuances of its feeding.
The child who is on breastfeeding eats when he wants it, and parents need just to watch how often the kid wets and soils diapers. 1 or 2 times a month are enough to weigh of it. But when the child begins to eat dairy mixes from a small bottle, behind his feeding the thorough control is necessary. It is necessary to watch the child's food, dispensing of mix and intervals of meal.
How many to the kid to accept dairy mix?
To calculate how many mix to give to the child in day and how many to give at each feeding rather easily. There are many different ways. If to conduct calculation for age of the child, the eight-week kid per day it is necessary to use 800 ml of milk. If the kid is less than eight weeks old, you need to give mixes 50 ml smaller.
And if the child is more senior than eight months, every month it is necessary to increase mix volume by 50 ml.
It is also possible to conduct calculation of volume of mix for the child's weight. Within the first weeks of life the child has to use a day 1/5 part from the mass of the body. Within the next 2 months already 1/6 part if he is from 3 to 5 months old – 1/7 part from body weight, and during the second half of the year are required to the kid 1/8 part. There is a technique which will help you to calculate food, knowing the body weight and growth. Such formula: it is necessary to divide weight in grams into growth in centimeters and to increase everything by 7. According to one more way, it is possible to calculate caloric content. To the child, aged up to three months it is necessary to receive 125 calories on 1 kg of the weight.
The kid is from 3 to 6 months old – 110 calories on 1 kg. And from 6 to 12 months – 100-90 calories on 1 kg of weight.
How to define whether the child gorged on?
During all the time when the child eats, he eats different amount of mix. And the kid can have not a constant appetite. And therefore when artificial nutrition begins, it is recommended to use sometimes free feeding. As a result the child eats when he wants, but mom has to watch amount of the food eaten for once. Pour in a small bottle at 15-20 ml of mix more and give at the scheduled time, deviating from the schedule at least for 30 minutes. And when the child gorged on, do not force to drink up the rest violently. To understand, the child gorged on or not, it is necessary to define how many the child needs to eat mixes in day and how many it is necessary on one feeding. But when the child demands food before the established schedule, you should count the volume of mix which you give to the child.