The number of feedings in day depends on with what mom feeds the kid: a breast or the adapted mix because it can influence period duration between feedings.
With the advent of the kid on light newly appeared mummies very much change: joy can be saddened by various experiences including connected with feeding of the baby. Many mothers are not sure of correctness of the actions and the number of feedings in day. So how many times a day the baby has to eat?
Feeding by breast milk
It is necessary to tell at once that there are differences in feeding by maternal milk and the adapted mixes. It is difficult to the mothers nursing the kids to orient in number of feedings in day as the kid can ask a breast not because he is hungry but because to it it is terrible and lonely, and he wants to feel heat and care of the mom. Therefore such mothers can recommend to allow the child to be at the breast so much how many he will want. As for the meal, as a rule, babies from the birth and up to 3 months are fed each two-three hours including at night.
Feeding by mixes
Dairy mix is processed by a stomach of the baby longer, than maternal milk. Therefore the kid on artificial feeding and up to 3 months needs to be fed from the birth a little less often – each 3 hours, trying to increase a break for night sleep gradually. In general it is worth calming too disturbing mummies and to tell that the child himself will determine feeding time. If he cries then he is hungry or wet. If dry, then it is possible to tell unambiguously what wants to eat, of course provided that the child is absolutely healthy and him disturbs nothing. If young mom continues to worry about that how many times a day the baby has to eat, she should be guided by an increase in the weight of the kid. If the kid in a month gains about 500 grams, then mom has nothing to worry – she does everything correctly. When the child is malnourished, he becomes whimsical, irritable, fingers a nipple as if a dummy and can even bite from frustration. The kid receiving maternal milk in the quantity, necessary for its growth and development, urinates up to 12 times a day and "goes more" up to 3-5 times a day. He is cheerful and quiet. The mothers feeding the child with mix should be guided by its volume consumed at one time. For this purpose the number of days from the birth of the child needs to be increased by 10. Thus the 10-tidnevny kid has to eat 100 ml of mix for one feeding. If such expense turns out approximately, then there will be no reasons to worry how many times a day the baby has to eat.