Cases when young mothers have to transfer the child to the mixed feeding are frequent. It is necessary to follow some rules that the child did not refuse breastfeeding completely.
Instruction
1. The mixed feeding is a type of feeding when the child is finished feeding special dairy mix on an equal basis with breastfeeding. The recommended volume of mix is 30-50% of all daily volume of food. The mixed feeding is recommended at an insufficient set of weight, prematurity of the kid, at the diseases of the feeding mom incompatible with breastfeeding and also at life situations (for example, mom needs to come to work).
2. For a start it is necessary to consult with the treating pediatricians to choose the most suitable mix. As a supplementary feeding it is possible to use such mixes as: "Baby", "Nan", "Similac", "Nestogen", "Nutrilon", etc.
3. It is necessary to treat seriously the choice of a small bottle for introduction of a supplementary feeding. Perfectly the small bottle with a pacifier of the physiologic Phillips AVEN form proved. This small bottle does not cause accustoming, thanks to a pacifier which repeats a shape of a female nipple and also has the antikolikovy valve in existence.
4. To calculate the volume of necessary mix, carry out control weighing before finishing feeding the child mix. For this purpose, weigh the child before feeding by a breast and later, then compare according to the age table how many the child for one feeding has to eat. From these calculations prepare necessary amount of mix and finish feeding the child from a small bottle.
5. If supplementary feeding volume small, it is possible to finish feeding the child from a spoon or from the syringe without needle.