The formula for calculating the amount of milk for a 12-month-old infant at the same time it should be started will be a useful guide to helping mothers take care of their first year of life.
Formula for calculating the amount of milk for a 12-month-old infant
1. For children under 1 month old
Formula for calculating the amount of milk for babies: (baby's weight x 150ml) / 30 x 29.57 = The amount of milk (ml) your baby needs to eat in a day. Note: This is an OZ formula, so you will have to multiply by 29.57 to get the amount of ml (1oz = 29.57ml).
Example: Children weighing 3kg = (3 x 150) / 30 = 15oz x 29.57 = 443.55. So for babies with a weight of 3kg, under 1 month of age, babies will drink about 500ml of milk per day.
On average, a day can be divided into 6-8 meals. For example, if the average breastfed baby is about 443ml: 443/6 or 443/8 will be 73ml or 55ml / day.
How to breastfeed:
Place the mother's nipple to the baby's mouth. If your baby wants to suck, let him suckle for as long as possible. After emptying a new breast, transition to the next one (in case the baby is not full).
In the first week of the newborns , children will urinate and defecate about 10-12 times / day.
From 2-6 weeks: Baby needs 20-30 minutes to eat. This time depends on the amount of breast milk as well as the speed of feeding the baby.
The time to breastfeed can be estimated as follows:
- With babies 6 times / day: 6.00 hours / 10.00 hours / 14.00 hours / 18.00 hours / 22.00 hours / 02.00 hours
- Babies suckle 7 times / day: 6.00 hours / 8.00 hours / 11.00 hours / 14.00 hours / 17.00 hours / 21.00 hours / 24.00 hours
- If the baby is fed 8 times / day: 6.00 hours / 8.00 hours / 11.00 hours / 14.00 hours / 17.00 hours / 21.00 hours / 24.00 hours / 3.00 hours.
2. For babies from 1-4 months old
Formula for calculating infant formula: (weight x 120ml) / 30 x 29.57 = Amount of milk (ml) breastfed in a day
Example: Baby weighs 4kg = (4 x 120) / 30 x 29.57. That would be about 480ml / day. With healthy babies, can feed from 480-700ml / day.
How to breastfeed:
Only feed when the baby is completely hungry
Baby poop from 3-4 times / day
Baby pee from 6-9 times / day
Should breastfeed about 6 meals / day is reasonable
Time to breastfeed can be estimated as follows: Suck 6 meals / day: 6.00 hours / 10.00 hours / 14.00 hours / 18.00 hours / 22.00 hours / 2.00 hours
3. For babies from 5-6 months old
How to breastfeed:
At this point, your baby is likely to eat a larger amount compared to the first few months. Many babies can suck up to 700-800ml / day. Normally, the amount of milk your baby eats will be around 120ml.
This is also the time when your baby is easily attracted to the surrounding environment, so the amount of food may decrease. To solve this problem, mothers should create a quiet space during the time the baby is eating. If necessary, they can darken the place where the baby is nursing or squeeze a towel over the mother's shoulder so that the baby can only focus on eating .
Baby will reduce feeding to 5 meals / day. Time to breastfeed can be estimated as follows: 5.00 hours / 10.00 hours / 14.00 hours / 19.00 hours / 24.00 hours.
4. For babies 6-12 months
Formula for calculating the amount of milk for babies: (weight x 110) / 30 x 29.57 = The amount of milk (ml) your baby eats in a day.
For example, a baby weighing 8kg: (8 x 110) / 30 x 29.57 = 867.39 ml / day.
This is also the time when your baby will get used to the weaning menu . According to the formula for calculating the amount of milk for babies, mothers also need to remember that at this time, milk is still the baby's main food. Baby weaning meals will gradually increase from 1-3 meals with age.
With children 6-8 months: Eat 1 solid meal / day
Children 9-11 months: Eat 2 meals / day
12-month-old baby: Eat 3 meals / day
The time your baby eats breast milk will be reduced to only 4 meals / day. You can estimate your baby's milk meal as follows: 6.00-7.00 hrs / 11.30-12.00 hrs / 15.30-16.00 hrs / 20.00-21.00 hrs
Signs help mothers recognize that the baby is hungry and needs to breastfeed
Mom needs to observe and learn signals when babies are hungry to meet their baby's needs to eat appropriately. Signs that your baby wants to eat may include:
Sucking reflex: Mom lightly touches the cheek, the baby will hurry back to suck continuously.
Clipped mouth to turn his head to find the mother's breast.
The swinging hand touches the mother's hand or the breast.
Stick to mother's clothes.
Suck or lick your baby's mouth.
Babies suck on their own hands, feet or clothes.
When the baby is too hungry, the baby will fussy and cry.
How to know the amount of milk for the baby is enough?
This is very simple. Once the baby is full, the baby will gradually reduce the speed of sucking or sucking is not as strong as at first. Some babies can fall asleep right away (don't forget to wake your baby up to avoid confusion between mealtime and bedtime). If your baby is full, just put your hand on the breast and slowly pull out the baby's mouth.
How much milk do you need to suck in a day is enough?
Mothers should suck each day from 30-35oz (800-1000ml / day) and should not feed their baby more than 1oz (30ml) / hour to save the baby to breastfeed directly. For example, if the mother is away for 10 hours, the baby should only suck 5-10oz (about 100-300ml). If your baby sucks more than this amount, he or she may refuse to breastfeed directly.
With mothers pumping milk to practice bottle feeding, mothers should smoke every 3 hours (day and night). According to this formula for calculating infant milk, the night can last up to 4 hours / day, but should not exceed this number of hours because it is easy to reduce the amount of breast milk.
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