Baby food at 1 month: bottle doses

When you become a parent, it is sometimes a bit difficult to take your marks for baby food. At birth and at one month, whether you choose to breastfeed or bottle-feed infant formula, milk is the baby's only source of nutrition. How to choose it, how much to give... We take stock.

How many bottles per day at birth: how much milk for baby?

The golden rule to keep in mind in the midst of all these fundamental changes in your life? Your baby is unique, and it is better to adapt to his feeding rhythm than to fall into the average at all costs! The latter, however, remain good benchmarks. On average, a baby weighs around 3 kg at birth, he will need about ten feedings or bottles per day, from 50 to 60 ml, or 6 to 8 bottles, from 90 ml.

The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants up to 6 months. But, when you cannot, or do not want to breastfeed, it is possible to turn to first-age milks, also called “infant formulas”. These can be used up to 6 months, when you can switch to 2nd stage milk.

To know: your baby absolutely needs bottles with milk adapted to his age, enriched with essential fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, and whose composition meets regulations very strict European. The milks that we consume as adults, of animal or vegetable origin, are not at all adapted to baby's needs and can be very dangerous for their health.

Breastfeeding or breast milk: how many ml of milk does a baby drink at 1, 2 or 3 weeks?

During the first few weeks, the amount of milk your baby will drink is very personal and variable. In addition to the differences between each baby, which can be misleading if he already has a big brother or a big sister who has not had the same appetite, your newborn can also change his feeding rhythm d day to day! The first weeks and months therefore require great adaptability on your part.

On average, it is estimated that babies need a minimum of 500 ml to 800 ml of milk.

Meals: how many bottles per day should a 1-month-old baby drink?

When we talk about meals before 4 - 6 months, it means only feedings or bottles. Indeed, it is for the moment the only source of food for baby. The first month, we continue as at birth: we are attentive to the baby's needs, to his small daily changes, and we try to give him about ten feedings or bottles each day, from 50 to 60 ml each, or between 6 and 8 months, 90 ml.

When an infant eats: how to space the bottles?

For the first two weeks, early childhood professionals recommend feeding baby awake, just when he wakes up and before he asks for it. Indeed, if baby is already crying, it is often that he is about to go back to sleep, the first phase of sleep being very restless.

From three weeks, you can try to feed your child according to his request: we wait until he asks for his bottle or his feeding, rather than giving it systematically when he wakes up.

Note that infant milk is digested on average less well than breast milk. A baby who is not breastfed should therefore ask for bottles more often than feedings. On average, it will be about every 2 or 3 hours. For breastfeeding, the duration of feedings and their number during a day are very variable.

Doses of milk: when to switch to a 120 ml bottle of milk?

On average, it is at the end of the first month of the child that he will ask for larger quantities each time. You can then switch to a 120 ml bottle. For bottles from 150 to 210 ml on the other hand, you still have to wait a little!