How much baby milk?
Medical validation: July 02, 2020Jesus Cardenasmédecin, former medical directorWhether you are breastfeeding or your baby has a bottledate, you wonder how much milk he should drink.What are his needs month per month?What milk to give it?Dr. Olivier Mouterde, pediatrician at the Rouen University Hospital, enlightens us.
- Increase doses of milk over the months
- Respect baby's appetite
- Rhythm and duration
- Choose the right milk
- Traps to avoid
It is not always easy when you are a young parent to know how much milk offer to your baby according to their age.Some have good appetite and generally end their bottle well when others are struggling to drink and seem to fall asleep.
As for small breastfeeds, it is often difficult to know how much they really have drunk.What arouse some anxieties ...
Milk is the only baby food until food diversification, from 4 months.The breastfeeding child regulates himself in BUE quantity and in number of feedings.These will gradually increase from 7 or 8 to 4 or 5.If you think you don't have enough milk, the child is hungry and does not get bigger, tell your doctor for advice on breastfeeding or artificial milk supplements. Si vous n’allaitez pas, choisissez alors un lait infantile 1er âge, appelé maintenant "préparation pour nourrisson" ou "lait pour nourrisson".
Increase doses of milk over the months
The quantities of milk will gradually increase to fill the nutritional needs of toddians as it grows."In the bottle, at 1 month, there are generally six sockets of 100 ml of milk per day.At 2 months, we go to 120 ml, six times a day.At 3 months, six feeds of 130 ml.Then, at 4 months, we often go to 5 bottles of 150 ml.From 5 months, there are generally only 4 sockets for a total quantity equivalent to the weight of the baby in grams, divided by 10, + 250 ml ", explains Dr Olivier Mouterde, pediatrician specialist in Nutrition in the CHUfrom Rouen.
This is the principle of the appetite rule.Thus, for a 6 -kilo baby, this represents 850 ml of milk per day (6000/10 + 250)."Beyond 1 liter, it no longer makes sense because the child is diversified, we no longer reason in ML," said Dr. Mouterde.
What amount of milk for what volume of water?
In each box of natural milk, there is a measurement spoon to determine the adequate dose.We put a measurement spoon for 30 ml, that is to say:
Be careful, each child is different.Some will drink more, or less, or will be 4 bottles earlier than others.These are not rules to impose on baby but orders of approximate magnitude.If your child is getting bigger, grows and smiles, don't worry about milk of milk!On the other hand, if he cries, don't just think he's hungry.The reasons may be diverse.
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From the moment you start food diversification, your baby finds new sources of vitamins, iron and other nutritional contributions essential to its growth and its development.However, it is necessary to always keep milk as a staple food. Une fois que bébé prend au moins un repas diversifié complet par jour, vous pouvez passer au lait 2ème âge ou "lait de suite" ou continuer de l’allaiter.Then after a year and up to 3 years, growth milk must be privileged.
After 6 months, in addition to diverse meals, baby continues to drink 500 ml of milk, generally divided into a socket in the morning and one in the evening.A golden rule no matter what the age of your cabbage: do not require that it imperatively drink the recommended quantities!Like you, it may be more or less hungry depending on the day.Always offer him a little more milk so that he regulates himself.
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Rhythm and duration
It is advisable to space the bottles from 2 to 3 hours minimum.However, the first days your baby will claim the bottle more often, because his consumption will be lower.
Bovers can be given at flexible schedules, divided between 4 to 7 meals per day.Above all, do not force baby to finish the bottle, if he feels full he will stop and make it understand.
Beyond 9 months, the nutritional intake of calcium and minerals necessary for your baby can be found in other foods than milk, such as small Swiss or yogurts.
Choose the right milk
If you have made the choice to breastfeed: "breast milk is the best for baby.It is necessary, if possible, continue to breastfeed it during diversification.Otherwise, you have to choose a "preparation".There are more than 300 in France.New regulations, published in 2016, will be effective in 2020.She requires infant preparations to contain DHA.Various studies have shown that this improved brain development, visual acuity, immunity ... ", explains Dr. Mouterde.
The DHA (Docosahexaénoic acid) is one of the long -chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (AGPILC) found in breast milk, but also in fatty fish like sardine, salmon ...
Namely: it is possible to change milk according to baby reactions and tastes.Do not hesitate to ask the doctor or pharmacist.
Traps to avoid
Be sure not to give your child's cow's milk before 3 years old."Infant milks have less protein than it is too rich, and also contain iron and essential fatty acids adapted to baby needs.Also do not give plant juice, improperly called "plant milks", instead of preparations.Their composition is not at all suitable and they can lead to serious food deficiencies for young children.If you choose a "preparation" or a milk for infants, immediately or for young children, you are sure that the composition is suitable for your child, "adds the pediatrician.
Also choose dairy products specially adapted to baby, which contain iron and essential fatty acids to meet its needs in complete safety.
Slideshow: Baby milks on the test bench
