Breastfeeding milk quantity standard table

Breastfeeding is the healthiest and most nutritious food for the baby. No matter how expensive the milk powder sold here is, it still contains some food additives. Breast milk is still the best food for the baby. The specific amount needed depends on the situation, such as the baby's usual appetite, physical condition, developmental status, etc. For example, a one-month-old baby only eats 80-100 ml each time, and a slightly older baby needs to increase the amount as appropriate.

The amount of milk a baby needs is 100-120 ml per kilogram of body weight every 24 hours. Generally speaking, 100 ml can meet the baby's normal needs, but some babies have a bigger appetite, so the amount can be increased appropriately. The principle of increasing the amount is to ensure that the baby does not have indigestion, such as diarrhea (watery, with curds), and white tongue coating.

For example: If the baby weighs 6 kilograms, then his total milk intake for the day is 600 milliliters. If he is fed six times a day, that is, once every four hours, then each time he will need 100 milliliters of milk.

A baby who eats too much will send signals to his mother, but an inexperienced mother cannot distinguish them. What are the baby's signals? One type of baby will cry, not sleep, and even if he sleeps, his sleep will be very short. The frequency of bowel movements increases, there is less milk curds, and even the stomach and intestines will rupture and blood clots will appear. The tongue will be white and he will cry every two to three hours. The mother thinks the baby is hungry and feeds him quickly. After a period of time, the mother thinks the baby is not full every time, so she increases the amount of milk, but finds that the baby is still in this situation. In the end, the amount of milk the baby eats often scares the mother, and the mother still does not understand why the baby is like this. She blames the baby's temper and bad personality, and takes tranquilizers as recommended by the doctor, etc. There is another type of baby who eats too much. They can go for hours without milk, which makes their mothers so anxious that they think there is something wrong with the milk powder and the baby doesn't like it, so they change the milk powder frequently.

1. Prolonging the breastfeeding time. If you simply extend the time without reducing the amount of milk, it is not scientific, because the amount of milk a baby eats is often two or three times the standard amount. If the baby is fed every four hours as per the standard, we can't let the baby die from overeating in one meal and then not eat for seven or eight hours. This is not a good idea.

2. If you only reduce the amount of milk during the day, and ask babies who eat too much to eat less during the day, I'm afraid they will cry just like the first method. The mother will not be able to bear it and will feed them again, and feed them every two or three hours.