How much milk should a 2 and a half month old baby take?

Newly born babies need careful care from their parents in all aspects. However, for couples who have just had a baby, it is a mess, because whether it is diet or lifestyle habits, it is a bit troublesome to suddenly have another baby and they don’t know how to take care of him. Some parents asked, "How much milk should a baby need at one and a half months?" The editor will now give mothers some scientific information, hoping that every mother can take good care of her baby.

Every baby has different needs. If the baby is breastfed, he/she should be fed on demand, and fed when he/she is hungry. If the baby is bottle-fed, he/she should be fed once every 3 hours, with about 60-80 ml each time.

1. Keep warm: Newborns have thin subcutaneous fat and a large relative body surface area, so they can easily dissipate heat. In addition, the temperature regulation center of newborns is immature. If the temperature is too high, excessive evaporation of water can cause "dehydration fever"; if the temperature is too low, the newborn's own heat production is insufficient, which can cause "scleredema." Therefore, we should pay attention to the environmental temperature and humidity of the newborn, often touch the temperature of the newborn's hands and feet, and add or remove quilts and clothes in time to keep the newborn's body temperature within the normal range.

2. Feeding: Newborns have poor digestive function, and breast milk is the most ideal food. Breastfeeding should be insisted on. If breastfeeding is not available, infant formula can be used.

3. Prevent infection: Newborns have poor resistance and are easily infected. Therefore, try to reduce visits from relatives and friends. Wash your hands with soap before caring for the newborn. Washing your hands clean is very important to prevent neonatal infection. People at home who have colds or various infectious diseases should not come into contact with newborns.

4. Skin care: The skin of newborns is delicate, so it is very important to keep the skin dry and clean, especially the skin wrinkles such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc. They should be bathed and changed every day, and diapers should be changed in time when they are wet. They should be cleaned after each urination and defecation. When cleaning the vulva of baby girls, wipe from the perineum to the anus to prevent feces around the anus from contaminating the vagina and urethra.

5. Environmental hygiene: The newborn's room should have fresh air, appropriate temperature and humidity, and be tidy and clean.

6. Pay attention to temperature and light for newborn babies. Newborns are somewhat not adapted to the changes in external temperature. The appropriate indoor temperature should be maintained at 25℃ ~ 28℃. It should be cooled down appropriately in midsummer and kept warm in winter. However, it should be noted that it is best to have a heater next to you during ventilation. The indoor light should not be too dark or too bright. Some parents think that newborns have weak photosensitivity and are afraid of irritating their eyes, so they often like to hang heavy curtains. In fact, this is not appropriate. Babies should learn to adapt to natural indoor light and avoid direct sunlight to the eyes.

7. Pay attention to the sleep and sleeping posture of newborn babies. Sleeping posture affects breathing, and the newborn's head is relatively soft, so a good sleeping posture is beneficial to the development of the head. It is recommended to have a comfortable small pillow with a thickness of 1 to 2 cm, slightly sunken in the middle and slightly raised at both ends. The best sleeping position is lying on your back or side to avoid compressing the chest and lungs. It is recommended to sleep on your side after feeding to avoid suffocation caused by spilled milk or choking. When lying on your back, you should change your position frequently.

8. Pay attention to the care of the five senses of a newborn baby. Pay attention to the cleanliness of the newborn's face, external auditory canal opening, nostrils, etc., but do not dig the external auditory canal and nasal cavity. Because the oral mucosa is delicate and rich in blood vessels, it is very easy to be abraded and cause infection, so do not scrub your mouth vigorously frequently.

9. Take a bath. From a medical point of view, families with the conditions should bathe their newborns every day. However, sometimes due to limited conditions, it is difficult to maintain the indoor temperature during bathing, especially in cold winter. The interval between two baths should be chosen according to the climate: in hot summer, 1 to 2 baths can be taken every day; in spring, autumn or cold winter, due to the low ambient temperature, if the family has the conditions to keep the room temperature at 26℃ ~ 28℃ and the water temperature between 38℃ ~ 50℃, the bath gel or soap selected should be a baby-specific soap with less skin irritation.

10. Observe the stool. If a newborn has not urinated within 24 hours after birth, he should be fed some warm water and his buttocks should be washed with warm water to promote urination. Most normal newborns start to defecate within 12 hours after birth. The stool of newborns is generally dark green within 1 to 2 days after birth, and then gradually turns yellow, soft, and sticky. The stool is relatively sticky and dark green in color, called "meconium", and is discharged gradually within 2 to 3 days after birth.

Regarding how much milk a baby should drink at one and a half months old, it is best to adjust the diet based on the baby's actual situation. At the same time, we also introduce to you some things you need to pay attention to for newborn babies. If you don’t know much, you can take a good look at it. I believe it will be of great help at any time. So there's no harm in taking a good look.