How much milk should a two-month-old baby have?

After the baby is born, the brain and body begin to develop. The baby needs to be fed every day. Breastfeeding is better than formula milk. How much milk does a two-month-old baby need? A normal amount of milk can promote the baby's development and is of great help to the baby's body and bones. Let us now understand how much milk a two-month-old baby needs?

You must pay attention to the amount of milk a two-month-old baby eats. For babies aged 2-3 months, breast milk or formula milk should still be the main feeding method, and the baby should get enough calories and nutrition from breast milk or formula milk. The daily milk intake is about 900 ml. The amount of concentrated cod liver oil drops was increased from 3 months to 4 drops, divided into 2 feedings per day.

After 2 months, you can start adding fruit juice to your baby's diet. First, add water to the juice and drink one tablespoon each time, and gradually increase to 2-3 tablespoons. Feed the baby once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The heating time of the juice should not be too long and the temperature should not be too high to avoid the destruction of vitamin C. Try to let your baby try different flavors of juice repeatedly. Because balanced nutrition comes from different fruits, which can help establish good and diverse eating habits. If your baby is found to have skin allergies or diarrhea, you should temporarily stop feeding him. Since formula milk is already supplemented with vitamin D, you can calculate whether or not to add more vitamin D based on the amount of vitamin D contained in each brand of formula milk and the amount of milk your baby needs.

The feeding interval for babies over 2 months old should be extended to 3.5-4 hours compared to 3 hours at 1 month old. The amount of milk can be increased appropriately, but the total amount of milk must be controlled. Generally speaking, the amount of milk per day can be calculated at 100-125 ml per kilogram of baby's body weight. But every baby's appetite and activity level are different, so we can't force them to be consistent. Moreover, the required amount of milk powder of various brands will also be different, so it still depends on the baby's weight gain and mental state.

The above is an explanation of how much milk a two-month-old baby should drink. At different stages and time periods, the baby’s milk intake must be planned. The above scientific and reasonable breastfeeding methods are very helpful in promoting the baby’s development and physical condition. Therefore, expectant mothers must pay enough attention to it. They should not think that the more the baby eats, the better, as this will damage the baby’s intestines.