What are the symptoms of overfeeding in babies?

The process of feeding a baby is very difficult and requires parents' persistent efforts to allow the baby to grow up healthily. Therefore, many parents rack their brains to make their babies get more nutrition, but the result is often counterproductive. Not only does it not allow the baby to grow healthily, but it also causes problems in the baby's physical development. This is a manifestation of overfeeding. Let's take a look at the symptoms of overfeeding in babies.

Babies need a certain amount of energy and nutrients to maintain normal metabolism. Once the energy and nutrients provided exceed the level that the baby can absorb, it is overfeeding. Overfeeding in the traditional sense means that the baby consumes too much milk, which often causes symptoms of indigestion. To determine whether the baby is overfed, parents can judge by the following symptoms:

1. The stool is watery, mostly green and often contains foam.

2. Vomiting. Even patting gently cannot relieve the spitting up of milk.

3. Abdominal pain. Babies often cry because of abdominal pain and bloating.

4. There is no significant weight gain or even weight loss.

How to control the amount of milk your baby eats

Parents should strictly control the amount of milk their baby drinks, neither feeding too little nor too much.

Newborn baby milk intake

When a baby is just born, it secretes 30-60ml/time, about seven times a day. As the number of days increases, the amount of milk fed at one time can be increased to 120ml, but the frequency will be reduced accordingly. If the baby is clamoring for food, parents should try their best to satisfy the baby. In addition, babies who are fed with formula milk should be fed water between two feedings, but don't feed too much, as the baby will not be able to drink the milk.

1 month old baby milk

Breastfed babies should be fed on demand, and feed as much as the baby drinks. The baby will naturally calm down after eating, which can be used to determine whether the baby is full. In addition, you can also judge by the baby's urine and feces. A well-fed baby will wet his urine six times or more in 24 hours, and have an average of 2-4 bowel movements a day, which are in a paste-like and golden color.

2 months old baby milk

When the baby is two months old, his appetite increases significantly, but he should still be fed as much as he eats. Normally, the baby consumes about 600-700 ml of milk a day, and is fed about seven times, with an interval of 3-4 hours between each feeding. When your baby is sleeping soundly at night, there is no need to wake him up to feed him.