How much milk powder should a 1 month old baby eat?

It is generally recommended to use breast milk after the baby is born because breast milk is the most nutritious and easiest to digest. If your baby cannot be fed with breast milk directly due to various problems, you can use milk powder. Milk powder formula is divided into many stages. Babies at different stages need different milk powders and they cannot be mixed, otherwise it will cause the baby to not grow and develop normally. So, how much milk powder should a one-month-old baby eat?

1. Babies who are mixed-fed: one can is enough

If the mother has breast milk but it is not enough and needs to add some milk powder, generally one can per month is enough.

2. Babies fed with pure milk powder: 3-4 cans

If the mother has no milk at all and feeds the baby with pure formula, then she will need about 3-4 cans a month, which is also a considerable expense.

Calculation method:

A newborn baby should drink about 60 ml of milk per meal, including about 10 grams of milk powder, about 8 times a day, which means 80 grams a day.

One large can is 900 grams, so it can be eaten for about (900/80) days, about 11 or 12 days.

After two weeks, the amount of milk per meal doubles to 120 ml, about 6 times a day, which is about 120 grams a day.

If the baby is fed with pure milk, the total amount of milk powder in the first month after birth is 80g*15 days + 120g*15 days = 3000g, and in the second month it is 120g*30 days = 3600g, so basically 3-4 cans are needed per month.

Newborns can eat an appropriate amount of milk depending on their weight. Since the stomach capacity of newborns is still very small in the first week, the following data is only for mothers' reference:

On the first day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 5-7ml (about 1 teaspoon)

On the second day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 10-13ml (about 2 teaspoons)

On the third day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 22-27ml

On the fourth day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 36-46ml (equivalent to the size of a ping-pong ball)

On the fifth day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 43-57ml (equivalent to the size of an egg)

On the sixth day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 56ml-75ml

On the seventh day after the baby is born, the amount of milk is 65ml-85ml

Babies around one month old should be fed on demand, and should be fed as much as they can eat. A baby who is full of milk will be content and quiet between feedings, usually sleeping for 3-4 hours. If he is not full, he will cry. Generally, the baby is fed 6 to 7 times a day, with an interval of 3.5 to 4 hours between each feeding, and each feeding should be about 80 to 120 ml. You can take up to 150 ml.