The mode of feeding the child on artificial feeding. Mixed feeding

Due to various circumstances, it happens that mom is not able to feed her baby with breast milk, and you have to switch to artificial or mixed feeding. Young mothers have many questions. How to choose the right mixture? What diet to organize a baby? How much mixture does a child need?
In this article, we will answer the most important question-how to feed the baby-articulate.

Menu, mode, feeding table of the child. How to choose the right mixture?

Breast milk is the optimal food for the baby. However, there are various reasons why mothers have to completely or partially transfer the child to the mixture.

With artificial feeding, baby food in the diet exceeds 2/3 of all food he received.

Breast milk is digested faster than the mixture, so the baby is not recommended to be fed on demand, as is most often done with breastfeeding.

Artificial feeding of a child: menu, mode, feeding table

The correct in this situation will be feeding every 3-3.5 hours, so that the gastrointestinal tract is not yet fully formed to digest food. This feeding mode is called "by the clock."

Let's look at the table in which the recommended frequency of feeding and the amount of the mixture are given.

How to calculate the amount of food for a newborn?

In addition to the table, we note that until the 10th day of the child’s life, the amount of food he needs per day can be calculated by the Finkelstein formula:

• if a newborn weighs up to 3.2 kg, it is necessary to multiply its age (number of days) by 70;
• if more than 3.2 kg weighs, you need to multiply by 80.

• From 10 days to 2 months of age, the baby eats about 1/5 of his body, for a day,
• up to 4 months-1/6,
• up to 6 months-1/7,
• and from 7 months-1/8.

For exampleIf the baby is 3 months and he weighs 4.5 kg, its daily amount of food is 1/6 of the body weight, which is 750 ml. This volume of the mixture is divided into the recommended amount of feeding per day - 5, it turns out 150ml per feeding.

From 6 months, complementary foods are usually administered, so the amount of feeding with milk nutrition per day decreases to three.

Data in the table is exclusively advisory in nature,

do not feed the crumb by force if he refuses, but follow his condition and weight gain.

If something bothers you in behavior or the condition of the crumbs, be sure to consult a doctor.

Important: with artificial feeding, be sure to additionally give the water between feeding.

The infantry menu feeding on the mixture may slightly differ from the menu of the children on breastfeeding.

You may need to introduce complementary foods before or start it with other products, if the baby is poorly gained or some other problems have arisen.

Be sure to discuss the introduction of feeding with a pediatrician based on the characteristics of your baby.

The best mixtures for artificial feeding a child

There are the following types of dairy nutrition for feeding the baby:

• dry mixes - powder packed in cardboard packaging or tin banks, which must be diluted with water immediately before meals;

• liquid mixtures - ready for use, packed with small volumes or in tetrapaki, before use, they only require heating to the required temperature, are very convenient to use, but they have a small shelf life.

Adapted milk nutrition is produced with a chemical composition as close as possible to breast milk, due to this, the likelihood of allergic reactions is reduced.

The composition of modern mixtures is constantly improving and there are various types of therapeutic nutrition, which is prescribed by pediatricians according to the indications:

• for small and premature children (PREA, Friso Pre, Nutrilon Pre, Similac Special Care) - contain an increased amount of protein, vitamins and are more nutritious;
• lactose (Nan bl, nutrilon blol, nutrilac bl, enfamil lactofri, grandmother's lukoshko bl, nelia lactofri, Bellakt BL) and soy (nan-soya, fresosa, nutrilon-soya, Simykla, Similak, Enfamil Soya)-under deficiency of the enzyme lactase and intolerance to cow's milk;
• hypoallergenic (NAS hypoallergenic, nutrilon GA, nutrilala GA, Frisolac GA, Similak GA, Human GA) - contain partially split protein of cow's milk, for children prone to allergies;
• sour -milk mixtures (NAS KM, Nutrilon Km, Nutrilak Km, Agusha Km) - contain lactic acid and bifidobacteria, for babies with digestive problems;
• with high iron content (Materna Milk, Enfamil with iron, simila with iron) - for children with low hemoglobin, for the treatment of anemia;
• antireflux (Frisov, Nutrilon Antireflux, Enfamil-ar)-contain gluten of a wooden tree or rice/corn starch, for often regurgitant babies.

Depending on the age of the child and his needs, the mixture is:

• “0” or “pre” - for small and prematurely children;
• "1" - from 0 to 6 months;
• "2" - from 6 to 12 months;
• "3", etc. - For children older than a year.

Each subsequent age formula of baby food contains more vitamins and minerals than the previous one and is more high -calorie and nutritious, which meets the needs of the baby at this age.

Video: How to choose the right mixtures?

Mixed feeding: how to feed the baby with a mixture during breastfeeding

There are situations when the baby must be fed, for example, when the mother needs to be excommunicated from the house or the baby has large appetites and he does not have enough mother's milk.

If the top feeding mixture is less than half of the entire diet of the baby - this is called mixed feeding.

To determine the amount of necessary feeding, you need to know how much breast milk the baby eats.

To do this, weigh the baby on special children's scales before meals and after, do not change the diaper and do not change your child so that the measurements are as accurately as possible.

• When making such weighing during the day, you will determine how much the child eats per day
• Now calculate depending on the weight and age of the child, how much he should eat
• The difference is fed with the mixture, breaking into several feedings or into one, depending on the circumstances
• For example, in the evening, the mother usually produces less milk than in the first half of the day, so it will reasonably feed the baby with baby food before nightmare.

Also use another method and determine when to feed the child by his behavior, if he shows anxiety and discontent after feeding, most likely did not eat and need to feed him.

Please note that the mixture should be given to the baby only after breastfeeding, if we are talking about a lack of milk in the mother. In this case, after time, it is necessary to gradually reduce the volume of the mixture in favor of breast milk.

ADVICE: Feeding a child on mixed feeding is desirable from a teaspoon or syringe without a needle. Try not to use a bottle, because The kid may decide that sucking from the bottle is easier and the milk comes constantly, and this can lead to the rejection of the chest. After feeding, be sure to hold the crumbs vertically so that all the falling air comes out.

What mixture to choose with mixed feeding?

We considered various types of adapted milk mixtures above, they are suitable for mixed feeding.

Be sure, before starting complementary, consult your child, and he will help with the choice of the mixture necessary for your baby.

Artificial and mixed feeding the baby: tips and reviews

Here are some tips that will help you choose a quality mixture:

• choose adapted mixtures to the newborn;
• choose the mixture according to the age of the child;
• if there are health problems, choose the appropriate medical mixture;
• carefully read the composition of the mixtures and compare it with others, the content of palm and rapeseed oils is undesirable;
• pay attention to the expiration dates and integrity of the packaging;
• buy mixtures only in specialized stores or pharmacies;
• watch the baby and his reaction to a new nutrition.

Sometimes this happens that milk nutrition is not suitable for the child. How to determine this?

Carefully follow your child, maybe you will notice:

• the presence of signs of allergies, such as a rash and redness of the skin;
• the baby has a frequent chair, liquid, with undigested white particles;
  The child is turbulent, cries after eating;
• restless sleep, the baby often wakes up;
• bad weight.

The correctness of the preparation of the milk mixture also affects the well -being and health of your child, so be sure to read the instructions before cooking and be sure to follow it!

• It is not allowed to use not boiled water, water not at the temperature that is indicated in the instructions,
• correctly calculate the dosage and ratio of water-mixture, shake the bottle well until a homogeneous consistency and complete dissolution of the mixture,
• cool the mixture up to 36-37 ° C before use.
• The remnants of the mixture cannot be stored and used again, you need to prepare only a fresh mixture before each feeding.
• Boots and nipples need to be washed well and sterilized every time after use.

If your baby feeds on adapted milk mixtures, do not perceive it as a tragedy, there is nothing terribly terribly in this. Modern children's adapted nutrition is as close as possible to breast milk, contains a lot of healthy vitamins, minerals and other substances that will allow your baby to grow up a healthy, strong and cheerful child!

Video: Choosing a mixture for feeding a child. Dr. Komarovsky