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How Much Milk Can An Infant Be Fed In A Day?
Posted on
Sun, 3 Jun 2018
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Question : Hi,
My Son is given Mother's milk most of the time but in a day 3-4 times we are giving him formula milk as well as he feels hungry after giving Mother's milk. So please tell me how much quantity of formula milk should be given to him at one time and in one day how much quantity of milk is ideally required for 2 month old child weighing 5kgs.
My Son is given Mother's milk most of the time but in a day 3-4 times we are giving him formula milk as well as he feels hungry after giving Mother's milk. So please tell me how much quantity of formula milk should be given to him at one time and in one day how much quantity of milk is ideally required for 2 month old child weighing 5kgs.
Brief Answer:
Exclusive breast feeding advisable. Nothing else.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Usually a baby of this age requires 25 ounces per day. I would not suggest any amount of formula milk to be given.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
Exclusive breast feeding advisable. Nothing else.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Usually a baby of this age requires 25 ounces per day. I would not suggest any amount of formula milk to be given.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
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