How much milk to feed a baby is a problem that novice parents will encounter. Perhaps the formulas are different from the pediatrician, the nursing center or Internet website. But there is still a general formula after collating, which can be used as a reference for baby feeding:
Weight (kg) x 150ml / meal (feeding times per day)
For example, if a 3 kg baby drinks 6 meals a day (feeding every 4 hours), that is about 75 ml each time. Because
3 x 150ml / 6 = 75ml. The formula × 150ml is a common recommended value. The following automatic calculation tool can be converted from x120~200ml. You can adjust flexibly according to your baby's appetite and growth stages.
Although we have such a calculation tool for reference, it still depends on the actual situation to adjust. Small Meatball is such a baby who loves to drink milk (like the Animation on the left, he is drinking milk even in a dream = =). Sometimes he starts to be noisy after feeding less than 3 hours. After several observations, we found that he should be hungry. It has nothing to do with wet diapers, sleepiness, body temperature or illness. As soon as he drinks milk, he becomes quiet suddenly with bright eyes. The milk is his whole world at that moment.
Now Small Meatball is more than 2 months old, he drinks about every 3 to 4 hours. Sometimes the reaction is quite big when he is really hungry. The video as below is so cute and make me laugh(super rooting reflex?!)that I want to share with you. I wonder if other baby will be like this?!
How Much Should Your Baby Drink ?