How much breastmilk or mixture should a child eat at 5 months in norm
With natural feeding, both overfeeding and underfeeding is possible. A crumb can suckle for a long time, but this does not mean that it overeats. If the mother has little milk, he will remain hungry.
A child in 5 months should eat so much food,how much you need not to remain hungry Photo: Getty According to the state of the child, a woman should be guided by whether he is eating. If the baby is undernourished, the symptoms are:
- the baby is sluggish, always asleep or crying often;
- crochets urinate less than 15 times a day, the diaper remains dry in the period from one feeding to the second;
- stool is lean, there may be constipation;
- the child badly gaining weight, the day of an increase of less than 20-30 g.
To find out how much milk you have,once in a bottle. The optimal amount for the age of 5 months is 800-1000 ml of milk per day. The child should also drink up to 100 ml of water or tea. Fluid should be given in breaks between feedings.
How much porridge and vegetable puree should eat baby
Feeding should be given if the crumb is onor it is not enough of mother's milk. Otherwise, you should wait until the child turns six months old. In 5 months, new dishes should be introduced gradually, when the baby is absolutely healthy. It starts with a puree food. The first dish for complementary foods should consist of one ingredient. If it's buckwheat, then without the addition of fruits or vegetables. Introduce new food, starting with 1 tsp, for 10-14 days gradually bring the volume to 100-200 g per day. Lure for a child at six months of age should replace one feeding. In 5 months the volume of dishes is as follows:
- The crumb should eat 100-150 g of puree from vegetables;
- 60 g of fruit;
- 100-180 g of buckwheat or rice.
Meat, fish and fermented milk products are bettergive at a later age. Feed the child 5 times a day, breaks between meals should be 4 hours. The first feeding is only breast milk or 150-180 ml of the mixture. For breakfast, offer the child 100-150 g puree from vegetables and 3 tbsp. l. from fruit. For dinner, give 150-180 g of milk porridge. All other feeds are breast milk. Do not feed your child through strength. This food will not do good, but harm. If you stick to the guidelines, but ask for more money, increase the dose. The amount of food depends not only on the age of the baby, but also on its weight.
