Knowing how to transfer the child to another mixture, you can safely change the powerPhoto: Getty
Is it possible to transfer a child to another mixture and when it is necessary
It is possible to replace artificial feeding with another mixture, but there must be serious reasons for this. These may be:
- milk protein allergy;
- lactase deficiency;
- planned transition. As a rule, after the baby is half a year old, another mixture will be recommended;
- refusal of the baby from the selected food;
- poor weight gain;
- transition / rejection of therapeutic nutrition.
In any case, before transferring the child to another mixture, it is necessary to consult a pediatrician.
How to transfer a child to another mixture
When transferring a baby to another formula, you need to follow some rules. First, choose a new composition. Manufacturers offer the following types of formulas:
- hypoallergenic;
- lactose free and low in lactose;
- therapeutic;
- on the basis of goat or soy milk.
A pediatrician should select a new type of food.The second is the portion size. You need to start the transition of the child by giving a small portion of the new food in the first half of the day. At first, the baby should be fed with the chosen food, and then fed with the usual one. Pediatricians recommend the following scheme:
- the first day - 10 ml of a new mixture in one of the daily feedings;
- second day - 10 ml of the composition to give the child at the beginning of three feedings;
- the third and subsequent days - to increase the volume of the new mixture in each feeding.
The complete transition should take no less than a week. When transitioning a child to a new type of formula, the following should not be done:
- mix different compositions in one bottle. This can not be done even if the child will receive a mixture of the same brand;
- abrupt change of the mixture. Fast - within one day - replacement of food is possible only with the development of allergies to the "old" mixture. Otherwise, the child may experience severe indigestion.
Introduce a new mixture during illness and anythe child's ailment cannot be. It happens that the baby has changes in the quality of stool or severe colic. The child must be observed for several days, and if the symptoms do not pass by the sixth day from the beginning of the transfer, then the mixture is not suitable for the baby. You will have to visit a pediatrician and choose another type of mixture. Also interesting:
