Artificial feeding is a complete or partial translation of a child from breast breast milk on milk mixtures. Dairy mixtures in our time are a fairly full-fledged substitute for breast milk and truly "save" those mothers who have problems with breast milk.
Artificial feeding is when there is no maternal milk in the daily diet, either its size is about 1/5 of the total daily diet.
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What mixtures exist for artificial feeding?
For children up to a year, it is recommended to use liquid and dry dairy mixes. There are also sour milk and fresh artificial mixtures. Thanks to modern technologies, such mixtures in composition and quality are as close as possible to natural breast milk.
So, artificial mixtures are:
- Adapted. It is considered most closely close in their qualities to breast milk, and therefore are more recommended. They contain serum protein, which provides easy absorption, as well as the maximum amount of calcium and phosphorus. Substances called nucleotides can also be part of their composition, which positively affects the development of the tissues of the child's body and protects the body from negative external influences.
- Adapted mixtures containing Kozain. These mixtures are based on cow milk, but are more complex in their absorption. They are recommended for children who are more prone to regular joins. Such mixtures are sufficient. It is desirable to use, starting from 2 months.
- There is also a mixture for children after 5 months. They contain large energy value.
What you need to know when calculating the required amount of artificial mixture
In general, specialists are given some recommendations for calculating the amount of the mixture, which is necessary when transferring to artificial baby feeding: with the weight of the child less than 3.2 kg, it is necessary to multiply its age (number of days) by 70; With the weight of the child, more than 3.2 kg, it is necessary to multiply its age by 80.
Artificial child feeding should consist of the following standards:
- up to 2 months, the child is recommended to give 1/5 mixtures from the mass of its body;
- up to 4 months the norm of the mixture consists of 1/6 of the mass of its body;
- up to 6 months, the norm is 1/7 of the body mass of the child;
- until a year, it is recommended to give 1/9 mixture from the body weight of the child.
The reduced amount of the mixture should be divided into feeding at night.
Basic tips for artificial feeding
The most important thing is what you need to remember is that artificial feeding should occur in the conditions of absolute purity. The mixtures must also be prepared in a pure spot.
It is necessary to remember that artificial baby feeding implies some mode to be observed. So, with natural feeding, the milk is absorbed by the child's body longer than with artificial, so the mixture is best not to prepare in advance. All mixtures should be heated to 40 degrees. Milk should flow from the bottle not with a trickle, but drops. And last: you should constantly monitor the position of the child during feeding.