how to transfer a child to artificial feeding

Let's say you tried your best to breastfeed, milk is still not enough. You have to give some amount of the mixture to feed the baby, but you want to do it so that you do not reduce the production of breast milk. I will consider this question in different paragraphs, depending on how much extra milk is needed for the child, and I will use the word as an additional to indicate a mixture that is given in addition to breast milk( immediately after feeding), and a substitute for the bottle that is given in return for breastfeeding. In general, it is more convenient to completely skip certain feedings, using instead of them replacing bottles. On the other hand, there is a small chance that breastfeeding will last if you empty your chest every time, supplementing the feeding with a mixture, when the child is not full.

Suppose that the breast gives enough milk - not enough for only one feeding. In that case, the morning meal will probably be the meager - at 6 am. Next in size is the night. In this case, you can give an extra bottle during the morning feeding. Or during the night - then for the morning can suffice breast milk.

Suppose now that milk is not enough for two or more feedings. You can give extra bottles after feeding at 10 am, at 2 am and at 6 pm. Morning feeding at 6 o'clock will probably be the most abundant for the day and will give everything the child needs. Feeding at ten in the evening will also be quite sufficient. Another method, when the breast gives insufficient milk for several feedings, is to breastfeed only at 6 am, at 2 am and 10 pm, and give an extra mixture at 10 am and 6 pm( and also at 2 nights if the child does not gorge).

If you do not have enough breastmilk during all the feeding, you will need an additional mixture for each, regardless of whether you are breastfeeding at first or not.

How much is the mixture poured into a bottle, additional and replacing? The answer is: as much as the child needs. If your child weighs 4.5 kg or more, he may need 180 g of substitute milk per feed;if it is less weight - and you need less milk. If this extra milk after breast feeding, you may need 60 or 90 g. In that case, pour 90 grams, and let him drink as much as he wants.

If the doctor has not informed you the composition and amount of the mixture and you can not contact him, use the recipe of this book. Paragraph 124 tells how to prepare 180 g of a mixture. You can thus make one replacement bottle( 180 g) or two additional( 90 g each).If you need 360 g - for two bottles of 180 grams or four for 90 grams, double the amounts indicated. If you only need 90 grams, use half the quantities indicated. Do not worry if you made a little extra mix. If, for example, you need 120 grams per day, make 180 g and pour out what the child has not drunk. The amount of the mixture can be further increased.