The amount of milk needed by babies of different ages is different, especially for artificially fed babies, if new parents do not master it well, less will starve the baby and more will make the baby obese. The characteristics of the newborn’s stomach To know how much your baby needs to eat, you must first understand the size and growth characteristics of your baby’s stomach. A newborn baby’s stomach capacity is only 30-35ml; 3 months is about 100ml; 6 months is 200ml; 1 year is 300-500ml At the same time, the baby’s gastric juice secretion is low. Newborn baby stomach emptying time varies with the type and nature of food: breastfeeding, stomach emptying time of 2 ~ 3 hours; milk powder feeding is 3 ~ 4 hours; water for 1 ~ 2 hours; newborn babies need to feed every 2.5 ~ 3 hours at the beginning of the newborn 1 time; a few days later, the interval can be longer, as long as it does not exceed 4 hours on the problem, 6 ~ 7 times a day can be fed. (Of course, this is only the recommended time, newborn babies advocate feeding on demand, that is, when the baby is hungry, especially breast-fed babies. Because breast milk is digested faster and the newborn’s stomach volume is small, it is normal for newborns to be hungry faster. New mothers should never be dogmatic in the face of this problem.) Newborns born 1 to 2 days old can only eat 20-30 ml each time, and can reach 60 ml after a few days. Some babies have a big appetite and can eat 80 ml. Slowly observe the summary, if this time flush 60 ml, left over, next time flush 10-20 ml less; if not enough, next time flush 10-20 ml more. 15 days~Full month: Normal digestion, about 60~100ml per meal. 1~2 months The amount of milk gradually increases according to body weight, and the baby is fed 6~7 times a day at an interval of 3.5~4 hours. Up to 150 ml can be eaten. For 1 to 2 months old babies who are fed manually, the amount of milk per feeding is between 80 to 120 ml. Each baby has individual differences and cannot be completely rigid. Babies who do not eat as much as the standard amount are fine, while babies who eat a lot can eat up to 150 ml, but it is best not to exceed 150 ml. Artificially fed babies are not necessarily worse than breastfed babies. If your baby is fed artificially, you don’t have to worry if you have 3 to 4 stools a day, as long as you are in good spirits. But after one month, we should prevent the occurrence of favoritism, in addition to often carry the baby to the outdoor sun, should be given to the baby every day plus 40 micrograms of vitamin D, that is, concentrated cod liver oil preparations, 3 times a day, each time 2 drops. 2 to 3 months Feed your baby 5 to 6 times a day, every four hours, 150 to 200 ml of milk each time. By the 3rd month, your baby’s appetite is better and the amount of milk eaten will increase. You can increase the original amount of 120-150 ml of milk per feeding to 150-180 ml per feeding, or even up to 200 ml. However, for babies with a larger appetite, the amount of milk should not be increased indefinitely. Generally, for babies who eat 6 times a day, 160 ml each time; for babies who eat 5 times a day, 180 ml each time. The total amount should be controlled to less than 1000ml. 3 to 4 months The amount of milk per serving is 200 ml, 5 times a day; if fed 6 times a day, the amount should not exceed 200 ml each time. The baby is 100 days old, the baby has mastered many skills and the amount of daily activities has increased. Parents should be aware that according to the standard baby should now drink 200 ml of milk each time and the total amount of milk per day should reach 1000 ml. Some mothers only consider how much their baby can drink each time and ignore the number of feedings, resulting in 6 times a day, 200 ml each time, exceeding the total amount of milk. Because of the short period of overfeeding, the baby will not show any discomfort, and many mothers still think that their babies can eat well and grow up. However, in fact, the baby may become overweight and anorexic to formula. 4~5 months Some mothers and fathers think that the amount of milk for their babies should be increased with the increase of age, which is wrong. These ideas and practices are wrong. In the 5th month, the baby’s milk quantity is basically unchanged The fact that the baby’s milk quantity does not increase does not mean that the baby is not eating milk well. Because the baby’s gastrointestinal function is gradually improving, the amount of milk is not increasing, but the baby’s ability to digest and absorb milk powder has increased, which can also meet the baby’s growth needs. As long as your baby is in good spirits and has a steady weight gain, you don’t have to worry about your baby being hungry or anorexic. Similarly, from this month onwards, try to add warm water diluted juice, vegetable juice and other complementary foods to your baby, remember to spoon feed, give your baby the opportunity to learn to eat with a spoon. 5 to 6 months of this month to the baby’s daily amount of milk powder should be controlled within 1000 ml, the food is large baby at this time if you let him eat at will, will grow too fat. Therefore, for the baby who loves to drink formula, should weigh every 10 days, if the 10-day period of weight gain remains between 150 to 200 grams, is normal, if more than 200 grams should be controlled, if the increase to more than 300 grams, should recognize that the baby is becoming obese children, to strictly control the amount of diet. Artificially fed and mixed-feeding babies in 5-6 months, even if they eat more formula will not be bored, so we should be alert to those babies who eat too much, because many obese babies are this month to lay the foundation. The best way to regulate the amount of food is to use supplementary food, you can let your baby eat juice, vegetable juice, vegetable puree, meat and eggs and soups, but be careful to feed rice and noodle-based supplementary food, otherwise there is still a risk of overweight. If your baby is a small eater, semi-weaning can be done earlier and at a faster pace. For small eaters, you don’t have to feed your baby strictly according to the recipe, just give your baby as much as he or she can eat. Generally speaking, babies who do not like formula too much may not eat too much of complementary foods. This kind of eating more or less is different from person to person, some babies are born with a small amount of food, as long as his body indicators are normal development, parents do not need to worry. 6～9 months Feeding every four hours, 200~250ml each time, changing from four milk meals to three milk meals per day, gradually replacing half a meal to one milk meal with assistance. 9～12 months Reduce from three milk meals to two milk meals per day, 250ml each time, and still eat every four hours, and eat all the other meals with supplements. Feed your baby water in between every two feeds. Summary Babies are small and cannot control the amount of food they eat. This requires parents to learn the general knowledge of feeding their babies and to pay attention to controlling the amount of milk they eat, not only not to starve them, but also not to overfeed them, so that they can develop and grow healthily.