hi everybody,

My baby girl is 1 month old, I am giving her breast milk and also formula milk as there is not much flow of breast milk, I want the quantity of milk required for a baby 1 month old, I am afraid if I feed her more will there be any problems for her. Please advice.

Trupti Hetal replied. Feeding schedules :

1-2 months = 6-8 feedings or on demand, whole/total feels depnding on milk supply newhere from 10-15min to even 20-25mins.
offer both breast in each feeds.Burp when changing the sides...

formula --> 6-10 feedings of 2-4 ounces each.

You can be reassured that your breastfed infant probably is eating enough if he or she:

1.seems alert and content and active is steadily gaining weight and growing and developing.
now that he is 1month, he will no more lose his birth weight or water weight, so now you have to expect her weight gain and check on it every week on this birth day(not date,eg if thursday, check weight on every thursday)

2.feeds six to eight times per day and is wetting and gvng soiled diapers on a regular basis, 6-8diapers on an approx.
Breastfed babies after 1 month, tend to have fewer bowel movements than they did before.
For bowel movemnts,there is no general guidelines,follow the routines that your baby has shown and ne thing that seems to be out of his routines more or less,make a note of it !

When your child is around 2 months old, he or she may not have a bowel movement after each feeding, or even every day.

please note that If your infant still didnt had a bowel movement after 3 days, or seems to be uncomfortable while passing bowels(check your diet and ) call your child' s doctor.

some drs are okay for breastfeed babies to be without bowels upto 4-5days !!!!!

it dpends on mothers milk quality and baby absorption capacity. some babies are ready for water(1oz) in between feeds esp if they are formula fed(sometimes even bf), from 2nd month onwards !

One note about formula feeding:

It' s easier to overfeed your baby, when you' re using formula mostly because it takes less effort for baby to drink from a bottle thn from a breast.

You can help avoid overfeeding by making sure that the hole on the bottle' s nipple is the right size or is right flow nipple.

The liquid should at the slowlest flow rate from the hole and not pour out.

Also, resist the urge to finish feeding the bottle when your baby shows those signs of being full, even though sometimes he might drink only 1 ounce.

see his cues to watch if he is full or not. forget about finishing up whole bottle.keep an eye on bottlefeeds.

Now something about Sleeping Hours :

at 1month,

night time sleeping hours 8 1/2.

Daytime sleeping hours, around 7(3naps in total in a day of 2 or more hours).which makes total of 15 1/2hours to 16 hourrs in total..depending on baby activeness.

please note that some babies have slept more or less as these are general recommended guidelines and not all babies follow same sleeping schedules.
your baby is right now 1month, so start developing good sleeping habits to make your life easy lateron...

Try to make your baby sleep thru night of atleast 5-6hours at a strech by giving him a good massage and then a good bath or visa versa,whatever fits your baby preferences & your baby caring as well your time schedules,,,
if you suceed in doing so, you are one of those lucky mom who will get good night sleep :)
however, if you dont sucdd---no worries,,some babies are jst night owls, almost until 9-10months,,some start sleepng when they are started on solids,,some stretch it later when they start thr physical mobility like walkng and standng and crawlng....

good luck, welcome to motherhood !
ramola replied. hi,
give more feeds so that ur body genrate more milk.
so u can sucessfully satisfay ur baby & she get more milk. ramla replied. hi do not worry.give ur baby more feeding whenwver she demands.do not give outside milk to baby for atleast 4months.it will harmul to the baby