How to properly feed a child with a mixture at the age of 2 months

It is not uncommon, when after giving birth a new mother does not have enough milk to feed her child in plenty. In such cases it is necessary to resort to lure. If you have enough strength and milk to feed your baby in the first month of his life, then it's much easier to switch to mixtures, especially if there is medical evidence for that.

But the best option is to combine breastmilk with milk formulas. Thus, a part of the nutrients the baby receives from the mother's milk, and some of the milk mixtures. If you have a child - the first, then, probably, you will have a question: how correctly to feed the child with a mixture at the age of 2 months and older? We will give you practical advice that will help you to take into account all the nuances of this difficult matter.

But immediately we want to notice that if you chose mixed feeding, then do not abuse the lure, because in this case the baby will be less and less likely to contact with the breast and your body can decide that milk is no longer needed. Therefore, the lure should be resorted only in extreme cases, try to do it yourself.

So, how correctly to feed the child with a mixture at the age of 2 months? Having once studied and tested this "technology", you will learn to do everything on the machine: quickly, clearly and smoothly, so there will not be much time left for feeding.

Lure baby give a special measuring bottle with a pacifier. Children's dishes should be in the house in plenty, it should be sterile and without any defects. We prepare the mixture and pour it into a bottle in a hot kind. Attention! If the bottle has burst, do not pour the mixture into another bottle, since there may be pieces of glass, so you must throw out the bottle with the mixture and prepare a new one.

Even if you are in a hurry, do not warm up the food in the microwave in the bottle, because the surface of the bottle may not be as hot as milk, and you will burn the baby's mouth and esophagus. Necessarily the nipple should be sterile and stored in a container, so that it does not get dust.

The holes in the nipple should be such that the child does not spend the last effort to suck the mixture, but not too large, that he would not choke and did not swallow too much air during feeding. And with large openings in the nipple, there may be a moment that the child is just lazy: they say, why should he suck, if it so already follows. Therefore, when choosing nipples, stop on the middle option - good, their range is now huge. The size of the nipple is also important. Usually, if you start feeding the baby with a big nipple, but then can not get used to the little one. As, however, and vice versa.

Remember that when you feed your baby with a mixture of bottles, he constantly draws down negative pressure. To prevent this from happening, one should make a hole on the side of the nipple, so that the air constantly enters the bottle and the feeding is not interrupted.

After feeding, you should thoroughly wash and sterilize the bottle and the nipple in order to avoid the development of microorganisms in the baby's dishes.

Do not store the cooked mixture for too long. Leave it only in the refrigerator and not more than a day. If the mixture is stored in the children's room at room temperature, then within two hours the microbes actively begin to multiply in it. Therefore, it is best to abandon the storage of the already prepared complementary foods, and each time to prepare a fresh mixture.

It is not necessary to select food, trusting advertising or beautiful packaging. After all, the choice is now so huge, and it's very easy to make a mistake. Ask for advice to your pediatrician, a qualified doctor will tell you unerringly: what mixture and how to properly feed a baby at the age of 2 months and older.

If your child wakes up and needs to eat, in no case should not rush and fuss again, because, in a hurry, we make many mistakes. After all, the bottle is in the refrigerator, and you are trying to warm up the food as quickly as possible in order to feed the hungry baby, and put it in hot water. From the temperature drop, the bottle bursts, and the cooking process is delayed. Or, on the contrary, you have prepared a new mixture and want to cool it as soon as possible and put it in cold water, and again it bursts. A lot of time is spent, and the child still screams. Therefore do not rush, do everything carefully and avoid sudden temperature changes.

And do not experiment with the temperature of the baby's nutrition, because nature has not in vain arranged that the mother's milk corresponds to body temperature, so heat the milk not hot and not colder, but as expected. Check it out very easily. Drip a little milk on your wrist, if you do not hear the temperature, that's what you need.

There are two opinions about how best to feed the baby: on the hands or in the crib. Some say that it is better on the hands, because the child creates the feeling that you are the nurse, although the food he receives from the bottle, and not from the chest. Others say that it is best to feed in a crib, as the child begins to develop independence. But in fact, you must choose the method that, in the first place, will be convenient for your child. After feeding, you, of course, hold the child in a vertical position for several minutes (the so-called "pillar"), so that the child will sprinkle air, which got into the stomach during feeding. This moment can also be used to remove the remnants of milk from the face of the child with a wet wipe soaked in boiled water. This is done so that the remnants of milk do not clog the pores and do not interfere with breathing the skin of your baby.

The amount of the mixture you eat can be different, do not worry about it, because at different times of the day your baby has a different appetite. Do not make him eat up what's left in the bottle, because the child's body - like a Swiss watch, is accurate and impeccable, and he knows perfectly well: how much he needs to eat to be satisfied.