Baby mixed feeding is to supplement the baby with other milk or dairy replacement products when it is determined that breast milk is insufficient, so that the baby can eat enough and maintain the normal growth and development of the baby.
can be divided into newborns, infants and children according to the age of the baby. For the age of mixed feeding, baby mixed feeding can be divided into newborn mixed feeding and infant mixed feeding, with ages within 28 days and within 1 year old respectively.
Mixed feeding is to feed formula milk after breast milk?
Many new mothers mistakenly think that mixed feeding means taking breast milk first and then formula milk every time, which is wrong. You should only feed one milk at a time, and eat breast milk as soon as you eat formula milk as you eat formula milk.
Don’t eat breast milk first. If it’s not enough, then change the formula milk. This is not conducive to the baby's digestion, and it is easy to cause the baby to have an illusion about the nipple, which may cause the baby to have anorexia formula and refuse to use a bottle to drink milk.
New mothers should make full use of limited breast milk and feed their babies as much breast milk as possible. The more breast milk you absorb, the more you want. If your mother thinks that breast milk is insufficient and reduces the number of times you feed it, it will cause less and less breast milk to secrete.
The number of breastfeeding times should be evenly separated, and do not not feed breastfeeding for a long time.
What should I do if my baby prefers bottles when feeding mixed food?
Many mixed-feed babies prefer bottles because bottles are easier to eat milk than mothers' breasts. To change this situation, you need to give your baby some "sweetness" and use a breast pump or hand press to make the milk flow out before feeding, so that the baby can get milk in the first few mouthfuls.
You can also try using lactation assistance, which can help your baby quit the bottle. Put the milk powder into the bottle of the lactation aid and make it ready, and hang the bottle on the mother's neck, which is the same as the height of the baby's head.
When feeding, put the tube of the breastfeeding aid into the baby's mouth, or stick the tube to the nipple, so that the baby can hold the nipple and the tube at the same time. The better the baby contains, the easier it is to use the breastfeeding aid. In this way, the baby can eat milk without so much effort, and it also stimulates the mother's breasts, helping to increase the amount of lactation. What should I do if I mix feeding milk is getting less and less? Although mixed feeding is not as good as breast milk, it is also better than artificial feeding. Don’t worry too much if you get less and less milk. Just increase the number of breast milk feeding times, drink some milk soup appropriately, and maintain a happy mood. I believe that your mother’s milk will increase.
Always remember the truth that "the more you eat milk, the more you eat it." Another thing to note is that you should not feed breast milk and formula milk at once.
The most likely situation to occur in mixed feeding is to give up breastfeeding. New mothers must insist on feeding their babies. Some new mothers breastfeed late, but as their body recovers after giving birth, the amount of breast milk may continue to increase.
If you give up, it is equivalent to giving up the baby's hope of breastfeeding. I hope that the mother can do her best to feed the cute baby with her own milk. How to avoid "nipples confusion" when feeding mixed with
?
Even if mixed feeding, we can avoid nipples confusion caused by using a bottle. Since the baby has nipples confusion because of using a bottle, we don’t need to feed the baby. How to feed formula without a bottle?
Here we teach mothers a good way to let the baby suck the mother's milk first, and then use a small piece of soft rubber tube for infusion, which is very thin. One end is placed in the washed bottle and the other end is gently inserted into the baby's little mouth. The baby can suck the mother's nipples while drinking milk powder.
This not only stimulates the mother's lactation reflex, but also does not make the baby hungry, so you don't have to worry about nipples confusion.What are the categories of
mixed feeding?
The number of other milk supplements should be determined according to the degree of breast milk deficiency. There are two feeding methods, namely the supplementary method and the agency method.
1, supplementary method mixed feeding
After feeding breast milk, other dairy products will be supplemented. It is to breastfeed first, then feed a certain amount of milk or organic milk powder .
This supplementary method is suitable for babies 6 months ago. Simulated nipples can be used when feeding milk powder. This nipples are closer to the feeling of sucking breast milk, which is easy for babies to accept.
Its characteristic is that the baby first sucks breast milk, so that the mother's breasts are stimulated on time and keeps the milk secretion normal. Use the supplementary breastfeeding method to breastfeed, the baby should suck breast milk more than 6 times a day to promote the secretion of prolactin.
2, Serving mixed feeding
means breast milk and formula milk powder take turns feeding, that is, breast milk is fed once, formula milk powder is once, and rotationally feeding.
This method of sub-education is suitable for babies after 6 months. This method of feeding can easily reduce breast milk and gradually sub-education with milk, porridge, and rotten noodles. It can cultivate the baby's chewing habits and prepare for future weaning.
Generally, after about 5 days of delivery, the mother's milk volume increases. When the mother's breasts are full, let the baby suck breast milk first. After the baby sucks once, if it can sleep for a while, and be quiet for a while, even if it is only half an hour, there is no need to feed the baby with milk powder. When the baby is hungry, continue to feed the baby;
If the mother's breasts are not too full, you can use a complete formula to feed the baby, so that the mother can rest well, which is conducive to milk production. The baby can also eat a full meal without having to suck the mother's half-empty breasts every time.
generation of teaching methods is all milk powder, and the feeding volume is larger at one time.
How to wean?
1. Gradually reduce feeding: babies who are fed mixed only need to slowly reduce the number of feeding times and increase complementary food appropriately. As long as the baby is given a weaning process, he can easily wean him.
2. Add other complementary foods: When feeding mixed, the baby has already adapted to complementary foods. If he decides to wean, he should resolutely stop feeding and appropriately increase the amount of complementary foods.
Mother chooses the baby to eat and the complementary food he likes, so the baby will naturally no longer rely on breast milk.
3. Continuously reduce the number of breastfeeding: Choose some formula milk that makes the baby easy to accept, gradually reduce the number of times breastfeeding, and slowly transition to formula milk until the baby is completely weaned.
4. Play the role of fatherly love: During weaning, the role of father is particularly important. On the night during weaning, consciously reduce the time between mother and baby. At this time, you should show your father's love, especially for babies who have the habit of eating breastfeeding before going to bed, so that the father can coax the baby to bed.
5. Decisive weaning: This is a very important part of mixed weaning. This requires the mother to be ruthless and not to be soft-hearted because of the baby crying.
6. Cut off milk at night and before going to bed: Many babies have the habit of eating milk at night and before going to bed. Generally, it is difficult to break off milk at night.
So when weaning, we must gradually reduce the number of breastfeeding times at night. Before going to bed, your father can coax the baby to bed, and you can slowly wean it after one week.
