How to Correctly Feed Your Newborn!
How Do I Choose the Right Kind of Formula?
- There are 3 ways of getting formula powder, which is the least expensive; liquid concentrate (which requires dilution); and
premixed ready-to-feed, which is the most expensive but also the most convenient. - If your baby is lactose-intolerant, he or she should be fed a lactose-free formula.
- When purchasing and preparing your baby’s bottle, always check the expiration date on the formula.
- Infant formula contains protein, fat, vitamins A, C, D, E, K, iron, calcium, and many more ingredients
How Do I Feed the Baby?
- Cuddles and comfort are as important for you baby as feeding is. Don't let anyone tell you that your bottle- \fed baby won't bond with you.
- Never feed your baby while he or she is lying down. The milk can go up the tiny tubes and into baby's
- ears causing ear infections.
- Cradling your baby in your arms is the easiest position. Don't prop the bottle and leave a young baby to feed itself, it is dangerous.
- To protect your clothes and your baby's clothes, remember to put a bib on the baby. Younger babies need to be burped two or three times during each feed. They find it hard to burp naturally on their own
- If your baby is crying, screaming and squirming during a feed he or she probably needs to be winded.
- Rub baby's back gently in round circular movements until he burps. This may take a while. Wind usually becomes less of a problem as a baby gets older.
- When your baby has finished his bottle tip any left over milk out. Bacteria from your baby's mouth can be introduced into the milk and multiply quickly.
- If your baby is a newborn ,under 3 months, tip the milk out within twenty minutes after the feed.
This is done by group three.