Exact recommendations to supply the bottle to your baby.

If you need the bottle, it is recommended to supply as little as possible because the greatest benefit is in the natural food and the baby is accustomed to Mom’s milk, its heat and smell.

Although infant formula provides the necessary nutrients, breastfeeding is not recommended because breast milk has substances that protect against many infections and are not found in any formula. It also has digestive hormones that prepare, mature and develop the digestive tract of your baby.

You should only go to infant formula when the mother has a disease that contraindicates breastfeeding or should take some medicine that could pass into the milk and harm the baby.

In case of extreme need, it is recommended to give a bottle of formula per day during the first month because this could interfere with breastfeeding. Therefore, it is also useful for the mother to remove the milk even if the baby can not consume it.

The pediatrician or nutritionist (in exceptional cases) formulates supplementary milk that may need or benefit.

Quantity

Normally it is an ounce of bottle per kilo that weighs your baby, because that is the capacity of your stomach.

During the checkup with the pediatrician you can determine the formula for each case, depending on the growth and development of your baby; This professional is the one who has the ability to prescribe the number of ounces in each intake and the number of bottles per day. At first, it will be like eight shots each day; As your baby grows, they are less but with more ounces.

How should you give it

The same measures of the lactation in schedules, creation of habits and surroundings, are applied to give the bottle. The baby should always be supervised by an adult, semi-fastened on his lap and with a sustained head.

When you are going to give the bottle, check the temperature of the milk, make sure it does not squeeze when turning, watch the milk fill the neck of the bottle and cover the suckle to prevent your child from swallowing air. The gases must be drawn every two ounces during the same intake.