The Dosage of Giving The Pump Mother’s Milk for Babies 0-6 Months

Dosage of giving the pump mother’s milk is often being a big question for the mother after giving birth but her milk is not smooth, or has a problem about the shape of teat that difficult to breastfeed the baby directly. Indeed the need of breastfeeding for the baby a moment after birth are just a little and definitely able to suffice their needs. And along with getting in years of the baby, the amount of milk produced will match the baby’s needs.

The problems often experienced is an exact dosage for the mother that has breastfed by bottle, either it because the baby does not want breastfeed directly through the nipple or because the demands of job. The mother’s milk dosage that you can give for the baby are:

• Babies aged 1 day, need 5-7 ml or one tablespoon of the breast milk in one drink and be provided with a range about 2 hours. The mother’s milk need is a newly bit, because the size of the baby's gastric in this age is only as big as the candlenut seed. 
• Babies aged 3 days, require 22-27 ml of breast milk in one drink which given 8-12 times a day or almost a pint glass of water for one day. At this age, the gastric develops into as big as a cherry or grape moderate-sized. 
• Babies aged 1 week, need 45-60 ml of milk in one drink, and be able to spend 400-600 ml of breast milk or one and a half to two and a half of pint glass of water in a day. At this age the breast milk need increases because there is the first growth spurt in babies. 
• Babies aged 1 month, requiring 80-150 ml of breast milk in a drink, and is given 8 to 12 times in one day, with a gap of 1,5 -2 hours in the day and at night the gap is 3 hours. 
• Babies aged 6 months are still need the breast milk about 720 ml per day and it is supported by the complementary feeding of breast milk. Take the advantage of the pump breast milk to thin the complementary feeding of breast milk, so the taste is the same with the mother’s milk. 
• At the age of 7 months, the babies breast milk needs reache 875 ml or about 93% of the total of babies’ nutrient intake needs. 
• The need of breast milk for a baby aged 1 year dropped to about 550 ml per day. And at this age, the baby may consume the solid food like the adult food. Give the baby a more varied foods, so the nutritional needs are complete. And in order to the pump mother’s milk production remains sufficient, you have to consume the nutritious foods, especially fruits and vegetables. 

Summary:

• The dosage of giving the pump breast milk will continue to increase based on the age of the baby, and it will decline after the age of 1 year. 
• The gap of giving the pump breast milk for the baby is about 2 to 3 hours or 8-12 times a day and be done regularly. 

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The Success Tips of Exclusive Breastfeeding Program

The exclusive breastfeeding program which required to give for 6 months will be found many obstacles. And in order for this program was done successfully, then the husband’s role and support is very influenced. The husband's support can be with the encouragement and material, because when the mothers nursing require the higher additional nutrient. Then the husband must give more the spending quote.

The husband should also maintain a good relationship to the wives psyche condition. Because if the marital relation less harmonious can influence the breastfeeding production becomes not maximal. The wife’s negative thoughts will make the oxytocin reflexes decreased, and triggers the mother’s milk can not get out maximally.

In order to be a full program of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, then the husband should be able creating an atmosphere of calm and safe for their wives. For example, a husband can give attention for his wife when nursing and her needs. The husband can also help reduce the wife’s burden with help the household work or helps to calm down the baby when crying before given a drink by his wife.

During the exclusive breastfeeding program, you as a husband can massage your wife’s back with loving or just get her drinks, because the mother that breastfeeding should drink more. You can also pay more attention to your wife to be more calm and comfortable when breastfeeding exclusively to the baby for 6 months.

The husband is also very advised to take care the baby, because based on a research showed, when hungry a baby is happy to be held by his father. Even if the baby is fussy or stress, it will be easier calm when carried by the father. This is probably caused the baby likes to hear his father’s breathing vibrations because the sound is better than the mother’s.

To create a happy family life, you can do the bed-sharing program, that is the baby sleeps between the father and mother so when the baby cries, the father can immediately be picked up him and given to the mother to be breastfed. After that, the husband holds returned the baby in a standing position until the baby burped and fall asleep again. The husband can also help the wife to change the baby’s diaper at night, so formed a work team. By this various supports, then the wife will be successful doing the exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.

Summary:

• The nursing mothers need the additional nutrients more, so their food menu should be varied,
• The husband’s support for the nursing wife can be in the form of psychological, material and help take care the baby,
• The mother’s milk production can be maximal if the wife’s psychological condition and the nutrient consumption can be completed maximally.

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