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.