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A video looking at home much formula your baby needs.
Source: KidsHealth

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Voice

Your baby's age, how much they weigh, the time of day, their activity level and their rate of growth can all affect your baby's formula needs. The formula tin will list general guidelines.

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Lactation consultant

Now she'll be keen to have that. Tip it up; tip it up so that the teat is full with milk at all times.

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Voice

Babies are usually fed on demand, so learn your baby's signals. For the first few days, your baby may finish the bottle.

[Baby sounds]

Most formula-fed newborns will need around 6-8 feeds in 24 hours for the first few weeks. Gradually increase the quantity, or size, of each feed during the day.

[Baby sounds]

When your baby is about 2 months old, there will probably be 3-4 hours between feeds. Your baby is getting enough formula if they're content and settled for a couple of hours after a feed,
they're gaining weight at a steady rate and they're having 6 or more very wet nappies every day.

Key messages in other languages

Kei te pakeke o tล pฤ“pi, tana taumaha, te wฤ o te rฤ, te nui o korikori me te kaha o te tipu ngฤ mea ka whai pฤnga ki ngฤ hiahia paura miraka o tล pฤ“pi.

Kei te tini paura miraka ngฤ arotohu arowhฤnui.

Ko te tikanga ka whฤngaihia ngฤ pฤ“pi ina hiakai ana rฤtau, nล reira me ako koe i ngฤ tohu o tล pฤ“pi.  I ngฤ rฤ tuatahi, ka pau pea i tล pฤ“pi te pฤtara.

Ko te nuinga o ngฤ pฤ“pi hou ka whangaihia ki te paura miraka me 6-8 ngฤ kaitanga i roto i te 24 haora mล ngฤ wiki tuatahi.

Me ฤta whakarahi haere te rahinga o ia kaitanga i te rฤ.  Ina eke tล pฤ“pi ki te 2 marama, e 3-4 haora te roa i waenga i ngฤ kai.

Ka nui te paura miraka a te pฤ“pi mฤ“nฤ:

  • kei te tau me te rata ia mล ฤ“tahi haora i muri i te kai
  • kei te pai te aumaha haere
  • kei te oti ngฤ kope mฤkลซ e 6 i te itinga rawa ia rฤ

Ko e tau moui he muke, mamafa he tino, ko e magaaho he aho, fakagahuahua poke tupuaga he tino ka fuafua ki ai e lahi he huhu ke fagai aki e muke.

Haha i ai ke he apa huhu fomila e tau fuafuaaga ke muitua ki ai.

Fagai e muke he magaaho kua loto ke kai ai, ti lata ke mailoga e koe e tau mogo ia.  Ko e tau aho fakamua liga to oti e lupo huhu he kai e ia.

Ko e tau mukemuke fagai huhu palu, to laga 6 โ€“ 8 e fua kai ke he 24 e tulฤ he tau faahi tapu fakamua.

Unuunu hake fakahaga e tau fua he kai he tau aho taki taha.  Ka tu e 2 mahina he muke haau to liga ko e 3 โ€“ 4 e tulฤ he vaha loto he tau magaaho kai haana.

Ko e lata ni e fua kai he muke haau kaeke kua:

  • makona mo e fiafia ke he fiha e tulฤ he oti e kai
  • kua lahi fakahaga e mamafa he tino
  • fakaaoga 6 poke fiha e kaputi pala he taha e aho 

O le matua o lau pepe, le mamafa, taimi o le aso, ana gaoioiga ma le fua o lona tupu e ono aโ€˜afia ai le aofaโ€˜iga o le susu e manaโ€˜omia e lau pepe.

O le tino o le apa susu e masani ona tusi mai ai ni taโ€˜iala.

O pepe e masani lava ona fafaga pe a fiaโ€˜aโ€˜ai, e ao ai la ona iloa lelei faโ€˜ailoga ua fia ai lau pepe.  Mo uluaโ€˜i aso, e ono inu uma lava e lau pepe le fagususu.

O le tele o pepe fou e fafaga i apa susu latou te manaโ€˜omia le 6-8 โ€˜aiga i le 24 itula mo nai vaiaso e amata ai.

Faโ€˜aopoopo lemลซ le aofaโ€˜i o le susu e fafaga ai i le ao.  E oโ€˜o atu i le 2 masina le matua o lau pepe, ua taโ€˜i 3-4 itula ma fafaga.

E lava le susu apa susu o lo o fafaga ai lau pepe pe a fai ua:

  • maโ€˜ona ma fiafia mo sina lua itula pe a uma ona fafaga
  • amata ona faโ€˜aopoopo le mamafa
  • 6 pe sili atu le tele o napekini susลซ

Ko te matua o tau pepe, ko te mamafa, ko te taimi o te aho, ko te tลซlaga o te gฤoioi o tona tino ma te vave o tona tuputupu e mafai ke ฤfฤina ai nฤ manakoga formula o tau pepe.

E lihi uma mai nฤ takiala i te apa formula.

Ko nฤ pepe e mฤhai lava fafaga kฤfai kua manakomia, e tatau la ke akoako loa nฤ fakailoga o tau pepe.  Mล ni nฤi aho muamua, e ลno uma te inu o te fagu e tau pepe.

Ko te lahiga o nฤ pepe fฤtoa fananau mai e fafaga i nฤ formula e manakomia e kilฤtou te 8โ€“9 fafฤgaga i te 24 itลซla mล ni nฤi vaiaho muamua.

E hฤ“lekaleka mฤlie lava ki luga te lahi o nฤ meakai takitahi i te aho.  Kฤfai tau pepe e kฤtoa te 2 mahina te matua, hลvฤ“ ka pฤ atu lava ki te 3โ€“4 itลซla nฤ vฤikฤiga.

Ko tau pepe e lava tana formula kฤfai e:

  • fiafia ma totoka mล ni itลซla e lua kฤfai e uma te fafaga
  • e ฤgaigai mฤlie pea ki luga tona mamafa
  • e ono pe hili atu ia nepi huhลซ i aho takitahi

โ€˜E kau โ€˜a e taโ€˜u motuโ€˜a โ€˜o hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด, hono mamafaยด, taimi โ€˜o e โ€˜ahoยด, lahi โ€˜o โ€˜ene ngaungaueยด pea mo e vave โ€˜o โ€˜ene tupuยด ki hono tuโ€˜utuโ€˜unia โ€˜o e lahi โ€˜o e huโ€˜akau โ€˜e fiemaโ€˜u โ€˜e hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด.

โ€˜E hฤ atu โ€˜i he kapa huโ€˜akauยด โ€˜a e ngaahi tลซhulu fakalลซkufua ki heniยด.

Ko e angamaheniยด โ€˜oku fafanga pฤ“ โ€˜a e fanga kiโ€˜i pฤ“peeยด โ€˜i he taimi โ€˜oku nau fiekaia aiยด, ko ia ai, ako ke ke โ€˜ilo โ€˜a e ngaahi fakaโ€˜ilonga โ€˜a hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด.  โ€˜I he ngaahi fuofua โ€˜ahoยด, โ€˜e ngali inu pฤ“ โ€˜e hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด โ€˜a โ€˜ene hinaยด ke maha.

Ko e tokolahi โ€˜o e fanga kiโ€˜i pฤ“pฤ“ โ€˜oku nau inu huโ€˜akauยด te nau fiemaโ€˜u ke fafanga tuโ€˜o 6-8 kinautolu โ€˜i he houa โ€˜e 24 โ€˜i honau ngaahi fuofua uikeยด.

Tahataha mฤmฤlie hake pฤ“ hono hikihiki โ€˜o e lahi โ€˜o e foโ€˜i fafanga takitaha โ€˜i he lolotonga โ€˜o e โ€˜ahoยด.  โ€˜I he mฤhina 2 nai โ€˜a hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด, โ€˜e ngalingali ke aโ€˜u โ€˜o houa โ€˜e 3-4 โ€˜a e lลloa โ€˜o e vahaโ€˜a taimi fafanga takitaha.

โ€˜Oku feโ€˜unga pฤ“ โ€˜a e huโ€˜akau โ€˜oku inu โ€˜e hoโ€˜o pฤ“peeยด โ€˜o kapau โ€˜oku:

  • fiemฤlie mo nonga โ€˜i ha ngaahi lau houa hili hano fafanga
  • fakaโ€˜au pฤ“ ke sino โ€˜i ha vaha'a taimi feโ€˜unga
  • tuโ€˜o 6 pe lahi hake โ€˜a e viku โ€˜a hono napikeniยด โ€˜i he โ€˜aho

Tei runga ua i te uki o taau pepe, te paunu teimaa o tona kopapa, te tuatau o te reira ra, tona turanga no te rave i tana e rave ana, e tona turanga tupuโ€˜anga, na teia au tuanga e arapaki i te turanga ta taau pepe ka anoano no tana formula.

Tena tei runga i te tini formula te au akapapaโ€˜anga o te au akanoonooโ€˜anga tauturu.

I te maataโ€˜anga o te taime, e angai ia ana te au pepe me anoano ake ratou, no reira, e mea puapinga kia kite koe i te au akairo a taau pepe.  I te au ra mua, penei ka pou te moina i taau pepe i te inu.

Ko te maataโ€˜anga o te au pepe anau ou tei angaiโ€˜ia ki te formula, ka anoanoโ€˜ia mei te 6-8 tuatau angaiโ€˜anga ia ratou i roto i te 24 ora i te au epetoma mua.

Akamata koe i te akamaata marie mai i te maata o tana kia kai (maataโ€˜anga) o te au kaikaiโ€˜anga o te ra tatakitai.  Me tae taau pepe penei ki te 2 marama, penei mei te 3-4 ora te va i rotopu i te au angaiโ€˜anga iaia.

Te rava ra te formula a taau pepe e kai ra, mei te mea aia e:

  • te noo marลซ ra aia ma te meitaki no tetai nga ora i muri ake i tona otiโ€˜anga i te kaikai
  • te aere marลซ marie ra tona vaito kopapa ki runga
  • mei te 6 au pikipiki tere atu, tona e maโ€˜uโ€˜u ana i te au ra tatakiti

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๋ถ„์œ ํ†ต์— ์ผ๋ฐ˜์ ์ธ ์‚ฌ์šฉ ์ง€์นจ์ด ๋‚˜์™€ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋Œ€์ฒด๋กœ ์•„๊ธฐ๋Š” ๊ทธ๋•Œ ๊ทธ๋•Œ ํ•„์š”ํ•  ๋•Œ๋งˆ๋‹ค ์šฐ์œ ๋ฅผ ๋จน๊ฒŒ ๋˜๋ฏ€๋กœ ์•„๊ธฐ์˜ ์‹ ํ˜ธ๋ฅผ ์ตํžˆ๋„๋ก ํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.  ์ƒํ›„ ๋ฉฐ์น ๊นŒ์ง€๋Š” ์•„๊ธฐ๊ฐ€ ์ –๋ณ‘์„ ๋‹ค ๋น„์šธ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋ถ„์œ ๋ฅผ ๋จน๋Š” ๋Œ€๋ถ€๋ถ„์˜ ์‹ ์ƒ์•„๋Š” ์ƒํ›„ ๋ช‡ ์ฃผ๊นŒ์ง€ ํ•˜๋ฃจ 6~8 ์ฐจ๋ก€ ๋จน์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋‚ฎ์—๋Š” ์ ์ฐจ 1ํšŒ ์ˆ˜์œ ๋Ÿ‰์„ ๋Š˜์—ฌ๊ฐ€์‹ญ์‹œ์˜ค.  ์ƒํ›„ 2๊ฐœ์›” ๋ฌด๋ ต์—๋Š” 3~4 ์‹œ๊ฐ„ ๊ฐ„๊ฒฉ์œผ๋กœ ์šฐ์œ ๋ฅผ ๋จน์ด๊ฒŒ ๋ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

๋‹ค์Œ๊ณผ ๊ฐ™์€ ๊ฒฝ์šฐ๋Š” ํ˜„์žฌ ์•„๊ธฐ์—๊ฒŒ ์ฃผ๊ณ  ์žˆ๋Š” ๋ถ„์œ ๋Ÿ‰์ด ์ถฉ๋ถ„ํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

  • ์šฐ์œ ๋ฅผ ๋จน๊ณ  ๋‚˜์„œ ๋‘ ์‹œ๊ฐ„ ๋™์•ˆ์€ ๋ณด์ฑ„์ง€ ์•Š๊ณ  ์ž˜ ๋†€ ๋•Œ
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Key messages

Your baby's age, how much they weigh, the time of day, their activity level and their rate of growth can all affect your baby's formula needs. 

The formula tin will list general guidelines.

Pฤ“pi (babies) are usually fed on demand, so learn your baby's signals. For the first few days, your baby may finish the bottle.

Most formula-fed newborns will need around 6 to 8 feeds in 24 hours for the first few weeks.

Gradually increase the quantity (size) of each feed during the day. When your baby is about 2 months old, there will probably be 3 to 4 hours between feeds.

Your baby is getting enough formula if they are:

  • content and settle for a couple of hours after a feed
  • gaining weight at a steady rate
  • having 6 or more very wet nappies every day

PlunketLine offers parenting advice, including advice about feeding your baby.

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