Saturday, March 15, 2008

The art of making milk

I am not sure if this would happen to all households once the baby has arrived, but it was evidently an issue in my home; the arguement of how much to feed the bugger.

Newborns need to be fed frequently, and since the stomach is probably the size of a pea (need verification here), the quantity is a much worried figure.. Feed too much, stomach aches, feed too little, poor baby in hunger (need more verification here).

If i remembered correctly, gooly liked to be fed 2 ounces/20ml every copla hours. And the instruction on the milk can says for every one ounce, you mix in one scoop of powder. How hard is that to comprehand? Well... mahmee and papah came out with two methods.
1. Mahmee mixes cold and hot water-a very delicate job. She double checks. Yup, water level at 20ml. She adds in two scoops of 'wondermilk' and proudly presents it to hubby. Hubby scrutinises specimen. "Now it's not 20ml.. It's more than that lah.. too much already." -_-
2. Papah mixes cold and hot water, making sure it's hotter than how Mahmee would mix it, at apprx. 15ml.. adds in the DHA-laden powder, and voila! A numerically-precised concoction.

Thus ,was gooly being underfed or overfed really depended on who was mixing the formula. Seriously, Mahmee wasn't too worried. She was too busy hoping that he will go back to sleep..

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