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Bottle
Babies Milk Replacement Recipe |
Note:
The best milk to feed to bottle babies is goat milk, so we keep
several dairy does around for that purpose.
If I don't have enough dairy goat milk, I will use dairy goat milk
with one of these milk replacer recipes 50/50 and feed that way all
the way through.
Recipe #1:
1 gallon whole milk
1 can evaporated milk (NOT condensed or sweetened condensed)
1 cup Buttermilk
Pour out enough of the milk, (into a glass or something), then add
the 1 can evaporated milk and 1 cup cream to the gallon container.
Shake or stir, then pour the reserved milk back into the gallon milk
jug until the jug is full.
Shake and serve.
-OR-
Economical Recipe #2:
Ό cup whipping cream
1 large egg
1 cup nonfat dry milk
3 cups hot water
Mix with blender to get egg to blend well. Pour into the bottle the
amount you need for feeding and store the rest. If doubling the
recipe you need to use 1/3 cup whipping cream and double everything
else.
Schedule:
As to the amount and schedule that I use, it will vary with each kid
as each one's size and appetite varies. On average, (and you can
adjust it for each kid), I give each newborn at least 12oz of
colostrum in the first 12 hours. This is sufficient for the kids.
You can give more if you want to, but you don't have to. I offer
them 4 oz at a time. (I've had some big kids on the second feeding
take up to 7 oz.) They are feed every 2 to 4 hours round the clock.
They will let you know when they are hungry, same as human babies,
for the first day. Then they are fed 5 times a day for the next 2
weeks. When I first get up, at lunch time, after school, before I go
to bed and once during the night. Then the middle of the night
feeding is cut out. After a week of this the after school meal is
cut out. Then by the time they are about a month to 6 weeks old they
are on twice a day feedings, morning and night. During the first 2
weeks they are gradually moved from 4-7oz to 10-16 oz each. By
the time they are 1 month old they are getting 24 oz per feeding.
Plus all the other food they can eat. The best way to tell if your
baby is getting enough food or not enough is to check their sides,
behind the rib cage. You want it to be straight from ribs to rear
thighs or just a little bulging, not too much bulging or sunk in.
That's how you can tell if they are getting enough to eat.
Now if you work outside the home, it's best to get a kid feeding
bucket & move them over to it anytime during the 1st week. When it's
cold out they will only take a couple of sucks at a time, just like
on mom. If it is freezing out, place it near the heat lamp. If its
warm out, add frozen pop bottles and milk straight from the
refrigerator to keep it cold.
If you have any more questions or I wasn't clear on something,
please feel free to contact me and I'll try to help.
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