Baby's food & sleep needs

Food & fluids:

Baby:

• Birth to 6 mo: Bottle-feeding/formula: 2-2.5 oz per pound
• 6 months to a year: up to 8 oz per feeding
• Give babies 4-8 oz of water per day.
• Formula for infants (2.5 fl oz (75 ml) of formula each day for every 1 lb (450 g) of body weight. Babies younger than 1 year rarely need more than 36 fl oz (1065 ml) of formula each day.

Toddler: 1-2 year olds, daily:

• 1,000-1,300 calories;
• protein needs: 1 gram per pound;
• Fluids for toddlers: 1.5 oz ounces per pound per day, mostly in thre form of milk, formula or water but limit milk to 24 oz per day (whole milk/Sears) and less that 4-6 oz daily of juice for a child between the ages of 1-6 (tooth decay/ADA).;
• ideal balanced nutrition: 50-55% carbs; 35-40% fats; 10-15% proteins.

Sleep:

• 6-12 Months: 14 hours a day (nap plus night)
• 1-3 years: 10 to 13 hours
• Preschoolers: 10 to 12 hours
• 6-9 years: 10 hours
• 10-12 years: over 9 hours, up to parents to judge
• Teens: 8 to 9.5 hours
• Read more at http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sleep.html

Transitional issues for when you get home:

• The International Adoption medical program of the University of Minnesota's Transition Issues: Sleep for International Adoption Children This addresses what to do during the first weeks home when the exhaustion of jet lag may be the cause of sleep interruptions for both parent and child.