Your diet should include
extra liquid calories to help you get all the protein and carbohydrate you need to build muscle.
Not exact matches
We would have had no problem with just supplementing with straight up formula if it would have helped (and ended up switching to just fortified formula eventually because of allergies and dwindling supply)-- the reason they were doing the fortified instead of just
extra bottles was because she was too weak / sleepy from her heart issues to drink enough
liquid in the first place for the necessary
calories.
A baby or toddler will also need
extra liquids and
calories during weaning to replace the breastmilk they were getting.
During nursing you will need, at most, an
extra 400 to 500
calories daily to produce sufficient milk for your baby, while formula can cost between $ 4 and $ 10 per day, depending upon the brand, type (powdered versus
liquid), and amount consumed.