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Every mother wants to make sure her baby is getting the calories and nutrients he needs to grow up healthy and strong. Milk – whether breast milk or formula – is full of both.
In most cases, you don’t need to count calories. It is enough to know that you are breastfeeding your baby or advanced formulaas long as their weight is increasing according to their age, and you see at least 5-6 wet diapers a day.
If your child needs more calories – such as when they are growing rapidly – they will let you know. If they have enough, then they refuse more milk. It is impossible to overfeed a child.
If you want to count calories…
Sometimes, parents need to count calories – maybe because their child is underweight and their pediatrician has asked them to follow it. Or you might just want to know.
Fortunately, it’s easy to do. From newborn to 3 years old, babies and children need about 100 calories per kilogram of body weight. So once you know their weight in kg, you can find out how much fat they need, because most forms have the same amount of calories.
In this table, you can see the amount of breast milk for babies in each stage (Scroll down to see how to achieve the weight):
| About the age of a child | The weight of the child in kilograms | Child’s weight in pounds | The preparation of one meal takes | Boil water in milliliters | After you have settled the boiling water in fluid ounces | How many feed 24 hours |
| 0-2 weeks | 3.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 6 |
| 2-4 weeks | 4 | 9 | 4 | 120 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 months | 5 | 11 | 5 | 150 | 5 | 5 |
| 3-5 months | 6-7 | 13-15.5 | 6 | 180 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 months | 7.5 | 16.5 | 7 | 210 | 7 | 4 |
| 7-12 months | 8.5-9 | 18.5-20 | 7 | 210 | 7 | 4 |
Remember that this does not affect breast milk. If you’re concerned that your baby isn’t getting enough calories, talk to your doctor.
How many calories your child needs: the math
To find out how much formula your baby needs to get the right amount of calories, there are three steps.
1: Calculate their weight in kg
If you only know your child’s weight in pounds, you need to convert it to kg.
There is 1 kg for every 2.2 lbs, so just divide the weight in pounds by 2.2.
For example, if a newborn weighs 6.5 lbs – divide 6.5 by 2.2 = 2.95 kg.
Step 2: Count the number of calories
Now you have the weight in kg, all you have to do is multiply it by 100 to get the number of calories per day.
For example, for a 2.95kg child, multiply 2.95 by 100 = 295 calories per day (or you can go up to 300).
Step 3: Calculate the number of bottles needed
For most formulas, there are about 65-70 calories in 100ml – that’s the equivalent of a 3oz bottle, made up of 3 scoops of formula and 3oz of water.
Most newborns need about 63oz of bottles per day to get enough calories. As they grow, they need more calories, but not more bottles. A 13-pound child needs about 600 calories a day, or about 5 6oz bottles.
There’s no need to do the exact math, or count the last calorie, since babies always drink the milk they need.
But if you want to see how this works, here is a detailed example:
Your 3 month old baby weighs 11 lbs. 11 lbs/2.2 lbs/kg = 5kg
A child weighing 5 kg should receive 5 kg x 100 kcal/kg/day = 500 kcal/day.
500 kcal per day / 69 kcal per 100ml = 7.246 x 100 ml = 725 ml/day
725 ml per day / 29.5ml per oz = 24.57 or 25 oz/day
25 oz per day / 5 oz per bottle = about 5 bottles per day.
Some babies may need more calories than ‘should’ to affect their weight, and that’s okay – just don’t deny a hungry baby milk. And, of course, when your child has solids, they get calories there, and you will be able to gradually reduce the consumption of milk.
Calories in European Organic Formula Brands
We have put together this table so you can see how many calories are in each of them European organic formula brands we sell.
Formula | Energy per 100ml / 3.38 oz |
| HiPP Dutch Part 1 | 66 kcal |
| HiPP Dutch Part 2 | 68 kcal |
| HiPP Dutch Part 3 | 60 kcal |
| HiPP German Stage Pre | 66 kcal |
| HiPP German Part 1 | 67 kcal |
| HiPP German Part 2 | 68 kcal |
| HiPP German Part 2 (no starch) | 68 kcal |
| Part 3 of HiPP German | 68 kcal |
| HiPP German Part 4 | 51 kcal |
| HiPP UK Part 1 | 66 kcal |
| HiPP UK Part 2 | 68 kcal |
| HiPP UK Part 3 | 60 kcal |
| HiPP comfort | 66 kcal |
| HiPP Anti Reflux | 66 kcal |
| HiPP HA Stage Pre | 66 kcal |
| HiPP HA Part 1 | 69 kcal |
| HiPP HA Part 2 | 70 kcal |
| HiPP Ready to Feed Stage Pre | 66 kcal |
| HiPP Ready to Feed Phase 1 | 67 kcal / 150 |
| Holle Stage Pre – Cow | 66 kcal |
| Part 1 of Holle – Cow | 67 kcal |
| Part 2 of Holle – Cow | 67 kcal |
| Part 3 of Holle – Cow | 68 kcal |
| Part 4 of Holle – Cow | 67 kcal |
| Holle Stage Pre – Goat | 67 kcal |
| Part 1 of Holle – The Goat | 68 kcal |
| Part 2 of Holle – The Goat | 68 kcal |
| Part 3 of Holle – Goat | 66 kcal |
| Part 4 of Holle – Goat | 67 kcal |
| Holle A2 Part 1 | 67 kcal |
| Holle A2 Part 2 | 67 kcal |
| Holle A2 Part 3 | 66 kcal |
| Loulouka Stage 1 – Cow | 64 kcal |
| Loulouka Stage 2 – Cow | 66 kcal |
| Loulouka Stage 3 – Cow | 68 kcal |
| Loulouka Part 1 – The Goat | 68 kcal |
| Loulouka Part 2 – The Goat | 68 kcal |
| Worth Living Part 1 | 67 kcal |
| Worth Living Part 2 | 67 kcal |
| Worth Living Part 3 | 66 kcal |
| Nannycare Part 1 – Goats | 66 kcal |
| Nannycare Part 2 – Goats | 66 kcal |
| Nannycare Part 3 – Goats | 66 kcal |