Heather writes:

My  favourite study in this topic area is this one, which looked at babies 
aged up  to six months:

KENT, J. C., MITOULAS, L. R., CREGAN, M. D., RAMSAY, D.  T., DOHERTY, D. A. 
&
HARTMANN, P. E. (2006) Volume and Frequency of  Breastfeedings and Fat
Content of Breast Milk Throughout the Day.  Pediatrics, 117, e387-395.

Shows the volume of milk taken at any one  feed in healthy, thriving babies 
varies between 0 ml (yes, zero!) and 240  mls.




Heather,

Thanks for sharing this citation. It reminds me: I really need to print  
this out and work it into some kind of sheet that moms can look at  easily. 
The range of normal being so wide is quite amazing. What is common  is so 
different from what MDs tell moms is normal.  Maybe it  would help those poor 
moms whose pediatrician tells them (repeatedly) that their  one month old baby 
who wakes up every 2 hours at night must be waking "so  frequently" because 
her milk "isn't rich enough at night."  
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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