These are good point and I think I forgot to mention in my presentation I
took each prop and put it in a graduated cup and measured how much water it
displaced to make sure I was picking appropriate sizes.  I think it is still
a useful tool because I think most people can visualize "about and average
grape".  I then hold up the babies fist if I am talking to moms.
Kristi

On Nov 10, 2007 2:19 PM, Morgan Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Marsha,
>
> Please ignore my drivel!! It's clear to me now, after actually applying
> a brain cell to it, that what you meant was check your grape, tomato,
> kiwi fruit is approx the right size as there is a huge variation! (And
> quite right too!)
>
> Please accept my apologies - you wrote it very clearly, I read it very
> muddled! :-)
>
> Morgan Gallagher
> (having an attack of the dumbs today...)
>
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > Lee discusses visual aids for?stomach capacity. What little data
> there?are on feed volumes by age shows that on day 7 the average feed volume
> is 65ml (2.19 ounces). By 4 weeks the average feed volume is 94ml (3.17ounces).
> >
> > Ingram JC et al. Maternal predictors of early breast milk output. Acta
> Paediatr 1999; 88:493-499
> >
> > The egg in the belly ball set states the size of an extra large chicken
> egg at 60-81 ml. So a 10 day old baby could certainly have a stomach
> capacity within that range. We would need to actually measure and calculate
> volumes for grapes, tomatoes, and other fruits as well as any other visual
> aids we use. Any of these are a very imprecise proxy for making our point to
> avoid stuffing young babies with large quantities of formula. Just because a
> baby's stomach will accommodate being stuffed to the gills, doesn't mean
> that the baby should be fed?in that manner.
> >
> > Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
> > Weston, MA
>
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