At 09:26 AM 27/05/2003 -0400, you wrote: >re education to staff on ora intake in newborn: >I also spoke about the stomach capacity of the new born >see Page 140 of Linda smith's book, as I mentioned in previous post >1 day-5 to 7 mls >3 days 22 to 27 mls >10 days 45-60 mls >Adult 900 mls This is not baby friendly but it was effective. I took some bottles from the ward emptied them then refilled them with the above amounts. All properly labelled. It took a little while to find something that resembled milk but woulfn't go bad. In the end I used a locally made organic baby lotion. I had to seal the bottles as well as label them as the staff kept taking the lids off to see what I'd used inside! However they were a pretty easy graphic demonstration. I also discuss the difference between physiologic intake and possible intake. The difference between the amount you are capable of eating and the amount you should be eating to be healthy. I use the example of Thanksgiving dinner or some other festival day. How would you feel if you ate that amount at every meal? It actually turned things around pretty quickly. Rhoda Taylor, B.A., IBCLC Vancouver Island, Canada *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html