I found this discussion interesting. In Australia , in metric terms I use 150mls/kg/24 hrs for full term babies or 180mls-200mls/kg/24hrs for SGA babies or prems. I loved Dianne's expression of "full as a tick" however and often encourage mums to look for that fully drunken , milk dribbling out the side of the mouth look. Most mums can relate to that. *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html