What do you mean by weight, and what does she mean by weight? (Metric?)
Are you trying to calculate needed calories, or needed fluid?
How old is the baby? Are we talking about a newborn? (I presume so, as you
mention the nursery nurse.)
What kind of a baby? Full-term, well infant, or preterm or sick or what?
>The formula for calculating an infants 24 hr. intake is wt. x 2.5. Could
>someone explain to me where the 2.5 comes from? I calculated intake for
>an infant using this and the nursery nurse used a different formula. She
>came up with a number too high in my opinion per day and per feed based on
>what we use. I felt unprepared to explain how I arrived at my figures
>which seemed more in line for what the baby needed. Thanks.
>
>Laura Walker
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