Julie says,
<< After investigation , we
 have found that some nurses have been using a formula (no pun intended)
 of:     150 ml/kg x body weight (kg) x # of feeds per day (maintenance
 amount)

 Others use:             180 ml/kg x body weight (kg) x # of feeds per day
 (catch up amount)

 For a true failure to thrive (which the nurses do not encounter often) the
 formula is:  200 ml/kg x wt.x # feeds per day.

 So, instead of an answer, I have a question:  do either of these amounts
 seem reasonable? How about giving the parents a range, say 150 to 180
 ml/kg  (of course, working out the amount per feed for them)? >>

Thanks Julie, this is exactly the information I was looking for, and I hope
someone else will weigh in here too.  Seems to me that (I'm having difficulty
translating from the kg to the pounds here -- no calculator in front of me)
that you are saying 5 to about 6 1/2 ounces per kg/24 hours.  That would work
out to be about (using the erroneous "formula" that breastmilk is 20
kcal/ounce) 110 to 120 kcal/kg body weight.  (A bit more than that if baby
needs to catch up.)  Did I do that correctly in my head?  It's possible that
the 120 is a bit high -- the 110 is closer to the mark, I think.  But it
would be helpful to know where we are getting our numbers from.

Thanks!

Jan

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