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Amounts babies need
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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:15:31 EDT
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Pat says,

> 11 lb baby needs roughly 33 oz/24 hours just to maintain, so baby may be
> just a tad hungry :-)  Pat in SNJ
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Pat, that's about 1000 ml/24 hours.  Most moms only produce 750 to 850/24
hours.  If, of course, you are talking about formula, I agree.  If we are
talking about breastmilk, we can't use the same guidelines/calculations as we
do w/ formula.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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