Sara,

This is marvellous!  Sorry not to respond earlier, I've been too busy in 
head space to get to why I needed it.  I translated it to

Day 1 - a grape,  Day 3 a cherry tomato, Day 10 a small normal tomato or 
small kiwi fruit.  It's for a lesson plan for a presentation, and it was 
important to keep in mind the 'food' notion, rather than clinical stuff 
or ping pong balls. 

Thank you everyone who responded!  I've stored it all for future 
reference.  :-)

Morgan


Sara Munday wrote:
>   Basically the stomach capacities are:
>     
>      Day 1: 5-7 ml, size of small glass marble, hazelnut, or thimble (In the womb babies swallow amniotic fluid one swallow at a time, every once in a while. That's all the volume they are used to having in their stomachs at any one time, just a swallow or two. Maybe this is why lots of formula fed babies spit up a lot the first day or they just refuse to take more than a few swigs each time they eat)
>   
>      Day 3: 22-27 ml, about 1 oz, use the baby's own fist, it's a great ready-made visual for the parents! You could also use a shooter marble.
>   
>      Day 10: 45-60 ml, about 1.5 oz to 2 oz, size of a walnut, golf ball, or ping-pong ball
>   
>      Adult: 900 ml, about 2 cups, the size of softball, grapefruit, tennis ball, adult fist
>
>   Hope that helps!
>   :)
> Sara Munday RN (math geek and aspiring IBCLC)
>   

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