As Kathy Eng explains, you multiply the baby's weight in POUNDS by 2.5 to
get the number of OUNCES needed per 24 hours.  
I had to convert the pound weight to ounces and then take fifteen per cent
of it, and compare that to 2.5 times the pound weight, and in my own mind
the explanation got garbled in all the conversions between different units.

I don't see anyone claiming that a baby who is not happy or not growing, is
OK.  And I have seen the wild look of desparation in the eyes of parents of
babies who are not gaining weight when someone says 'we don't know how much
is enough, the way we tell is by seeing whether the baby gains weight' and
then sends them home to get 'enough' into the baby.  It is cruel not to give
them at least a ball-park estimate of expected daily intake.  But make it
clear it is an estimate, and get them in there again quickly, like the next
day, for a new consultation where you can hear about their experience since
the day before, and incidentally, weigh the baby.

I've seen a baby turn right around and gain over 100 g when we know its
total intake in the preceding 24 hours was only 200 g of expressed milk.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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