What about the stomach size for premature infants?  Do they start out 
smaller, but grow as rapidly?
Facts and guesstimates welcome.


Katie Bredbeck

On Monday, September 19, 2005, at 12:44  PM, Rachel Miller 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 alot 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 1.5oz to 2oz, size of a walnut, golf ball, or 
> ping
> pong ball
>

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