Wise folks in Lactnet Land,
        A mother of a 3 month old returned to school last week.  She
breastfeeds when they are together but he gets abm while she is gone.
Dairy allergies BIG time on father's side, so used soy abm.  (She didn't
ask me!)
        This week the baby has "a virus" with raging diarrhea.  Off abm
and on pedialyte--still bf in the evenings.  The question is what abm
this baby could use when they return to manufactured milk?  Grandma--who
bf all of her children--is suggesting rice or goat milk, but is this
nutritional enough?  Are there abms based on these?
        Pumping is not an option for this mother.
        I await your words of wisdom....
Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 21:13:30 -0800 Glenn Evans <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> I've spent the day playing with all different conversions -- the =
>mathematical puzzler in me -- what I've come up with, to convert the =
>equation (2.5x lbs.)/8, to metric measures, easily, is:
>
>for 10 feeds a day: 20cc/Kg of baby's weight per feeding
>for  8  feeds a day: 25cc/Kg of baby's weight per feeding.
>
>The derivation of the above is as follows:
>3-4 oz. per feed for a 10 lb. baby =3D 90 - 120 cc per 10 lb. =3D 9 -
>12 =
>cc per lb. =3D  9 - 12 cc per 454 gm =3D 19.8-26.4 cc per Kg, or =
>roughly, 20-25cc/Kg.=20
>
>Chanita, in San Francisco
>