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 > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html