Your Doc friend may be right. Have a look at these refs. I think you'll find that we have been mistaken about the actual capacity of infant's stomachs BUT the point that the marbles make remains valid. Babies' tummies are tiny. They need to be fed little and often. Houston MHP, Howie PW, McNeilly A (1983) 'Factors affecting the duration of breastfeeding: measurement of breastmilk intake in the first week of life' Early Human Development 8: 49-54. Saint L, Smith M, Hartmann PE (1984) 'The yield and nutrient content of colostrum and milk of women from giving birth to 1 month post-partum' British Journal of Nutrition. 52: 87-95. Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil) Breastfeeding Counsellor PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'" *********************************************** 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