Diane, I am so glad you posted this question.  Since I work with working
moms, they bring up this question all the time.  They find these tables
online, and dutifully increase the amount of milk in their baby's bottles
as the weight goes up.  Then, the darndest thing, they can't keep up with
how much their baby is drinking while with the care provider during the
day, but the baby just wants to sleep at night and doesn't nurse much when
they're together.

I think especially in dealing with moms getting ready to go back to work
and start pumping, we need to really really emphasize these equations are
ONLY for the first few weeks - after that, "send what you pump" is my
mantra - if the baby needs more, he or she will nurse a-plenty evenings and
nights - and it's many a working mom who only discovers the joys and
restfullness of co-sleeping AFTER her return to work...

Kirsten Berggren
Burlington, VT

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