Infant's maximum stomach capacity (PIP)

sbevmc09

I saw this the other day and found it interesting and a great visual!  The liquid represents an infant's maximum stomach capacity.

 

erkie

Pretty cool. My hospital has these "stomach beads" that show you the size of the baby's stomach after certain intervals PP. One thing to remember, though, is that they empty their stomachs in three hours. The NICU really stressed that to us. Eilley had to eat the maximum allowable amount for her age every three hours to be weaned off her IV feedings. 

LaurelBee

Pretty cool! Makes me less stressed if my milk doesn't come in immediately!

DMG122183

kittynap:

Interesting. This is in direct contrast to my stomach which just ate like 4 tacos.nbsp;

Lol!

bstengler

Thanks for sharing that!!

sbevmc09

LaurelBee:

Pretty cool! Makes me less stressed if my milk doesn't come in immediately!

I know!  You always hear/read that your baby is being perfectly nourished with just colostrum, but it seems like so little even though it's nutrient dense.  This visual really drives home that fact!  Nature knows what it's doing

 

kittynap:

Interesting.

This is in direct contrast to my stomach which just ate like 4 tacos. 

*snickers*