I see many new families in the hospital, breastfeeding clinic, and in their homes with my private practice, and I hear many common questions.  One of the recurring themes comes across in statements like “my baby can’t be getting very much” or “my baby is feeding so frequently, I must not have milk. This cannot be normal!”  There are many charts on the Internet that show an illustration of the size of a newborn’s stomach, I felt putting these illustrations into real world sizes we can see would be helpful.

Below is an illustration I have created showing the approximate size and volume of a newborn’s stomach on day one, day three, at one week, and at one month.  Newborns’ tummies are tiny, and cannot/should not take in large volumes, so they need to feed frequently.  In the first day or two, their little tummy fills with 2-15 ml during…

Zoe, I don’t know you, never met you, but I am so very thankful for your support in trying to raise much needed funds – and awareness – for the charity Children with Cancer. And for sharing your story with me (in short). Thank you, this is your run!

After what felt like ruining just about every joint and muscle in my body over the last few days, climaxing in yesterday’s 19k run, I was convinced I would find and use just about any excuse to NOT run today. But what do you know. I woke up feeling great, not too stiff, and quite rested and up for the weeks worth of work, training and other unexpected curve balls life might have in store this week. So come lunchtime I was actually liking the idea of hitting the Thames Walk eastwards, a clear sky and warm temperature, and a casual…