My sis had her baby at the doc and the doc told her that infants only need 700 calories a day. Now I've never heard of a calorie count for babies period so I don't know but has anyone else heard of this? :headscratch: 700 seems so low for a growing baby!
Butterfly Designs
10-16-2008, 09:57 PM
my dd is 21 months and FTT and we have seen a nutrionist who says that dd needs 900 just to maintian...so ya 700 sounds about right
WhatWasIThinking
10-16-2008, 10:00 PM
Hmmm, wonder how many calories my baby consumes since he eats every 2-3 hours still??
pantufla
10-16-2008, 11:49 PM
Hmmm, wonder how many calories my baby consumes since he eats every 2-3 hours still??
As much as he needs. :goodvibes:
S Starr
10-17-2008, 11:17 AM
The doctors probably know. When DD2 was in NICU, they told us an equation giving the number of calories/pound of current weight that a baby needs each day in order to grow. I don't remember how many it was, but it was pretty straightforward!
Michelle8903
10-17-2008, 11:57 AM
Sounds right. I know toddlers/preschoolers need 1,000 calories a day.
Like with anything though, it can vary I think. Some need more, some need less. It's just an average. I certainly don't count the calories for my child (heck I don't even do it for myself). Everything we feed DD is healthy and she takes in what she needs. :)
flobee76
10-17-2008, 11:59 AM
I've never heard of a number of cal. for kids. That's very interesting.
Swimmingly
10-17-2008, 06:37 PM
I just read somewhere the other day that 900 to 1700 is the range for toddlers. It depends on their height/weight and activity level where in the range they fall. So, 700 for an infant doesn't seem that far off.
