Eli5 How do babies drink so much milk with such a small stomach?

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Babies have a stomach the size of their fist, how do they drink 8 ounces of milk in one go?!?!?!?

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The stomach stretches a great deal to accommodate all that liquid. Their belly will be extremely distended and firm after a good feeding.

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