Our sweetheart is doing well overall. She is having issues with keeping her food down and her blood sugar up. Last night and this morning were really bad but after a change in how and what she is being fed things started to look up. She is being given a bottle with whatever breastmilk I can pump and high calorie formula. She has 30 minutes to take it at her pace if she wants it. We then have to keep her sitting up for 30-45 minutes. Anything she didn't eat is loaded into a feed pump and administered through her ng tube over a 2 hour period.
She is still having issues with most feedings but for her dinner time feeding she took the whole amount by bottle and managed to keep it down. Major plus. Her bed time feeding was half bottle half feed pump. Hopefully it stays down. This has allowed her blood sugars to come up and stay in a safe range. It's on the low end but acceptable.
Right now we are not sure why she is having these issues but hopefully they clear up with the new formula and schedule.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we expect more of today just with hopefully no feeding issues. We are learning all the fun baby stuff like cleaning horrible diapers and puke, how to hold her for breastfeeding and bottle feeding and basically just getting comfortable moving her around. I know it sounds easy and simple but one of us (mommy) is afraid to hurt her head... Bobby got to help give her a bath and is an expert instinctively at all things baby care. It amazes me. I gained 50 levels of comfort with doing stuff with her today and still don't come close to being where he is with her. He amazes me and is an amazing daddy. Bailey is lucky to have him.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Feeding Issues and Super Daddy
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Major praises for all you are all achieving. It is great that you and Bobby are both able to take part in Bailey's care. I am praying for your full healing and recovery as well, Angela.
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