Posted by Jen H on 3/2/2008, 9:21 am
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Hi everyone. I am pulling my hair out trying to get Jackson completely off the bottle before surgery - and the sippy cup has to be free flowing, no sucking docs orders. Jack's cleft repair will be extensive so these guidelines do make sense but I am losing faith that I can implement them. He is fed 100% orally so no feeding tube as a back-up.
Right now Jack is mechanically successful using a Munchkin cup with a hole poked in the air intake to make it free flowing - messy when he tips it over but otherwise it does not spill down him. However, he will only take max 2 ounces at a time. He is down to 3 bottles a day: morning, lunch, and bedtime. I hate to cute out the lunch bottle because right now he gets the majority of his volume from the three bottles - and still he seems to wake up at night hungry.
We have 7 weeks so I was going to slowly go to 2 bottles then one as his cup volume increased but I am not seeing any increase so this plan is dead in the water. So, I am wondering if you have any tips about how to get him to increase his volume with the sippy cup? Should I cut out the lunch bottle, have him starving by dinner, and see if he drinks more then? Cut out all bottles? All of my options seem to involve getting him starving and I hate this idea. What do you think??
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