Posted by Tonya on 3/6/2008, 1:01 pm, in reply to "Weaning to cup before surgery - any tips?"
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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??
:
My daughter just had her cleft palate repaired on 3/4/08 and i got her off the bottle 1 week before surgery. The cup I found best worked (my doctor wouldn't allow a sippy cup with a spout) was the InfaTrainer. There is a website with these cups but I got them through an organization were I live for children with disabilities. It works amazing. Other advice is to try foods they will need after surgery such as popsicles, jello, and any other liquids you can think of. My daughter doesn't want to take much yet but if I stay on top of the pain she does better. Hang in there, it is a difficult and frustrating time but it will all be better in the end, that is what I keep telling myself.
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