Posted by Jennifer H on 4/30/2008, 6:16 pm, in reply to "reflux/gas??"
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I hate to say this but yes, feeding is now your new battle and you will spend the next few months forcing the milk on her. Unfortunately this seems to be a common part of the PRS job description. My son has a trach and feeding has been a much bigger pain, particularly in the earlier months. As with everything with PRS babies it will get better as the months pass.
I have no help for reflux, but we used the Mead Johnson and sometimes we had to burp Jackson every ounce. Also, I wanted to encourage you with the pumping as I assume it is pretty hard at this point. I pumped for 11 months and the first few were the hardest, I did nothing but pump, bottle feed, and pump again - you miss the "sleep when your baby sleeps" thing. If you have not already check out this Eping message board, I would not have survived without these ladies.
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppexcluspump
Good luck
--Previous Message--
: Hey all..it is me again. Does anyone out there
: have any ideas about reflux? Now that Kate
: is breathing easier after her TLA, a new
: problem has arrived. She is eating more and
: now seems to be having reflux or gas pain
: from swallowed air. She has been screaming
: bloody murder everytime I feed her for the
: last three days. Needless to say we have had
: sleepless nights. I switched back to the
: mead johnson bottles with a bigger hole in
: the nipple and have been adding a little
: rice cereal to thicken the breastmilk. It
: seems to be working so far. I don't know
: what else to do about the swallowing air
: thing. I try to burp her as good/often as I
: can. Has anyone else been through this or
: have some suggestions? We have finaly
: started gaining some weight (11oz this
: week!) and I don't want to go backwards. It
: seems at times I am having to
: "force" the milk on her.
: Thanks....Holly and Kate
:
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