Posted by Holly on 4/30/2008, 8:49 pm, in reply to "Re: reflux/gas??"
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Yep..that is my life...pump/feed/pump/feed. I nursed my first daughter for a year, and i intend to do the same for Kate. It is very frustrating at times. She was eating good..gassy but not this crazy screaming baby thing! I am going to keep trying though. Thickening the milk a little seems to help some. thanks for the advice guys
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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
:
:
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: 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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