Feeding

The big news here is that Elizabeth has taken a few bigger bottles. It was our wedding anniversary last night, so we saw the girls early and then went out for dinner. We called in later that night to check on something (see below) and the nurse informed us that she had taken 20 ml. I think her highest before that was maybe 11, but more like 9. I had to ask to make sure she was talking about Elizabeth, not Aspen.

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Bottles

I know I’ve been talking about bottles a lot, but it’s a big part of what we’re doing every day. Elizabeth is still going pretty slow, but we have to build up her muscles and get her familiar with how to go about it. The OT helped Sam with some steps to help her get the feel for it. A big part of that is tipping the bottle down at appropriate intervals to get milk out of the nipple. This is a “reminder” that she needs to breathe which helps her stay focused on the task instead of getting tired out.

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More Bottles

First things first: Aspen is rocking the bottle! She’s taken her entire feed (52 ml) from the bottle from Sam our last two feeds. That’s amazing!

For Elizabeth, she continues to have bloody stools. They just won’t go away. We still haven’t stopped feeding her neocate, but it really needs to stop. However, we have started giving her a bottle with just a little formula in it with a very stiff nipple. We’re mostly working on the motions with her and she didn’t seem to like taking the binkie trainer.