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Learning How To Feed We’ve started down a path towards getting the girls to feed on their own. This includes Sam getting to work with the OT on some mouth exercises that we can work on. These are used to help develop the muscles and reflexes required for feeding, especially breastfeeding.
Aspen continues to show very strong signs that she wants to breastfeed. While she certainly hasn’t got it down, she will do a little sucking and is probably getting a little milk that way.
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Back To Work Well, I’m back to work for now. We figured that me using up my paid leave while they’re still in NICU didn’t make a lot of sense.
So, now Sam is going in at our regular time (8 AM) and is staying until 1 PM. I then take my lunch from 12-1PM and go over there for some quick snuggles. To facilitate that and make the best use of my time, I’m also working out of my office (I had been working from home since about mid-March).
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Elizabeth’s Feeding We’re now at 48 hours after Elizabeth’s bloody stool issue1. So far all of her x-rays have been clear so we’re even more confident that she’s got some sensitivity. Today they have started her on the soy-based formula. They’ll move slowly here to make sure that she is tolerating it well.
Magic Age I’ve talked about this before. Thirty-three weeks seems to be a magic age for starting to attempt bottle and breast feeding.