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Hi my name is Maria. I have a 29 weeker born June 5, 2004 named Logan. Logan is doing fairly well ie no health issues. He is breastfed with a few bottles of...
Hi Maria - WELCOME! First, I want to congratulate you on the breast feeding - that's not an easy task when you have a 29 weeker - GREAT JOB! I had a 28 weeker...
That is so nice, Niki. When Susan was born we politely declined help because we had good insurance and medicaid as a back up. Now that the medicaid has run...
Welcome Maria! We know eachother from preemieschat but I thought I would say HI and welcome to "feeding" Like I told you in preemieschat, it sounds like he is...
Well, Andrew had his gastric emptying scan this AM. They gave him 3oz in less than 10min and I warned them he would probably throw up because he just can't...
My DS just had an apt. with a Nutrionist who told me that he was not getting enough calories. Jacob is 14 months old, drinks 18-20 oz. per day of 24 calorie...
Laura! 19lbs 4 oz does not sound bad to me!!!!!!!!! I will tell you that me and my sis were 16 and 17 lbs on our first birthdays and 23 pounds or so(I think...
Adding one extra scoop to 8oz. of water should do it. Dayna ... From: nikiprincess23@... To: feeding@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004...
Well, in order to do 24 cals we mix the 13 oz can with 9 oz water so if you only want 22 cals, 11 oz water makes sense, no? Chris ... From: preemiemom0703 To:...
Actually with powder the formula for 24 cals is 4.5 scoops to 8 oz of water so to do 22 cals it would be 4.25 scoops to 8 oz water. When we use powder we mix...
Hi, We have had this suggested as well and I see this is now being discussed. How do you make sure they are not getting too much protein from doing this? One...
Hi, I don't know how you would know if the child is getting too much protein. I can tell you that my son has issues with his kidneys and I know concentrating...
Hi, We have a new problem here... not that we are unfamiliar with feeding difficulties...(two tube fed dundo kids for totally different reasons). Anyway, we...
Thank you! I agree. His height isn't even on the growth charts because he's so small but his weight is at the 10% line so I don't think there is an issue with...
I just wanted to say I agree aout WIC. Here, in Nevada they are rude and in my mind unprofessional. They are not medical doctors and do not even understand...
Kimberley, We've done this since Laura was born and in the NICU. We've mixed to 24 cals from the beginning. As our Ped and then the Ped GI explained, it...
Kim, can they stretch her stomach somehow? I know my neice had her bladder "stretched" because it was so small I don't even know if that is an option but maybe...
Oh Victoria! I agree that they are not the most professional folks in the world and their rules are somewhat archaic. They annoy the heck out of me but I...
Kimberley, We face this issue as well. The feeding team and our Ped GI has asked us to do the following: 1. determine her base feedings - in your case 2 oz....
Hi, that is part of our concern with our son as well. His Kidney function is none in one and only 60% in the other at this point with continued reflux... needs...
Okay, i need a little help. i tried adding this wheat germ to the baby's bottles for extra calories, but it keeps clogging the extension tube. what am i doing...
Hi, gang, just a quick question. How high are you setting the feed pumps for a 25 lb child? Tara is doing better, but we do not know when or how much to...
If volume isn't an issue there's a lot of things - cream, coconut milk, oil, CIB, vanilla/strawberr/chocolate nestles quick type things, and so on. I can't...
Hi All – with my daughter we used Polycose for awhile and it worked wonders it doesn’t taste like anything and doesn’t thicken the formula. Now she is ...