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Last night....got the bottle and put it in the warmer. Changed his nappy, just got his little suit done up and and he goes again. Changed nappy again. Got bottle, but it was a tad hot, so waved it about in the air a bit. 5 mins later all good to go. 30 mins later when we're almost done, he throws it up all over me, bed, himself, floor. Change him again. Feed the rest of the bottle. Put him down. No chance. Back into bed with me on my chest. 20 mins later he does down. I go to sleep and wake up what seems like 30 seconds later to go to work. I still smell of milk.
bint said:
Oh Chili, I remember nights like those. Am glad we've moved on from that, and he rarely vomits anymore. It used to be so bad I'm convinced it was reflux.
The scary thing was that the MIL had taken it upon herself to give the boy honey, thinking she was helping...whereas I understand it's an absolute no-no. So I thought it may have been the start of something horrible.missdiane said:
Seems like yesterday she arrived! Where does time go?
I've described ours as a time vampire, suddenly hours have passed and nothing has been finished, saying that she's asleep in her bouncy chair and I'm on here rather than doing something of real value... still it will be nappy change time soon.@Chili - I think it's another one of those "it happened to two children once" therefore it must be bad blanket food things they say don't have just in case. In sure it's fine. Michael's just made a grab for my banana and pecan loaf so let him have a munch 
@Engineer - I swear I have good intentions of getting stuff done when he's asleep and end up wasting time.
@Engineer - I swear I have good intentions of getting stuff done when he's asleep and end up wasting time.
missdiane said:
Seems like yesterday she arrived! Where does time go?
Tell me about it. I don't know how others have found it, but with our second time is absolutely flying past. I think because you know roughly what to do, and obviously because you never have a spare minute, you just don't notice how quickly time is passing. 
Sparta VAG said:
Our due date was 1st Jan but am hoping she'll be out before Christmas (Dec 25th is 39 weeks). She's making good progress and as things are at the moment she should be off her CPAP (breathing assistance) and drip by the weekend. She managed 10 hours without it today with no ill effects so am feeling quite happy. She hates having it out back on though, it's heartbreaking to see how upset she gets but won't be for too much longer. She is also a little jaundiced and will need phototherapy if her levels creep up any higher but am hoping they will have peaked today and will begin to drop.
She's a week old today and this time last Thursday I'd have given anything to have her as healthy as she is now so really counting my blessings. Her mum was also discharged from hospital today so things are slowly improving.
Any update at 2 weeks old Sparta? Hopefully she's off CPAP by now... She's a week old today and this time last Thursday I'd have given anything to have her as healthy as she is now so really counting my blessings. Her mum was also discharged from hospital today so things are slowly improving.
Rinko said:
Any update at 2 weeks old Sparta? Hopefully she's off CPAP by now...
She's doing pretty well overall. She's still in hospital but has been moved out of the HDU and into the nursery. She's been fully off her CPAP for 7 days and is now on 100% breast milk instead of a drip.She's out of her incubator and in a heated cot and just a couple of ounces short of her birth weight. She's two weeks old today but it feels like we've been spending years at the hospital but you forget what progress she's made in that time. 14 days ago she couldn't breathe without assistance or extra oxygen and now she doesn't need any help at all.
She's started breastfeeding for the last 5 days supplemented with milk through her food tube. She's starting to get the technique now so hopefully from tomorrow she'll be fed purely on demand rather than at set 4 hour intervals.
Feels like we're finally on the final stretch towards getting her home but there's still a way to go yet. She'll be allowed home once she can breastfeed adequately to put on weight without any medical assistance so we're not quite there yet but the end is in sight.
Quite interesting in the Neonatal ward, there's so many parents with really poorly babies that have been in for months with all kind of things. You just have no idea these places exist when you're in the outside world but when you've got a kid in there the world outside just ceases to exist.
Sparta VAG said:
She's doing pretty well overall. She's still in hospital but has been moved out of the HDU and into the nursery. She's been fully off her CPAP for 7 days and is now on 100% breast milk instead of a drip.
She's out of her incubator and in a heated cot and just a couple of ounces short of her birth weight. She's two weeks old today but it feels like we've been spending years at the hospital but you forget what progress she's made in that time. 14 days ago she couldn't breathe without assistance or extra oxygen and now she doesn't need any help at all.
She's started breastfeeding for the last 5 days supplemented with milk through her food tube. She's starting to get the technique now so hopefully from tomorrow she'll be fed purely on demand rather than at set 4 hour intervals.
Feels like we're finally on the final stretch towards getting her home but there's still a way to go yet. She'll be allowed home once she can breastfeed adequately to put on weight without any medical assistance so we're not quite there yet but the end is in sight.
Quite interesting in the Neonatal ward, there's so many parents with really poorly babies that have been in for months with all kind of things. You just have no idea these places exist when you're in the outside world but when you've got a kid in there the world outside just ceases to exist.
Fantastic news, and it certainly sounds like you are on the home straight. It's only when you look how far they have come that you realise how well they are doing, as it's so easy to get tunnel vision on the current situation. Just be prepared for them to turn around and say, okay you can take her home now! It came pretty much out of the blue for us, although very much a welcome surprise. She's out of her incubator and in a heated cot and just a couple of ounces short of her birth weight. She's two weeks old today but it feels like we've been spending years at the hospital but you forget what progress she's made in that time. 14 days ago she couldn't breathe without assistance or extra oxygen and now she doesn't need any help at all.
She's started breastfeeding for the last 5 days supplemented with milk through her food tube. She's starting to get the technique now so hopefully from tomorrow she'll be fed purely on demand rather than at set 4 hour intervals.
Feels like we're finally on the final stretch towards getting her home but there's still a way to go yet. She'll be allowed home once she can breastfeed adequately to put on weight without any medical assistance so we're not quite there yet but the end is in sight.
Quite interesting in the Neonatal ward, there's so many parents with really poorly babies that have been in for months with all kind of things. You just have no idea these places exist when you're in the outside world but when you've got a kid in there the world outside just ceases to exist.
We made some good friends even in the relatively short amount of time we spent there, and I felt quite guilty that we got to take ours home when others were clearly there for quite a white yet. Given all of our 3 have in some way had support from the NICU, we've tried to give something back by getting involved in various fundraising events and a charity which supports our local hospital NICU - although it's impossible to repay them for what they have done for us.
It's a fab idea, these supports are invisible til you are affected by them, we donated to the Ronald McDonald house that gave us a room in the JR Oxford whilst we were in, 3 weeks accommodation in central oxford amounts to a lot of money
Edited by missdiane on Friday 14th December 19:54
Happily today after nearly three weeks in the NICU we were able to bring our little girl home. She's putting on weight nicely and after a couple of nights staying in at the hospital to get the hang of round-the-clock breastfeeding the Doctors gave us the thumbs up to come home.
Absolutely chuffed to pieces and slightly odd feeling to be somewhere that isn't the inside of the hospital.
Now just need to sort out Christmas presents, cards, food, and decorations
Absolutely chuffed to pieces and slightly odd feeling to be somewhere that isn't the inside of the hospital.
Now just need to sort out Christmas presents, cards, food, and decorations
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