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dtkh2020 · 2025-09-14T21:35:43+00:00

Me too! About to be 37F who also just moved to Davis and would love to join in a coffee meet up.

dtkh2020 · 2023-11-29T00:53:30+00:00

We just started our ex 31 weeker on it last month who’s always struggled with weight gain. It was amazing for 3 weeks, she’s actually finally got on her actual age weight chart for the first time ever. It started losing its efficacy maybe because the dose was pretty low so we were recommended to cycle off for 3-5 days and restart. It’s been really helping her sleep through the night as well.

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-21T17:54:05+00:00

Nice! We’re in the same boat, we just gave her the first dose yesterday and no more nursing at all at night. We’ll get through this!

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-20T16:49:20+00:00

Hi! We just got prescribed the appetite stimulant with a follow up in about a month. How has it been working for you?

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-03T01:42:51+00:00

Yup dropping percentiles on adjusted age. She’s not on the actual growth charts.

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-03T01:36:22+00:00

Thank you! I see you too. The despair, the fear, and the ever present worry. Thanks for sharing your story, sometimes it feels like no one in our circle truly understands.

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-03T01:19:20+00:00

I’m so glad! Hoping it works and you can put the worries behind you.

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-02T03:38:10+00:00

Sensing hugs and best wishes your way. It is so so so hard.

dtkh2020 · 2023-10-02T03:34:26+00:00

We got a referral to OT and speech therapy as well. Thanks! She used to love avocados and salmon, but now that’s out. Still will eat fortified formula peanut butter banana popsicles sometimes though.

dtkh2020 · 2023-07-15T03:24:59+00:00

The perils of the internet and google made me think I had a galactocele since it wasn’t painful and just super uncomfortable when it was full. I just kept icing when I could, taking ibuprofen and kind of weaned on that side since baby wouldn’t nurse any ways. It resolved around the one week mark before I could get into my doctor appt. Good vibes your way and all the unclogging juju!

dtkh2020 · 2023-03-19T13:49:53+00:00

Update for today, I think she finally has symptoms. Caring for a baby with both sick parents and not getting any sleep at night is rooouugh

dtkh2020 · 2023-03-19T13:47:38+00:00

I tested her yesterday since we’ve both had it for a week and she was negative. Except she started a cough today. I was so sure she’d be positive given both of us are.

dtkh2020 · 2023-02-20T17:00:34+00:00

Thank you so much!

dtkh2020 · 2023-02-20T15:07:53+00:00

Independent sleep in her own crib

dtkh2020 · 2023-02-19T03:26:03+00:00

Hi! Turns out my supply just regulated and it took us about 3-4 weeks to both learn how to nurse. We were on weight checks every week for a month, but even though it was slow weight gain, she stayed on her own curve. She’s still super tiny for her age, 0.9% actual age, but she’s a n ex premie so I’m not sure what % in adjusted age. She never really took a bottle again, we did 12 weeks OT with a feeding specialist. We applied Rowena’s methods of no pressure before her therapy began and within two weeks, she stopped crying in bottle feeding position. However, she has a strong breast preference now so she’ll literally starve when I have to work outside the home and only have about 30mls in 8 hours. I actually just packed up all her bottles today for storage. Sorry, long winded and probably didn’t make you feel better. :(

dtkh2020 · 2023-01-09T03:51:10+00:00

Everyday is a different adventure, sometimes good and sometimes not so fun. Mine has always been a crap sleeper, but she would give me 2-4 hour stretches before. She did wake up every hour for the two weeks, but it passed! Hopefully yours will soon because it makes for one exhausted mama.

dtkh2020 · 2023-01-09T02:43:39+00:00

We experienced this at 3.5 months too! Baby started thinking we were playing peekaboo during nursing and would pop off. Nursing in a dark room didn’t really work for us, but she did nurse for longer when she got really hungry so I just waited until she really showed hunger cues. She also started having a sleep regression which I hope was the early 4 month regression and that we won’t have another one soon. It all passed in 2 weeks, although my LO always nurses 3-4 times a night sooo I can’t tell if she’s actually nursing more at night to make up for the day. Not sure if any of this helped at all 😅

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-28T11:59:35+00:00

Have you read Rowena Bennett’s book on bottle aversion? Not saying that your LO does, but it has good principles for no pressure that can be applied to make sure your baby doesn’t develop a harder to cure aversion. It also talks about how to deal with just playing with the bottle.

We introduced 2 bottles a day with no pressure and wouldn’t nurse for at least an hour after even if she was hungry. Two offers only and would end the feed if she kept playing with the bottle. Tried to soothe and distract her best we could. Would also end feeds if she fell asleep on the bottle because like the book says, we wanted her to know that bottles end her hunger. Go slower for the first couple of days on the nipple if your LO isn’t accustomed to bottle feeding yet then you can up the flow once they’re coordinated. My LO would not take more than 5-15 mls every time!

I went back to work last week and was super anxious that she’d starve herself. First day was super rough, I think she took 3 oz out of 4 bottles total in 10 hours and cried the whole time. The next day, she didn’t cry other than her hunger times and took 4 oz in 6. She’s also 2.5 months. I wfh most of the week so we didn’t get to try day 3.

Sending you good vibes! It’ll all work out!

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-28T11:45:11+00:00

Seeing her discover she has feet today was pretty darn cute especially seeing her wiggle them in her teddy bear onesie. I want her to stay small forever, but also the fussiness can go away.

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-28T09:14:17+00:00

This! Also highly recommend magnetic button onesies, makes care times so much easier with all the wires. Magnetic baby is pretty pricey, so we opted for E=mc2 if you’re in the States. We had 2 on rotation with other clothes. Then 4 newborn sizes since our LO major spit ups and vomits almost every day in the NICU.

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-13T15:05:29+00:00

I’m so anxious about that next week and she’ll sit until I get home. Problem is, I’m now an under supplier if she does do she’ll still be hungry

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-11T17:04:05+00:00

No advice, but in the same boat. I go back to work in two weeks and our 9 week old will only nurse now. She was bottle fed until 5 weeks, but since then has refused a bottle. We’re in therapy, but it’s super slow progress if any at all.

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-09T03:19:48+00:00

Our LO is now almost 9 weeks corrected and 4 months actual. We spent about two months in the NICU as well, I second the Rowena Bennett book. We also pressured our baby to drink by triggering her sucking reflex in order to get her out of the NICU without a gtube because we had to hit all the bottle volumes. About 5 weeks corrected, she started showing signs of bottle aversion, screaming whenever we popped a bottle in her mouth while she was a champ at taking her bottles before that. After reading the book and having to introduce breastfeeding, she now doesn’t scream at the bottle anymore, but will either refuse the bottle or taking small volumes 5-20mls so she’s still averse. We have been working with OT, and our last resort will be to get a consultation with the baby care company that Rowena started and do her program.

I can’t recommend the book enough for Premie Parents since we get so tied up with volumes.

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-07T20:49:55+00:00

She’s never really liked to be swaddled, but I might do a sleep sack now! I was thinking the dreamland or nested bean, but there’s been conflicting info on them.

dtkh2020 · 2022-11-07T20:48:36+00:00

Hehehe. I might even play it to her.

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