Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Trying to Fatten Up

Maddie came home from the hospital on August 2nd. Since then she has been working on eating more at each sitting. At her GI appointment on the 7th, they increased the calories per ounce of her formula. She was spitting up quite a bit before that but the increased calories and decreased volume during the day have helped. She still doesn't always do well with the increase in food. She lost a little weight between leaving the hospital and her GI appointment. Today (August 11) she wouldn't eat baby food at her 5 o'clock feeding and then wouldn't drink her 8 pm bottle either. She screamed and screamed with no obvious reason. I gave her a bath, which seemed to help. She liked splashing around and tried to eat her rubber duck. 

We are now waiting to see if she will continue to have nursing, possibly at a lower amount of hours, now that her central line is out. If we lose our nurses, it will be a hard adjustment, they've become like family to us. 

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