Noise = Bad Bottle = Wonderment
Yesterday, I asked the nurses to put a theory to test. After letting her rest for 24 hours without being bothered by the bottle...I placed the blanket over us for the bottle feeding. I never removed her from her crib, I only sat her up and started feeding.
28 cc's in 20 minutes. Only 14 cc's left in the whole feeding. VERY GOOD!!! Much better than the last three days. Also, as witnessed by several, noise stopped the bottle feed everytime it was loud. A drawer slam caused her eyes to open and stop feeding...after calming her down, she resumed feeding, but she had to get over that.
Now what they might have shown is that she is not totally ready for the noise, for the external stimulus. I brought this up with the doctor, the nurses, everyone. I honestly believe this is currently the issue. Jonna is still very very small, yes, she might be close to five pounds, but she is still very very tiny. She does not have the physical reserves to do this 4 times a day. She just needs to do her thing, then rest about it. She has to, her lungs aren't ready, her body has no fat to feed off of, she is just not physicallly able at this time. This is not a bad thing, it is a small thing.
So what the doctors are doing is that they are bringing in "Speech Therapists", they do bottle tests to see what is causing her to have bad feeds. I believe I already know what they will find, but it is always good to sponge even more knowledge from whomever I can. Learning is the best thing ANYONE can do for anything. The nurses last night also see how tired she was and have already recommended that we bring back the 2 bottle feeds a day. Maybe 3.
I think it will be slower at the beginning. Jonna has only become a baby 5 days ago. And with her journey through all the bad she has been through, she may be behind just a little. Wow, what a shock. Beating the odds on SURVIVAL and she is a little behind on bottle feeding.....stunning.
I personally think her 28 in 20 was very good. It was only 5 from her record. She can do it, and she will soon. She just needs proper rest in between and less wake ups. She also has to be hungry. Any feeding off, and she is not hungry fro the next one.
We see what they say today during the feeds.
28 cc's in 20 minutes. Only 14 cc's left in the whole feeding. VERY GOOD!!! Much better than the last three days. Also, as witnessed by several, noise stopped the bottle feed everytime it was loud. A drawer slam caused her eyes to open and stop feeding...after calming her down, she resumed feeding, but she had to get over that.
Now what they might have shown is that she is not totally ready for the noise, for the external stimulus. I brought this up with the doctor, the nurses, everyone. I honestly believe this is currently the issue. Jonna is still very very small, yes, she might be close to five pounds, but she is still very very tiny. She does not have the physical reserves to do this 4 times a day. She just needs to do her thing, then rest about it. She has to, her lungs aren't ready, her body has no fat to feed off of, she is just not physicallly able at this time. This is not a bad thing, it is a small thing.
So what the doctors are doing is that they are bringing in "Speech Therapists", they do bottle tests to see what is causing her to have bad feeds. I believe I already know what they will find, but it is always good to sponge even more knowledge from whomever I can. Learning is the best thing ANYONE can do for anything. The nurses last night also see how tired she was and have already recommended that we bring back the 2 bottle feeds a day. Maybe 3.
I think it will be slower at the beginning. Jonna has only become a baby 5 days ago. And with her journey through all the bad she has been through, she may be behind just a little. Wow, what a shock. Beating the odds on SURVIVAL and she is a little behind on bottle feeding.....stunning.
I personally think her 28 in 20 was very good. It was only 5 from her record. She can do it, and she will soon. She just needs proper rest in between and less wake ups. She also has to be hungry. Any feeding off, and she is not hungry fro the next one.
We see what they say today during the feeds.
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