Friday, May 15, 2009

4 pounds!

David is 4 pounds today!  Margot is 3 lbs, 6 oz. - almost to her brother's birth weight.

Today is a "keep everything the same" day for Margot.  She is still on nasal cannula (they did bump up her air flow a little bit), which seems to be helping her episodes.  Ad she is still getting her food over 2 hours.

David is still on CPAP.  The big change for him today is going to a formula vs. my fortified breast milk for his feedings (which are still continuous).  The doctor said it is common for babies to not tolerate the fortifier and is hoping the switch will take care of the water loss with his stools.  It is a fully digested formula that is also lactose free, so we will see if it also helps the reflux.  She told me not to worry - this doesn't mean he won't ever be back on my breast milk.  I need to keep pumping, etc.  If this doesn't help, we'll go back to breast milk.  If it does help, we will evaluate.  She says it's not uncommon to have babies go home on a couple of bottles of formula per day with the rest of their feedings being breast milk.  

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