The transition from breast milk to formula is complete. Unfortunately, my attempts (however half or whole-hearted they were) at keeping my milk supply were not successful, and so little Kai is now wholly on formula. The transition has not been a smooth one, either. Even though we were already fortifying the breast milk with a very gentle formula, completely switching him over has been hard on him. We have had lots and lots of spitting up and for some reason very acidic diapers. Now he has a very bad diaper rash. He cringes every time we wipe his bum. I feel so bad for him. The formula we have him on is supposed to be one of the best for babies with sensitive tummies--we have to have it special ordered, and it is still hard on him. Hopefully he will adjust soon!
With all the spitting up that he has been doing, he had a plunge in his weight. Two weeks ago he was at 10 lbs 5 oz, last week he was 9 lbs 5 oz. He dropped a whole pound. I took him in today for a weight check and he is back up--now at 10 lbs 1 oz. He is climbing back up the scale, which is a very good thing.
Other than that, things have been surprisingly calm the last few days (knock on wood). We did have an incident the other night where the nurse woke me up to do an emergency trach change because he had spit up and aspirated some formula (it had gone straight into his trach and his oxygen saturation levels kept dropping despite her suctioning attempts). Once we changed the trach, his sats went right back up and he was fine.
Life is starting to fall into a rhythm. There are moments of complete chaos but there are also moments like now, where all is calm. Both Zuri and Kai are sleeping, and other than the hum and shwoosh-pooosh of the machines, it is quiet.
I like these moments.
All is peaceful.
All is well.
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