A breakthrough at last....Praise God! Caden's taking fluid from squeezable bottle finally!
Today, Caden's feeding got worse. Before 630pm, he only consumed a total of 180ml of fluid and those are by force. Each feeding was like a war, with 3 people coordinating and strategizing on how to pin down the crying baby, get ready syringes of milk fast enough to minimize break of feeding momentum and one for feeding. By the end of each feed, all were exhausted and Caden will head straight back to bed after having just gotten up before milk feed.
Everyone was very worried because Caden was very letargic, sleeps a lot, which is unusual of the baby. No wet diaper and the very one time he urinated, urine has a very strong smell - concentrated due to lack of fluid. These are some signs of dehydration although there are many other signs not displayed. Caden was not dehydrated but if this continues, he may, that was why force feed was given.
Mummy decided to let him play with bottle teat (without bottle attached) again at 6ish pm, hoping that he will get familiar with it once again and surprisingly he started playing with it with his tongue and chewed from left to right. This means his palate is not so painful after all! Slowly, mum slipped the squeezable bottle in (attached with another similar teat) and he started chopping on it. mum assisted by squeezing on the bottle for greater milk flow before the little guy got irritated as his suction is not so strong at the moment. About 140ml of milk/juice mixture was consumed in about 10mins, good job!! Another 160ml was taken at about 9pm. So today, his total fluid intake was about 480ml, woohooo.....!!!
Prayer request:
- Caleb is having slight runny nose. Please pray for recovery and no passing this on to others in the house.
- Caden is quite chesty after feed and nose sounds congested. As there is still gap between palate and nasal bone (temporary), some fluid may have gone up the channel. Please pray fluid will not get into ears.
- Please pray that Caden will continue with his feeding well.
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