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lemen99

One of the hardest things about being a preemie mom is worrying - and not knowing if something is a big deal or cause for concern, or, if it's totally and completely normal even for a term baby.  I over-analyze everything.

Like for example, the last 2 days, Andrew seems to hate his bottle.  I struggled just now to get him to take 4 ounces.  Normally he'd suck down 9 ounces no problem.

So now, my mind is going crazy. 

Rationally - He's only been 2 days. He's hydrated. He's fine, right?  Maybe he's just not that hungry.  Or it's just because he's teething.

Irrationally - Or maybe his reflux is acting up (he's not screaming or crying, just totally uninterested) or he is losing his sucking reflux or self-weaning from the bottle or some other unknown.

My mind wavers between this being something completely normal, and the start of something awful.  Dang.

 

 

TriciaJoy

Yep. And then you have termie-mommas telling you to CTFO and you want to scream and say YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

 I'm sorry.

 

KellyMichelle

I know how you feel.  Noah slept late two days last week and I kept thinking - the first sign of H1N1 is extreme tiredness.  I should have just gotten extra sleep myself instead of worrying over nothing.