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AuburnBride

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Just saw your response to Monty's post about night feedings.

N will catch on and STTN at some point!  I know how brutal it is - Kate was a terrible sleeper - I mean horrible!  But, something clicked about two weeks ago and she has bee STTN ever since.  Her naps are much better, as is her mood, and she is on a better schedule now too.

We were in the same boat with her finally putting on weight around 6 months and I just couldn't bring myself to cut out any food at all.  Even if it meant waking up to feed her 2-3 times a night.  I was so glad that she worked it all out on her own b/c there was no way I was going to be able to cut out a feeding and deny her food. 

I had so much anxiety over it all - what if she never sleeps?  What if I take a middle of the night bottle away and she stops gaining weight? 

This motherhood thing is stressful - so rewarding - but oh so stressful!

Kate also doesn't eat much - 24 ounces is an amazing day for us.  She usually only takes in 20ish ounces a day (and then 2 meals of solids).

Good luck - it will happen - it might take time but the whole eating/ sleeping thing will get better!

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  • AuburnBride06AuburnBride06

    It is stressful! Wouldn't trade it for the world but man it is tough. I worry constantly about his eating and now that we are on solids, I stress about that too. I feel like I have OCD when it comes to which foods to introduce and when. When did you move her up to two solid meals/day? Right now we are really only doing 1 meal/day consistently.

    Every now & then two, but it seems like he cuts back SO much on his bottles when we do two. I am thinking once he turns 7 months, start doing 2/day and go to stage 2 foods for whatever I don't make myself. He is finally creeping up on the growth charts. At his 6 month he had moved to almost 8% (he was not even 5% at his 4 month). He's got a tooth now on the bottom which hasn't helped his eating either.

    Sleeping has been killer for him too! We have started the crib transition and have finally gotten him to where he will sleep most of the night in his room. For months now he has been sleeping with us for a good chunk of the night (something I NEVER thought would happen). We could not lay this baby down w/o him waking up and screaming, so we had to put him in bed with us.

    Now he's settled into more of a routine and we bottle, rock and then sleep. Sometimes he will wake up and cry and we have to rock a few times. Could take more than an hour sometimes a few minutes. I'm happy to know that I haven't messed him up somehow.

    Kate is such a doll. She is just so pretty. How has she been doing?  I think about her a lot. Hope she is staying healthy!

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    We didn't add in a second meal until right around 7 months.  And we are just now thinking about adding in a third - but it isn't a big hit with Kate so I will probably just wait until she seems more ready.  We've started to introduce table foods but I am a freak about choking and she doesn't understand how to chew things up.

    We battled Kate's weight for months.  But, around 6 months she started gaining and is doing amazing now and is right at 17 pounds!  I never thought she would ever weigh that much!

    Noah will figure it all out!  It just takes some babies more time!

    She is hanging in there.  We are waiting on the results of two more genetic tests and she has a CBC ever couple of weeks to monitor her levels.  Her platelets are borderline needing a transfusion but it seems like every time we are right at starting them, her levels increase a bit.  Still no answers but thankfully she is thriving as far as development goes.  Thanks for asking!

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    Ugh table foods scare me. I don't even want to think about that. The only thing I am ready to consider right now is puffs and I've been trying to figure out when to let him try those.

    Yay for Kate's weight! That's awesome! I am soo glad that she is thriving in spite of all she has been through and all the tummy stuff she dealt with too. That is so wonderful. You posted a long time ago about how they can thrive even if they aren't drinking as much formula as they are "supposed" to and that has always helped me stay a little more sane about it. :)  I'll be continuing to pray for you guys. I really hope she never needs a transfusion and that you find some answers!

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