Parenting after a Loss
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horrible night vent
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Today, for the first time ever, DS did not have any weight gain (9 wks). He typically has gained about 8 oz/wk, but he weighed the same today as he had on Monday. As I had mentioned, he's been getting fussy at the breast, but has had regular wet and soiled diapers. He also eats 8 times everyday. The LCs suggested maybe he was going too long w/out feedings and wanted me to try for 9 per day.
Tonight, the prebed nursing session wasn't the best. He was overtired so fussy at first then sleepy. At midnight DH gave him a pumped bottle. He took it fine. He woke up at 3 out of swaddle. Normally, I would try to reswaddle and see if he'd sleep more, but thinking of LC advice, I got him up. Tried nursing but he had a lazy latch and started dozing. Normally, I would have put him back to bed figuring he wasn't hungry yet. But due to weight cincern, I grabbed the bottle I pumped at midnight. He didn't seem interested, basically dribling out whatever was in his mouth, but I persisted...and then he spit up everything he'd managed to swallow. And DS never spits up. Ugh. So now he is back in bed, he didn't eat, I wasted a 3oz bottle, he'll probably be actually hungry soon and I am pumping and not getting as much as I should be all if a sudden. In the middle of all of this I just had a sobbing meltdown.
I just don't know what to do. I went against my instincts first at getting him up then at trying to force the bottle. But I feel like my instincts which I thought were good, led to DS not gaining weight. This sucks.
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Re: horrible night vent
Definitely the same scale. It was at BF support group, where we weigh before and after feeding the LOs.
BFP#1 11/12/11 ~ No heartbeat 12/12/11 ~ D&C 12/19/11
BFP#2 3/25/12 ~ Heartbeat 141 4/16/12 ~ No heartbeat 4/25/12 ~ D&C 04/30/12
BFP#3 7/16/12 ~ EDD 3/26/13 ~ It's a BOY ~ DOB 2/26/13