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March 2013 Moms
Baby surgery -long
My 7.5 week old is having a surgical procedure tomorrow morning. Im not that nervous about the surgery-I trust the hospital and surgeon. I am VERY nervous about not being able to feed him for many hours before-strict directions from pre-anesthesia nurse. I DREAD him waking up hungry and not being able to feed him.
He cant have formula after midnight. Cant have breastmilk after 2:30AM. Cant have pedialyte aftet 3:30 AM. We have to be at hospital at 6am. I dont think surgery will be till 7:30 or 8am.
We usually swaddle and put him to bed between 9:30-11PM- He usually wakes up around 4am and we change and feed him and he gets up again around 7am. its not always the same-but this is basically what he has been doing.
I currently breastfeed but we used to supplement with formula-He seemed to sleep longer. Should I give him formula right before midnight and then wake him to change him and give him breastmilk at 2:15am??? Since form takes longer to digest? Or just stick with BM? 've never used pedialyte but will pick some up today just in case he wakes up for som reason between 2:30-3:30.
Should we try to keep him up later and wait to swaddle until last feeding so maybe he'll sleep his longest stretch between 2:30-7:30?
Also-we currently cloth diaper-W/pre folds and covers-He's not quite big enough for the thicker CDs yet-But I'm going to get some moredisposables for the next week. Arent there some overnight disposables that are supposed to be really absorbant and can be worn for many hours? I'd really like to not have to change him between 2:30am and his surgery-because he ALWAYS wakes up when changed. Which overnight diapers are best??
Sorry for so many questions. I'll seek advice from Pedi too...but wanted to ask here as well for any suggestions.
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Re: Baby surgery -long
First of all, I hope the surgery goes well. DS has to have one in September and I'm not looking forward it. Even worse, he'll be 6 months old and more aware and we have to keep him from being active...yeah right.
When it comes time for us, I'll probably feed him (EFF) right before the cut off like you mentioned to see if he stays full for a while. The pedialyte would be good to have on hand if he wakes up before that cut off too. As for diapers, we use just regular huggies and it holds well for a long time. I think the longest stretch we've had is between 7 and 8 hours and no leaks, but a full diaper. You should be good with something like that rather than overnights, and I'm no help with those because we haven't used them.
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First of all i want to say I'm so sorry that you have to go through this. I hope the surgery goes well. In June DD is having surgery too, so we will be going through the same thing.
I would try to get on the formula around midnight and then we come back up to give him the breastmilk. Good luck. Thoughts and prayers going your way.
The morning of the procedure you will be busy getting ready and out so use that to your advantage as a distraction. If it is an option, maybe get baby outside for a walk in the morning to keep busy.
I think I would try to feed formula earlier at night and then try to dream feed BM at 2:30.
It ended up not being as big a deal as I had anticipated. Babies can be far more flexible than we can imagine sometimes.
I hope all goes well!! Sending lots of good vibes your way!
DS has had quite a few procedures w/ anesthesia restrictions and I would definitely feed as late as you can for both the formula and BM. As far as diapers go I wouldn't worry about an overnight diaper (plus I don't even think they make them in a smaller size, I think the smallest is size 3?). DD is sleeping from about 10pm-6am without leaking through her diaper so you should be fine.
I'm always worried about the feeding restrictions too but like pp said, it always goes smoother than expected. Another thing you can request is for "Sweet Ease"- its a sugar type solution that you can dip your baby's pacifier into when they get fussy and it calms them down. It has always worked like a charm for DS (when he was a baby) and is definitely helpful for things like placing the IV, etc. Most hospitals (esp. pediatric hospitals) should have this.