[tri-med] Re: What do you do - feeding pump broke at night!

On Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 09:03 AM, Therese Ann wrote:

>
> We get about 30  large syringes each month.(60cc)  We've increased
> the feeds to about 90 cc an hour during the day. I feed from about 7
> am - 11pm hopefully catching each hour, but then again, life gets
> crazy, if I miss an hour, Natalia is sure to make it known she's
> hungry.

Wow!!!  You get 30 syringes a month?  We only get five.....  I wonder 
if that's 'cause we still get bags for the pump which we use at night.  
I'm using the syringes throughout each day, though, so wish I could get 
more of those.  I'll have to ask our supplier about that.

>  I usually push in 10-20 cc's and then draw back about
> that to grab any excess air in her tube or stomach, and then do that
> once again, (sometimes I get 20-25 cc of air---sometimes not much air
> at all...) then I push the formula in...it really can take less than
> a minute...Once I notice the formula pass the visual tip of the
> syringe, I squeeze the tube, take the syringe out, draw back plunger,
> attach the syringe once again, then I add 20-more cc's of formula and
> push the rest in.  And were finished...Wha-lah!  I really don't fuss
> much and the quick feeds are what Natalia is use too...

Hmmm, I never bother about air.  I fill the syringe, then push it in 
Keren's tube with the plunger--not too fast, but just steady.  She 
handles it quite well.  Now and then I get a belch from her after the 
feed, so I guess that's how she deals with excess air.  How interesting 
to hear different techniques!


Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, two years old (9/27/02), and 
new little one due 7/13/05)
Southeast Michigan
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