[tri-med] Re: continous feeds

Hi Pam!     Happy Thanksgiving to all!      Daylin has had a very hard time 
with his feedings along the way.   He was a very gassy baby also!     He still 
has problems crying because of gas!   We have tried several things.   When he 
was really little the doctors thought that he was not pooping enough!   And so 
everytime I would feed him they had me give him a little rectal stim after so 
that he would go.   I did see an improvement!   Then as he got older we tried 
the continuous feeds.   This worked really well but we were never able to get 
him up to 271 mls an hour ( I think that is what you said!) .   For a long time 
he was on 43 mls an hour around the clock.   And then we tried splitting it up 
so he could have breaks in between.   We have him on 6 feeds a day set at 240 
mls and one at night set at 50 mls.   But he has terrible constipation now.  
This causes lots of crying and gagging.   So were are back to the rectal 
stimulations!   And some prune juice!   I would play with
  the
 rate a little.   If you have him hooked up at that rate for 8 hours he is 
getting about 33 oz. of formula.   That is kind of a lot I would think.  Maybe 
give him more in the day time and less at night.   I give Daylin 8 oz at night. 
   Have you ever had any GI testing done on him?   We just had one done on 
Daylin for the second time and it showed that he could only hold about 4 oz in 
his stomach at a time.   It also showed that it takes about 15 minutes to empty 
out of his stomach.
Good Luck!  I hope this helps a little!
Nancy mom to Ashlee 10, Justin 8, Cody 6, and Daylin 2 full t-13
                
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