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Old 08-09-2008, 06:25 PM   #359
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Originally Posted by Mom2BabyNatalie View Post
DING DING DING!!!!!!! And we HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!

Genie, I can't thank you enough!!! SHE TOOK IT!!! SHE LIKED IT!!!

She still acts like her mouth is very tender... but you're right... she hardly has to suckle at all with this!! Still gets the benefit of working those muscles and proper formation - - but I push the syringe when she starts to suckle... and it works beautifully!!!

She took about 2 cc's earlier this evening with just the syringe - so I was thrilled with that.... but it took forever and she got so tired and had to stop in between.

This nipple / syringe combo is PERFECT!!! She took another 2 cc's in just a few minutes and fell right back to sleep!!

I think we're on a little roll here guys.... THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

Stools are still loose tonight - - and her lil' bum is raw from the diarreah so I have some A&D ointment on hand that I'm using for that... (hope that's alright to use!) Looks like it's helping a little already...

Praying we have some good days ahead for baby Emma!!!
Oh, you guys are geniuses! What a great idea with the nipple and syringe!
And Dena, you've probably restricted her space enough not to worry with the pouch. I didn't find this forum until Z was eight weeks old. I was literally on my own, no extra brains helping me devise cool things like this. (not entirely true, I took a bottle nipple, inserted a plastic catheter through the hole in the tip, and using a straw as an applicator tip, squeezed some clear silicone in the tip of the nipple to hold the catheter in place. After it was cured, I sterilized it, screwed it on the end of the syringe, and fed him. It worked, but he ended up having to switch to tube feeding like the next day.)
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