The Weight Gain Game Plan
Mommy's corner: For the next 24 hours, I was supposed to nurse Jason and top him off with formula every 2 hours, as a plan to help him gain weight. Sounds like a simple plan, right? Well, perhaps by this time, Jason had become so weak from hunger, that he did not feed well no matter what I tried. Even though I knew he was hungry, he kept falling asleep during each feeding. Worser still, if he was awake, he would become so agitated, he would start crying & fussing so much that I couldn't convince him to even nurse at all. It felt like I would spend an hour unsuccessfully trying to feed him, knowing that I would have to do the whole thing over again after the next hour. I tried to keep calm, but I was now fraught with so much stress, worry & helplessness, (not to mention fatigue) I was nearly beside myself. I felt like I was failing horribly and had to face up to the fact that Jason was in too much distress to nurse adequately at this time. So, I had to pull myself together and focus on what I could do, instead of what I couldn't do. I rushed over to the Breastfeeding Center at the Huntington Hospital to rent a breastpump...and with a bottle, finally Jason began to eat...and finally begin to gain weight.
posted by Becky at
9:04 AM
0 comment(s):
Post a comment
<< Home