Greetings!
A couple weeks ago, I got an idea of how to wean Gerald jay off from the night drip. We normally feed him the whole night for about 80 cc an hour until 5 o'clock in the morning and then 6 am we give his medications.
We did this night feeding ever since, since he has severe acid reflex. But lately I notice that he hasn't been throwing up for quite sometimes, and he can drink his milk from a cup or a bottle ( thickened) about 7 to 8 ounces at a time. He's been doing that for quite sometimes also. So, I think his stomach been stretch enough to handle the big amount of milk.
So, I decided that to chance his feeding time. He needs 1700ml of fluid a day and 1200 Kcal. Everyday I prepared his milk in a big bottle that worth a whole day feeding and give him the rest of the milk that he didn't finish during the night through the feeding pump for couple hours.
We were successful for a week at this without feeding him the whole night. So I said, " great, I think we are heading to a good feeding schedule now".
I think, I spoke too soon! Few days ago, my son showing less interest of drinking his milk from a cap. We ended up feeding him through the tube all the time and more and more milk left over for a night drip.
How can we move on from night feeding to totally day feeding?
It is getting a little frustrating sometimes!
