Well after 30 hours on the "liquid platinum," his tummy is showing signs of healing. For the first time in almost 2 weeks he isn't bleeding. That was our #1 goal and we got there. We are very thankful for the following things:
-his belly is feeling better
-he is happy to gulp the stuff down, showed no signs of even noticing it was a different liquid
-he is happy to take a bottle (I started pumping a stash around 1 month and while it is useless and filled with the mystery allergen now, we used those pumping sessions to also introduce him to a bottle in preparation for work and he has thus far been fine.)
-he is happy to take either brand bottle or nipple we have and offer
-he is happy to take bottles from either of us
-he is happy to take bottles of varying temperatures (at first with the pumped milk a month ago, we would carefully warm it to body temp. Turns out we were wasting our time.)
-I am happy it is weekend so that another adult is here while we figure out all these new schedules
Frustration
-I got pumping advice from different places and kind of created a hybrid of them. Hopefully it works. I did get 32 ounces in 24 hours which I am ok with, so hopefully it doesn't drop too far off from there.
-Baby bodies react so differently to formula...I think some of it has to do with the fact that he is eating in chunks more than a never ending snack, especially in the afternoon/evening. We have to learn about this from him, so we feel like its back to square one.
-he is happy and content in general, but often roots and gets frustrated for awhile that he isn't getting what he wants. Pacifiers and bottles only go so far for his brain. I should be flattered I guess?
-formula is a PITA. Hw much to make? To give? If he doesn't finish a bottle in a reasonable amount of time, we have to toss it so we are making smaller bottles.This is hard to figure out. Maybe that part is less stressful on cheaper generic formula?
-getting him to sleep is hard. He is used to nursing until he conks out. I realize that would have been a problem eventually,but I wasn't ready for it to be one now.
-we are all tired. So tired. And tired of watching clocks and setting alarms. And we are only 1 day in.
And so it continues...
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Yeah I don't remember my sister stressing about leftover formula with Katelyn because though they had to use soy formula with her it was the "platinum" formula. With Jaclyn they definitely wound up making lots of little bottles and then listening to the inevitable screaming if it wasn't enough or having arguments about why did you make so much. Do you know how much that costs and we're throwing it away, etc.
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