The kids had an 18mo check up on Monday and I went into it with a bit of apprehension. The big question was "Is Lilah gaining weight?"
It's been a month since we stopped using the food pump to feed Lilah and even though she out eats Alec at most meals, she needs to be getting enough calories and nutrition to continue to grow and gain.
Developmentally both kids are doing amazing. They have caught up to the non-preemie milestones. Both kids are walking (mostly running). They can name lots of body parts, they follow multiple step directions and they can say a handful of words. The doctor was thrilled to see their progress.
Alec is close to the 50th percentile for both height and weight and never stops moving.
Lilah is in the 6th percentile for height and the .13th percentile for weight... and she isn't gaining... but she isn't losing weight either. This was why I was nervous. She is doing so awesome with food, the thought of bringing the pump back into the picture is disappointing. The plan for now is to switch her back to all formula for liquids to see if that helps her gain a little. We will be back for a weigh-in in about four weeks.
So with great excitement and nervousness I have decided to pitch the pump, at least for now. We will continue to use her feeding tube to get liquids into her until she is drinking on her own, but since that is only a few ounces at a time, we can use a syringe and a tube to bolus feed it to her.
So good bye pump! You've served your purpose and now you can relax in a box hopefully never to be needed by us again. And when that tube finally comes out, we will ship you off to some other family that needs you.
It's been a month since we stopped using the food pump to feed Lilah and even though she out eats Alec at most meals, she needs to be getting enough calories and nutrition to continue to grow and gain.
Developmentally both kids are doing amazing. They have caught up to the non-preemie milestones. Both kids are walking (mostly running). They can name lots of body parts, they follow multiple step directions and they can say a handful of words. The doctor was thrilled to see their progress.
Alec is close to the 50th percentile for both height and weight and never stops moving.
Lilah is in the 6th percentile for height and the .13th percentile for weight... and she isn't gaining... but she isn't losing weight either. This was why I was nervous. She is doing so awesome with food, the thought of bringing the pump back into the picture is disappointing. The plan for now is to switch her back to all formula for liquids to see if that helps her gain a little. We will be back for a weigh-in in about four weeks.
So with great excitement and nervousness I have decided to pitch the pump, at least for now. We will continue to use her feeding tube to get liquids into her until she is drinking on her own, but since that is only a few ounces at a time, we can use a syringe and a tube to bolus feed it to her.
So good bye pump! You've served your purpose and now you can relax in a box hopefully never to be needed by us again. And when that tube finally comes out, we will ship you off to some other family that needs you.
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