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Tag Archives: bottle feeding
Cow’s milk and other assorted beverages
I have somehow neglected to mention that Stella is now enjoying dairy. Holy cow! Yep, it appears that Stella has outgrown her cow’s milk protein intolerance. Or, who knows, maybe she never had it and something else in my milk … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle feeding progress, Life with a baby, Milestones
Tagged baby, beverages, bottle feeding, cow's milk intolerance, cow's milk protein intolerance, Elecare, for the love of dairy, hell or high watermelon wheat beer, nestle good start with natural cultures, one year old, sippy cup, toddler
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My deal with an adorable devil
As usual, I don’t know where to begin. Over the past two weeks, I have experienced the low of crying while lying sprawled on the floor with a string of snot connecting my nose to the carpet to the high … Continue reading
Posted in Baby food, Family update, Life with a baby, motherhood
Tagged 10 months old, baby, Baby food, bottle feeding, homemade baby food, new parents, occupational therapy, solids
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Goodnight, milk.
A couple of weeks ago, I threw out 341 ounces of frozen breastmilk. That was just the bottom shelf. I still need to clear out the top one. It has been six months since the last of it was pumped, … Continue reading
Posted in breastfeeding, Frustration Station, Milestones
Tagged baby, bottle feeding, breast milk, breast pump, breastfeeding, breastmilk, cow's milk protein intolerance, Elecare, feeding issue, formula feeding, motherhood, mothering magazine can kiss my ass, NG tube, reflux, tube feeding
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Open wide
So, as I reported earlier, we visited Seattle Children’s Hospital this week to see Robin, Stella’s wonderful and very wise occupational therapist. We wanted to check in and see how Stella is doing with solids. We were worried because she … Continue reading
Behold: Tube weaning research and guidelines
When is the last time a research paper made you cry? Around the time of Stella’s wean, and since then, I’ve come across information that moved me on many levels. I’d like to pass along these sought-after papers to as … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged Austria, baby, bottle feeding, bottle refusal, child, Child & Adolescent Nutrition, dysphagia, enteral feeding, feeding issue, food refusal, g-tube, Gastrostomy, Graz, Graz method, graz model, ICAN, infant, Infant Mental Health Journal, infant nutrition, infantile feeding disorders, Marguerite Dunitz-Scheer, nasogastric feeding tube, nasogastric tube, NG tube, ng tube weaning guidelines, ng tube weaning success, oral aversion, Stella Johnson, tube feeding, Tube weaning research, tube weaning success, tube-fed infants, weaning
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Nine months
So, Stella has been outside the womb for just about as long as she was in it. This seems like a big milestone to me and my uterus. Stells (that’s not a typo–it’s one of our nicknames for her) celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in Appointments, Bottle feeding progress, Milestones, sleep, The tube, Tube weaning, Weight check
Tagged awesomeness, baby, baby growth percentiles, bottle feeding, feeding issue, formula feeding, GERD, motherhood, new parents, ng tube weaning success, nine months old, pampers peace on earth commercial, parenthood, reflux, Simply Thick, tube weaning success, waterbabies, weaning
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Firsts and fiascos in Boston.
Wow. We just returned from Boston and I honestly don’t know where to begin. It was Stella’s first plane trip and travel experience. In fact, the ordeal adventure was loaded with firsts–for me and Stella Bella. 1.) Stella crawled–really crawled–for … Continue reading
Wrong again. Then right.
There have been so many times during our seven months with Stella when we thought we had everything figured out, only to discover that we were completely wrong. Back when she was refusing to eat and not gaining much weight, … Continue reading
Posted in Appointments, Bottle feeding progress, Family update, Frustration Station, Lessons in parenting, Life with a baby, Weight check
Tagged baby, bottle feeding, ear infection, humor, infant, molly moon's ice cream, new parents, ng tube weaning success, parenthood, tube weaning success
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Stella Hungry.
Stella took a little more than 34 ounces (1,030 mls) of 24-calorie-per-ounce formula today. The high end of normal for this age is 32 ounces of 20-calorie-per-ounce breast milk or formula. She’s been eating like this for a few days. … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle feeding progress, Milestones
Tagged baby, bottle feeding, formula feeding, infant, new parents, ng tube weaning success
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Wheel! Of! Feeding!
It occurred to me today that feeding Stella is like being on The Wheel of Fortune, a show that I’ve always loathed. As she’s eating, I’m basically thinking, “Big Money! Big Money!” When she’s done with the bottle, I look … Continue reading
