Keep an eye on his wet nappies, that is usually the best way to gauge how they are going with feeds.
I wouldn't let him go more than 4 hours between feeds - any longer than that and I'd be waking him for a feed. 2-3 hourly small feeds would be the way to go, as you are probably finding.
Good luck. Bronchiolitis is really hard work, and you are doing well coping at home.
Oh BW I understand where you are coming from!! DD had it in March and ended up in hospital dehydrated, although like you noone would listen to me about how sick she was in emergancy, cause she was smiling and interacting!! Grrrrrr. Sounds like you are doing everything you can but I know how awful it is to see them so congested...poor little mite.
He seemed so much better this morning! Was bright and alert and hungry... even sounded less snuffly and congested and the cough wasn't as bad... And then he only took 90mL of his bottle and by the end of it the snuffles and cough were back.
I suspect we are through the worst of it... maybe... at least we are getting moments where he doesn't seem so sick. Nappies are wet, but not as wet as normal. He's an infrequent pooer at the best of times so not really too worried there.
He woke early this morning and went back to sleep quite quickly after a quick feed - as long as I get some better ones later on I will be happy.
Hi BW, glad to hear DS is doing better. I know when DS gets sick with his asthma, drinking milk makes him sound worse. Not 100% why, but it makes him more phlegmy - might be what is happening to you DS.
I really do wonder if breast milk gives them as much grief with snottiness as formula does... It's got to be not as bad! I know when I'm all congested the last thing I want to drink is cows milk, and formula being cows milk based, that's likely where it comes from.
Things are looking up. He still has a horrible cough and a bit of a wheeze, particularly when it's cold. But his colour has returned to normal and he's a lot happier and a bit more normal in his behaviour. And best of all - he just drank 170mL with his last bottle! This is the child that used to gulp his way through 240mL each feed and was barely scraping through 100mL for a while there! There's still a long way to go, but I can see that he's so much better now than he was.
We do tend to find that breast milk and breast feeds are better tolerated than cow's milk feeds, but we do still have babies that are unable to tolerate any feeds at all and have to be tube fed or put on IV fluids until they get better.
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There's still a long way to go, but I can see that he's so much better now than he was.
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