Hi Natalie and welcome to the group. Hollie sounds as though she is doing well for a prem bub. Ivy and Noah were born at 30 weeks and weighed in at 1600g and 1700g. They were boofers for 30 weekers! We have also had the joys of colic and terrible, terrible reflux. Nic has made all good suggestions. I haven't got anything better for you. Hope to hear more from you. It'll be nice to get to know you.
Raven so glad that you had a great day! Off to look at your princess now.
We are all good. Both are over their ills and Noah has started standing on his own for short periods!!!! I always thought it would be Ivy first because she was up and cruising weeks before him but he has mastered balance now. Maybe Ivy is struggling because of the middle ear infections, not sure.
Other than that, we are still going to Prelude (early intervention group) and we are planning on swimming lessons soonish.
I've not been coping well with night duty and then having to stay awake all the next day with the babies, so I am dropping a shift a week from next month. It comes at a good time because it is William's anniversary and angel day in April.
So that's us, just plodding along now until the (very belated) hearing test and then our appointment for Ivy with the ENT.
Hi Natalie and welcome to the group. Congratulations on Hollie's birth.
My youngest daughter Gemma is now 7 months old. She was born at 33 weeks, 1800g. She was in NICU for 2 weeks as well. Luckily we had no reflux problems, but we dealt with poor weight gain for a looong time. You may see an improvement this month. With G, once she was 3 months old, she turned a corner. It was as if she woke up & started feeding & growing. However, really good weight gain did not happen until 6 months, once I started her on rice cereal mixed with formula. As long as your doctor is happy with her weight gain, don't worry. Everyone tells me that it will creep on over the first year or 18 months.
Lots of people have problems with reflux anyway--without prematurity. But I know it makes everything much harder.
DS no 3 also had terrible problems with weight gain (he was not premie). It took a full year before he stayed on the 25th percentile. It seemed that nothing we could do could make it stick to his bones. He's now a tall, skinny 2 year old. It is frustrating, but time will help a lot.
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