Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 caitlyn is still loosing wieght her reching is realy bad when caitlyn reches kellie lets some milk out of her tube i dont know if she should be doing this cos then caitlyns not getting enough milk so not gaining wieght what should you do when caitlyn reches i think kellie has been told to stop the feed for a while and wieght for the reeching to stop then start feed again any advice caitlyn is going to see the surgeon again next week keep fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Rita, Is Kellie feeding Caitlyn by boluses (a " meal " of milk delivered at a certain rate)? Caitlyn's stomach is smaller than it was before her surgery, because the Nissen takes up some of the stomach and the balloon on the feeding tube takes space up as well. Her stomach will eventually grow larger, but in the mean time she may want to look at delivering smaller boluses at a slower rate or possibly even ask the dietician about going on a continuous drip for a while. Also, when Caitlyn retches she should vent the tube to make sure there aren't any air bubbles. Evan always gags when he needs to be vented. Hope these suggestions help, (mom to Evan, 18 months) ritaskeoch wrote: caitlyn is still loosing wieght her reching is realy bad when caitlyn reches kellie lets some milk out of her tube i dont know if she should be doing this cos then caitlyns not getting enough milk so not gaining wieght what should you do when caitlyn reches i think kellie has been told to stop the feed for a while and wieght for the reeching to stop then start feed again any advice caitlyn is going to see the surgeon again next week keep fingers crossed --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 When Cai is having trouble with his stomach we stop the milk and just give him fennel tea extra water and some special eletrolite drink for babies (think its called GIS ). We have had to do this about three times in the last year. It is important that the fluids are kept up. Then if she gets better maybe reintroduce the milk slowly. as always best to ask your doctor though. IanW - Cai's dad ritaskeoch wrote: > > > caitlyn is still loosing wieght her reching is realy bad when caitlyn > reches kellie lets some milk out of her tube i dont know if she should > be doing this cos then caitlyns not getting enough milk so not gaining > wieght what should you do when caitlyn reches i think kellie has been > told to stop the feed for a while and wieght for the reeching to stop > then start feed again any advice caitlyn is going to see the surgeon > again next week keep fingers crossed > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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