Ingredients:
12 oz Raw Fresh Goat's Milk
20 oz Organic Rice Milk
1 tsp. Nutritional Yeast
1/2 tsp. Probiotic
1 tsp. Flax seed oil
1 tbsp. Blackstrap Molasses
single herb Slipper Elm
IO-Plex-A-Dine Liquid
Formula equals 18 kcal per oz
to thicken to Nectar consistency for a bottle feed, add 1 tsp of grounded up organic rice or oatmeal cereal for everyone 1 oz of formula. equals 25 kcal per oz.
If you add one scoop of duocal to a 4 oz bottle it makes the total 31 kcal per oz with cereal.
The pediatric surgeon said that she's not ready for me to do the blenderized diet/homemade formula. The Dr. is just concerned that it will clog the tube. The tube cannot be replaced till the end of October (2 months after surgery). So, if it were to clog with thicker formula, we couldn't use it till it's able to be replaced. The surgeon is always saying how she had OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and that she'd rather prevent things then have to fix them! I'm perfectly okay with that and love that she has OCD! I also learned how to check the water level in the ballon. It's pretty easy, just make sure the baby is holding still or do it while asleep. Her's needs about 5 ml's of water in the ballon. They are ordering me and extra button so that I will have one on hand. They also gave me a sponge with silver nitrate in it to put around Whitney's G-tube to help decrease the granulation. I replace it everyday after her nightly bath. She said she might need to use it for a month or so. We will be seeing the surgeon every 2 weeks for her to checkup on the g-tube. Thats a lot of visits and a long drive!
RELATING to WHITNEY...
I remember that while I was pregnant with Whitney, during that last month or so, I had really bad heartburn. I could hardly sleep. I would several tums at night and sleep practically sitting up! I can tell Whitney's reflux is really bugging her and I hope the prevacid is working. The GI nurse says it's a good amount for her weight.
Also, one time I ate at Olive Garden and had bad heartburn for the next two days! With that bad expericence it makes me not want to go back! Anytime I have a bad expericence with food, even I get and aversion to it. In general, I am a picky eater and have not even tried a lot of differents foods simply because of the way it looks or smells or the textures. I hate the smell of pickles, I hate the looks of a tomato, I hate the texture of bananas, just to name a few. But with time and encouragement I'll try new things...
So I can totally understand why Whitney doesn't eat, it makes her feel bad! It's up to me to help her enjoy eating. That's pretty much what my life is about. I wonder what I would be doing if I wasn't always focused on her feeding issues. It seems like a strange hobby but I enjoy learning about this stuff. Even though it's weird to not eat, I mean we have to eat to survive! I still understand her.
I tape the extension to her diaper
Wearing the silver nitrate sponge
As a side note, for all you mamma's with NG tubie's, don't let them have that for very long. I personally regret Whitney having that thing for 9 months! Not that it was my choice to have it that long, but it was my choice to get the Gtube. I really didn't want it but Whitney has done so much better orally. She's able to eat and not gag! I think the NG tube contributed to her oral aversions. It's okay for short term (3 months). But I do think think the G-tube has made her reflux worse. We are working on that. Just do lots of research and it won't be scary.
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