Some results...finally

Hello All,

It's Sunday and we are still splitting our time between the hospital with Emily and my parents' house with Avery -- one of us in each location. Avery is doing ok at home, still having A's and B's but mostly with feeds now. Emily had thrush starting Saturday and it's mostly gone by now with meds. One of the reasons she is in the hospital is b/c she is grunting CONSTANTLY.

We have insisted that they explore this and sure enough they found "delayed emptying of the stomach". After 90 minutes she had only digested 38% of her milk (normal is 100%). Keep in mind they eat every 2.5-3 hours. So, she has old milk in her tummy when she is hungry to eat again. It's torture to listen to her all day and all night. Does anyone have any advice? They are giving her erythramicin to help move her bowels along. If this doesn't work we are going to try an easily broken down formula to see if she is lactose intolerant. I have also cut out all dairy from my diet to see if that helps with the amount of lactose in the milk. Poor Em....

Meanwhile, we are all burning the candle at both ends. One baby is hard enough, but having one in the hospital and one at home is tough. My mom and sister to the rescue again!!!! Hopefully we are on the home stretch. We will bring her home this week and see how it goes.

So.......this whole infant thing is for the birds. By the time the baby is changed, fed, burped and consoled to sleep - it's time to change them again. It's a nonstop cycle that will hopefully only last a couple of months. Please share with us your advice in this area too - just hit "Comment" under the post. With twins we have them on the same schedule to get more sleep.

Hope all is well with you all. Please excuse our lack of communication while we get over this (hopefully) last hump and find help at home. We are trying to get a nursing student (thanks for the idea Raquel!) so they are familiar with medical care for the girls. If anyone has any contacts please let us know.

Heather