Minor Adjustments

When Avery first came, she was put onto Similac Advance Early Shield formula. Everything seemed to be going ok. There were no problems, she took from 1 to 2 ounces at a feeding and seemed to be going good. Well, last week she decided that she didn't like the formula anymore. During feedings she would spit up after a couple gulps, she had a lot of gas, and was not sleeping at night time. Grunting was not only keeping her awake, but it was keeping us awake too!! So the other night Sam decided she had enough, and went to get Similac Sensitive. Well, at first there was no change, but by day two Avery was taking 4 to 6 ounces. Avery has started to get a lot more sleep, and has become our little chow hound again!! I am not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but it worked for us.

On another note, bottles!! We had started with Avent bottles, and it seemed like they were going to work. Until the first mishap. In the middle of the night, you are a little tired, and I was not aware that you needed to be McGuiver in order to get the nipple into the cover, make sure it is set in 100 percent correctly, and it has to be tightened. Well if it is too tight it will not seal correctly, if it is too loose it will not seal correctly, bottom line, it did not seal correctly and Avery got her first formula bath! Yeah, she doesn't like getting wet that late at night, and it makes for a long wait to be able to crawl back into bed. We have since switched to Playtex drop in, and we have had none of the issues we had before. The only issue is that we bought a newborn starter kit, and did not know that they come with fast flowing nipples. Well, if you want your child to suck down 4 ounces in 2 minutes, it works, they will just not be so happy until they get the burps out!! Its the little things that get you, and at 1 am, checking the nipples that you think are slow flow is one of the little things you may forget! I guess you can say it has been a learning experience, but we have found what works.