Things have been going pretty good in the Diamond household the past few days. Penelope is on 100% formula. She has had problems with choking so our pediatrician told us to mix rice cereal into her formula. We tried this with breast milk but apparently the enzymes in breast milk break down the rice so it doesn't work. So, we tried it again with the formula and after many different tries of mixing formula with rice cereal, destroying a bunch of nipples to get the hole size right to pass the cereal through, etc...we have finally figured it out. We figured out that we shouldn't mix cereal in at all but to use Enfamil AR formula for acid reflux. It already has cereal mixed in so we don't have to worry about giving her too much cereal and empty calories and so far she hasn't had a major choking episode. We are using this formula with the 6 month Dr. Brown's nipples and it has been great! She is eating well again (about 3 ozs a feeding!) and she seems to be handling it well. I can't tell you what a relief this is after all of the feeding issues we've had trying to get this right. I feel so bad when I see my little girl in pain or struggling to eat.
In other news, I just took some photos of Penelope in her little spring dress. We are going to go visit my old office today so that they can meet her, so I figured I'd dress her up in a little cute outfit for the occasion. And it's super nice out today so what better excuse to put on a little dress!
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| She's so strong lifting her head! |
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I can't imagine how scary and stressful it was to get the feeding thing all figured out. I am so glad you found something that worked and that things are going well now. She is so adorable in her little outfit. You might have already covered this somewhere, but by "old office" does that mean that you are going to stay home from now on? How cool if so!
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