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Prematurity

Nursing!

Milestones come fast and furious for Mr Rowan.

Today we got to try breastfeeding for real.  He was really sleepy, but managed to latch on a few times, and had one really good run of effective nursing.  Scale said he swallowed 4 grams worth.  Not much, but it’s a start!

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Prematurity

Settling in

On May 7th we went to visit him in his new digs.  Much smaller NICU.  Much easier to get to and deal with.  I was a little frustrated with the lactation consultant.  It felt like she was being a little patronizing, and acting like I was trying to rush things.  But all I asked about was lick and learn.  Which Duke had thought he was ready for.  And I was caught off guard, so I didn’t really stick up for myself.  If they think he needs to wait, that is fine.  But I wasn’t trying to rush things!  I was just going with what Duke had said.

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