The day we brought Madison home from the Baptist NICU I started a notebook keeping track of how much she ate, how much she spit up, and her wet/dirty diapers. I obsessively wrote in this notebook every single day. If I (or Jake) forgot to write something down it made me very anxious.
Some of you may be thinking "what a control freak." Well, admittedly I am. But there was also a reason for it in this case. After Madison was born, she was taken to the NICU because her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck & she had trouble breathing. It only took a day or so before her breathing was under control. The main issue we had with her was getting her to eat & keep it down. She was in the NICU for 15 days with a feeding tube. We were able to take her home with the NG-tube with the hopes that she would take her bottles by mouth, but if she hadn't eaten what she needed to we could give it to her through the feeding tube.
The first night we were home, Madison pulled out her NG-tube. I of course freaked out, but our pediatrician wanted to see how she did for a couple of days without it. She has never looked back. We have had our issues with reflux & exorcist-like spit up episodes, but she has continued to improve and thrive. Every time we go to the doctor she has gained more than enough weight, so I finally decided this weekend it was time to let go some of the control.
So I put the notebook up over the weekend, and just want to enjoy my time I have left feeding Madison her bottles instead of worrying if she only ate 7 oz instead of 8.
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