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@jcrook I feel like it's a bit of both - the range of normal variation gets wide enough to encompass the few months of prematurity. But also, there is an expectation that they are able to make gains on their full term peers so that those on the later end of milestones for their adjusted age will...

@mazince514 I ask only because mine ate every 2 hours during the day and took 1 overnight feed - they are FTT and we only just were given the OK to night wean a month ago (they are 15 months adjusted right now). I totally understand about the force feeding, I absolutely know that babies know...

@mazince514 How often is he eating during the day? What sorts of things have to tried to get him to take more calories in the daytime?

@kojex2 There should be way more going on behind the scenes that would have fed in to this decision. Contractions don't automatically mean labor, but also I don't think the nurse would have been making the decisions - the doctors are the ones who make decisions based on the information received...

@islandray You must have missed the part where I said I wasn't allowed to be there at all. But thank you for implying that those who have lives outside of their baby's NICU stay are putting their baby's health at risk. You don't know the medical information for those other babies, you know...

@islandray Hard disagree on the being there all the time. It would seriously negatively affect mental health to do that too. Due to covid regulations in my country at the time, I wasn't allowed to visit at all and saw my babies only 3 times during their 3 month NICU stay. My 26 weekers came home...

@joryanne Babies don't have words, they only have crying yo tell you they don't like something. Which means, all methods will involve some level of crying for 99% of babies. The 1% are unicorn chill little creatures who whine a little bit and then do as they are expected to do.

@bennycross315 Remember it's a marathon and not a sprint. There often is a "honeymoon period" with micropreemies where they do really well for a week or two and then can start to struggle - this is super common. Kangaroo care has been proven to help, but trust your care team if they say it isn't...

@asalia207 My nephew is 6 days older than my twin boys. My boys were born 3 months premature. My nephew did everything on time, and therefore first, until they were all a year old. My boys then walked first and used words first. These days (2.5 years old), my nephew has a language delay and my...

@eline Ask them what are the criteria for discharge, and ask what are the steps between now and then. They should know that information - the doctors, not the nurses.

@walkbyfaith89 HA, I totally commented on that post saying that. But, what's important, is that in this post you clarify that she literally just turned 5 months, which I didnt see in that last post. But I also advised to lengthen by 15 minutes, not 30. And I probably should have clarified to...

@smwatoa "We" are not exclusively breastfeeding. You aren't feeding the baby via your body.

@walkbyfaith89 If you went from every wake window at 2 hours, maybe some at 2.25 hours, and then today all of them 2.5 hours, then you just added 1.5-2 hours of sleep to your babies schedule in one swoop. Way too much and way too fast. 2.5 hour wake windows x4 is a maxed out 3 nap schedule and...

@walkbyfaith89 What were the wake windows before you extended them?

@eline I personally, I think you need to take it back a few steps. Pushing him too hard could lengthen his stay. The doctors know what they are doing.

@grace92 I had hyperemesis for all of my miscarriages and for my twins. Unfortunately, symptoms, or lack of them, are not an indicator of a healthy pregnancy or of a miscarriage. It's hard, and it's OK to seek out professional support to help you manage all the feelings - my therapist was a...

@sister53 My IUD experience was more painful than the average, I think, because I had some scar tissue (probably from my cerclage) that meant they couldn't get through. I ended up going back a second time for dilation and placement under ultrasound guidance. No sharp pains, thank you local...

@focusedontheneedle You could try it. I used to be an expat, so I understand some of the struggle. There are English speaking SLPs in most major international cities, but the cost is high because of skill set and high demand. The big international schools often have an SLP (that was my job when...

@cliffco Sounds like he is ready to wash his own work clothes.

@focusedontheneedle I'm sorry, there isn't much more I can say. You need an SLP.