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So I guess I'd better give a little explanation. Olivia is in the nicu because she is not feeding good on her own yet. She has to get supplemented through a feeding tube. This is because a) she was preterm and b) she is baby of a diabetic mom. I guess it's pretty common. So she has 8 total feedings a day in a 24 hr period. Of those 8, 4 of them are nipple feeds, which means from a bottle or nursing. She is supposed to eat 2oz per feed, but when she nipples, she only eats 8-20cc. There are 60cc in 2oz. So she only nipples a fraction. So then the amount left that she didn't nipple feed gets put through her feeding tube at that same feeding. Also the nipple feedings are every other time. In between she is so tired she just sleeps through the other feedings and then they just give her the full 2oz or 60cc through the feeding tube.

Hope that makes sense!

Another mom told me the other day(her daughter has the same struggles as Olivia) that she was told it's like a flickering light bulb. She feeds good one day and then not so good the next. Until one day the lightbulb turns on and stays on. So that's what we are waiting for! We are on Olivia's time!