Day 827 - James Officially Tries the Backpack! 🎒 & Current Feeding Schedule ⏲️
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Today James had physical therapy and since it was at 11am it lined up perfectly to his feeding schedule. Below is his current continuous feeding schedule. James has his Farrell bag connected 24/7 to his G except when he receives water in his G, then it is disconnected for that hour and a half.
11:00pm-8am: Formula/Water with ice packs overnight
(Rate: 45ml Dose: 405ml)
8:00am-10:30am: Water in his J
(Rate: 45ml Dose: 100ml)
10:30-12:00pm: Water in his G
(Rate: 50ml Dose: 75ml)
12:00pm-8:00pm: Formula/Water with ice packs
(Rate: 45ml Dose: 360ml)
8:00pm-11:00pm: Formula/Water no ice packs
(Rate: 45ml Dose: 135ml)
Overall his calorie breakdown is 40ml formula + 5ml water/ hour for 20 hours. Then 175ml of additional water.
🎒 During the time James is fed in his G, it's a great time to allow him to scoot around with his backpack on, since he is also disconnected from his Farrell bag. This way we only have to worry about the feeding pump. It's also lighter weight with only 75ml of water in the bag. When we do hook him up for an 8 hour feeding the bag is super heavy with about 400mls of formula and water. We use an insulated feeding pump bag cover we bought off Etsy. Yes, if it wasn't for the medical moms with sewing machines we wouldn't have the cool necessary things that makes life easier. It allows you to insert 2 flat ice packs around the large bag of formula. 🧊
In the evening James sat in his high chair and it was the first time he really enjoyed one of those Gerber teething sticks. He was really tasting it and biting into it. But once the outside of it started coming apart in his mouth he was not a fan of the texture and threw it on the floor. James also had a fun time coloring in his coloring book with his crayons. 🖍️
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