UPDATE: So when we got in touch with the doctor they said to bring Jacob in, and to hurry since the only open appointment slot had just begun. Again, Group Health for the win.
Dr. Maloney's assessment was that either A: Jacob wore himself out so bad last night he's just too tired to eat, or B: There was some issue with Kelli's stored breast milk. He advised us to go home, pump and give him the fresh stuff. He acknowledged the boy may have reflux but he's not sure yet. He also said to page him later after we try a couple more feedings.
We went home, Kelli pumped out 4.75 ounces and Jacob DOWNED 3.5 like it was nothing. Kelli decided to try a different bottle as well, which may have helped. I'm not willing to say everything is fine just yet, but the kid drank like a boss.
If he does it again next feeding and we call Maloney and he says no worries, I think I'll be just happy as can be with a fussy, angry, healthy baby.
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So I'm at a loss.
Last night Jacob slept through his 7-10ish area cycle just fine, but after that didn't sleep for 10 consecutive minutes until about 6 a.m., and only then because I let him lay on my chest and I just held him.
Also during the night feedings he was a little terror, battling the bottle, but still eating. Then this morning, he refused the bottle entirely. On a whim, we decided to make a bottle of formula and try that. He ate 2.1 ounces of it. Usually lately he'd been eating about 3 ounces of breast milk each feeding.
Perhaps as a result of not sleeping, he's been a big sleeper today (parental napping has ensued) and when we woke him up for his last feeding (formula again since it worked before) he took down only about 1.7 ounces. After both feedings there was no wake time, just a brief fussy time then baby Jacob in a formula coma and down for the count til the next feeding.
We searched the internet high and low for answers with no luck.
Don't get me wrong, we love that he's sleeping a little bit now, but we can tell something's not all right since he'd been doing much better. We called his pediatrician but it's been several hours and we haven't heard back. Guess we'll try breast milk on the next feeding with formula as backup, unless doc responds with a better plan.
All I want is for this little guy to be ok. I moan and complain about the sleep and the diapers and the late-night feedings, but I really truly don't mind any of it if the kid seems to be thriving. When he is struggling, that makes everything harder. He's do for a feeding in a couple minutes, but Kelli's asleep and I'm going to let them both nap an extra 15 minutes so hopefully he'll get more hungry.
So barring a call from Dr. Maloney, we're at a total loss. We don't know what to feed him, whether we should let him sleep longer or shorter, whether he's sick or well, and whether he'll sleep at all tonight.
I may be returning to work at KI tomorrow for a brief 4 hour morning shift and I hate to leave Kelli to deal with him on her own, but I guess its a nice trial run for when I go back to the real job. Here's hoping Dr. Maloney calls soon and gives us some piece of mind.
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