Hi r/Parenting,I would like to emphasize first that my wife and I are not looking for medical advice. We are just looking to hear about feeding tips and see if other parents have been through this situation before.Ou daughter was born prematurely at 37 weeks. My wife is a type 1 diabetic who kept her blood glucose levels near non-diabetic levels throughout the pregnancy. Due a preeclampsia, my wife had a c-section. She had RDS when she was born and had to be intubated for 2 days, and from day 3 to day 30 at NICU she wrong from high-flow oxygen to low-flow and eventually her SO2 levels were perfect and off the oxygen she goes. During this how time she had feeding tube placed in her nose, and she still has it.The reason why she was in NICU for so long came down to her feeding. Some days she took the bottle great, taking 50-60ml a few times a day. Some days she took 20-40ml, and some days she would not even wake up for her feeds. We were on a strict 3 in 3 hours , 70-115ml (towards the end of our NICU stay) schedule. Our daughter was born at 9lbs 14oz, and she's currently 11lbs, so clearly a bigger baby.We were able to bring her home Sunday, August 22nd. We were told that it's normal to take a few days for babies to adjust to their new environment and their behaviour may be different than what we were used to. The first couple days were brutal, she was not interested in eating at all and we had to feed her through her tube ( We were sent home with a pump and kangaroo bags). Today, we thought we had a breakthrough with her taking 60ml for one feed and later 25ml on the other feed. This recent feed she would not wake up for it.We kept being told that babies from diabetic mother (type-1), are "lazier" and it takes them a while to "snap out of it".Has any parent went through a similar situation, that could have any tips on how to get her more interested in feeding? Maybe different feeding technics? If you went through the same situation, how long it took for your child to "snap out of it" ? We understand each baby is different, but for our sanity it would be nice to have an idea about what other parents gone through.Some other points:We are currently using a Dr.Browns bottle with a premie nippleWe noticed she also swallows a lot of air during feedingWe had a genetic testing done at around 16-20weeks of gestation that rolled out most genetic conditionsDoctor could not find anything wrong with her during our NICU stay, other than "babies from diabetic mother's are often lazy"She was taking more ml per feed at NICU rather than at home. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2WpOjtN
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