Roadtriptheworld
03-02-2019, 11:43 AM
I posted this on another thread, but just realized this is where I should ask.
My daughter found this baby boy last Sunday evening laying in the middle of the sidewalk at a park. Was so glad to find this board to know what to do! He was cold and lethargic but we warmed him and then rehydrated for about 18 hours with pedialyte from a 1 cc syringe until he was peeing regularly. We then started Esbilac. I bought the cans of liquid before reading we should get the powder and also ordered Fox Valley 20/50 but it won’t arrive until Tuesday. He seemed to do well for a couple of days although his stools got pretty loose.
Has had steady weight gain since I started weighing him Thursday night- 19.5 g, 20.6 g, 21.4 g this AM.
Yesterday he had loose stools all day, so I added a bit of plain yogurt to his formula and mixed well. I am giving about 1 cc every 2 hours although sometimes he loses interest about .8 cc in so I don’t push it. He ate the formula with the yogurt right up for two feeding. But then did not poop from yesterday evening until this morning which I thought was good after all the loose stool. Was still peeing well. This morning his belly was definitely full and not alarmingly tight, but somewhat hard. I could see a little blob of white in the upper left quadrant of his belly. But him in warm water and massaged his belly and air and soft yellow stool definitely made his belly softer, although I still see white in his belly though it is smaller. Gave plain water last two feedings today. No more poop. Should I keep doing the warm water baths/tummy massages? Switch to the homemade goat milk formula?
We have his box set up half on a heating pad and he is definitely more active. Although I’m definitely worried about the belly issues!
I’m trying to upload pictures and will post them as soon as I figure it out.
Thanks all!
My daughter found this baby boy last Sunday evening laying in the middle of the sidewalk at a park. Was so glad to find this board to know what to do! He was cold and lethargic but we warmed him and then rehydrated for about 18 hours with pedialyte from a 1 cc syringe until he was peeing regularly. We then started Esbilac. I bought the cans of liquid before reading we should get the powder and also ordered Fox Valley 20/50 but it won’t arrive until Tuesday. He seemed to do well for a couple of days although his stools got pretty loose.
Has had steady weight gain since I started weighing him Thursday night- 19.5 g, 20.6 g, 21.4 g this AM.
Yesterday he had loose stools all day, so I added a bit of plain yogurt to his formula and mixed well. I am giving about 1 cc every 2 hours although sometimes he loses interest about .8 cc in so I don’t push it. He ate the formula with the yogurt right up for two feeding. But then did not poop from yesterday evening until this morning which I thought was good after all the loose stool. Was still peeing well. This morning his belly was definitely full and not alarmingly tight, but somewhat hard. I could see a little blob of white in the upper left quadrant of his belly. But him in warm water and massaged his belly and air and soft yellow stool definitely made his belly softer, although I still see white in his belly though it is smaller. Gave plain water last two feedings today. No more poop. Should I keep doing the warm water baths/tummy massages? Switch to the homemade goat milk formula?
We have his box set up half on a heating pad and he is definitely more active. Although I’m definitely worried about the belly issues!
I’m trying to upload pictures and will post them as soon as I figure it out.
Thanks all!