proud mama of Rocky
04-27-2021, 10:19 PM
I have a baby whose eyes just opened today. She has been with me for 5 days. I have been giving her formula using the following recipe which I found on here somewhere:
3 Tablespoons goat's milk (Whole Foods because I do not have a fresh source)
3 Tablespoons full fat plain organic yogurt
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 egg yolk
1 tiny pinch of calcium powder from Henry's
She was given to me by a woman who had had her for 1 day only and had been feeding her human Similac. The woman had gotten her from a crew of linemen who were passing through our city and had had her for 1 day without feeding her or stimulating her. The linemen told the woman the baby had been in an electric pole and had fallen out when they were working on the pole and they had kept her.
When I picked her up I immediately noticed her body would begin to tremble violently, particularly when she is relaxed in sleep, much more than just the occasional jerking/startling motion of other babies I have had. However, I thought it was post traumatic stress from the trauma of everything she had been through and that the tremors would lessen.
After an ordeal of getting rid of bloat and constipation from the Similac, rehydrating, and then adjusting to the goat's milk formula while trying to make her feel as safe as possible, she is finally doing well from a digestive standpoint. She is peeing and pooping regularly, eating well, and I plan to transition her to the 20/50 FV formula at the end of the week.
However, even though she appears stable, content, and well, the tremors have not really lessened at all. And, when I think back on it, she has been an unusually deep sleeper since she arrived. It was difficult to rouse her in the night for hydration and then feedings.
Is there something I should be doing to address the tremors? Are they likely the result of head trauma? Or, is it possible that she suffered electric shocks in the pole that could be causing what I am seeing?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
I just don't want to miss something that could be addressed prior to release this summer.
3 Tablespoons goat's milk (Whole Foods because I do not have a fresh source)
3 Tablespoons full fat plain organic yogurt
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 egg yolk
1 tiny pinch of calcium powder from Henry's
She was given to me by a woman who had had her for 1 day only and had been feeding her human Similac. The woman had gotten her from a crew of linemen who were passing through our city and had had her for 1 day without feeding her or stimulating her. The linemen told the woman the baby had been in an electric pole and had fallen out when they were working on the pole and they had kept her.
When I picked her up I immediately noticed her body would begin to tremble violently, particularly when she is relaxed in sleep, much more than just the occasional jerking/startling motion of other babies I have had. However, I thought it was post traumatic stress from the trauma of everything she had been through and that the tremors would lessen.
After an ordeal of getting rid of bloat and constipation from the Similac, rehydrating, and then adjusting to the goat's milk formula while trying to make her feel as safe as possible, she is finally doing well from a digestive standpoint. She is peeing and pooping regularly, eating well, and I plan to transition her to the 20/50 FV formula at the end of the week.
However, even though she appears stable, content, and well, the tremors have not really lessened at all. And, when I think back on it, she has been an unusually deep sleeper since she arrived. It was difficult to rouse her in the night for hydration and then feedings.
Is there something I should be doing to address the tremors? Are they likely the result of head trauma? Or, is it possible that she suffered electric shocks in the pole that could be causing what I am seeing?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
I just don't want to miss something that could be addressed prior to release this summer.