Last night when we brought Baby C to the hospital for the antibiotics jab, the nurses told us that the dr. has given them the green light to remove the IV line from Baby C’s hand. I was really happy to hear that as Baby C does not have to be in pain anymore. I can also nurse her freely and bath times are not tough anymore. However, feeding Baby C the antibiotics is yet another tall order that I have to grapple with.
This morning, we brought her to the hospital as the paed wanted to see her before we are officially discharged from the hospital. The nurses and I also fed her the antibiotics in our room. We split the feeding into 3 and it took us more than an hour to complete feeding her 3ml of antibiotics. At one point, she was almost on the verge of puking and I prayed so hard that she wouldn’t puke coz if she pukes, we have to start all over again. Feeding her the antibiotics requires a LOT of patience and I have never been so patient with anyone than with Baby C. She was really cranky this morning and cried non-stop. I had to let her suckle my breast first, then the nurse squirted the antibiotics into her mouth drop by drop. When she tried to spit out, I pinched her nose gently (the nurses taught me this technique as pinching the nose would cause the baby to swallow in reflex). When she wailed out in defiance, I hugged her, kissed her forehead and put her mouth to my breast again and let her suckle for 5 minutes before the nurse squirted the antibiotics into her mouth again. The whole process was repeated many times until she finished swallowing the antibiotics. This is really tedious and time-consuming and whether I like it or not, I have to deal with this for several years. Hopefully, over time, Baby C would have acquired the liking for antibiotics and would not reject it anymore.
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hello..this is my first time here..but I think I’ve seen u commenting in Barb’s blog before! Congrats on your lil one…and I’m real sorry to hear about her UTI. It’s quite painful to see a lil baby with needles.
I am so sorry to see baby C go thu all these. pls get well soon baby C. U take care too, Shireen.
luckily she has your teats, at least to keep her distracted and give her some comfort. be strong, shireen, you can do it!
take care mummy, ur lovely dotters need you! o.O
You’ve a great patience !!! Happy to know about Baby C’s improvement.
God bless
When I read along your blog about baby c, I feel like crying. I pray that she get well soon. U too take good care of yourself.
I’ll keep little Baby C in my prayers.
You have no choice but to carry the tedious work for BB C sake. Hope everything going smooth and fine.
I’ve been praying for her every night 😀 You are doing a good job shireen!!!
Thanks peeps for all the kind words and prayers for Baby C 🙂
Tedious work indeed. 3ml is quite a lot for a little baby to consume.