u/Chidi-Chidi

We're doing it. We're moving from Newborn diapers to Stage 1 at 5 weeks. Taking in the little wins with a huge smile.

My 5w old girl has had some crazy reflux days and about a week ago we switched her to Aptamil Anti Reflux formula from Enfamil Neuro Pro. No reflux since then, she's still adding weight but not at the speed as on Enfamil. She always trended 2+ points ahead of her brother (in kg), but he is recently one point behind. She poops better now though, but my boy is too...he's still on Enfamil.

Pediatrician says after 2 cans of the Aptamil we can slowly get her back on the Enfamil.

Just wondering if anyone here had their baby on an Anti Reflux formula for longer or went back to it after making a switch.

Happy Fathers Day to all the papas here leading with love and care. Sometimes it is hard, but you make it work. Your contributions don't do unnoticed.

Does anyone have a coupon code for Enfamil?

My boy had tongue tie so I took him to the hospital today to perform Frenotomy. He kept pushing the tongue up the roof of his mouth and wasn't sucking the bottle properly. Already noticing some changes since after the procedure.

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My girl has had bad reflux and hiccups...and yesterday she had spit up twice and almost choked, had to give the Mother's Kiss. She eats a lot and gets hungry faster than her brother. Sometimes my helpers have given her way more than the required ML behind my back, which she is happy to finish, but then she has her reflux even after burping. I've told them to stick to required amount even if it means frequent feeding, but she just gets hungry even before the 2hr mark.

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Did anyone have a similar situation and how did you manage to get the reflux/spit up under control?

Probably should've named this boy Houdini, he's an ardent escape artist. Wrap him up all you like, after 12 minutes his hands and legs are all out. And somehow he always manages to get just one mitten off every damn time. 🤣

I still can't believe we've gone from the pregnancy scans and CS anxiety to 'let's wake them up and change their diapers so they can be fed.'

They're sweet and not fussy...as long as you give them their food, they're happy campers. 10 days old today and they're gaining weight nicely, the girl eats better than the boy so she's a little ahead. He sticks his tongue up the roof during feeding so some of the formula just drip down his chin. And then he brings both hands to his face...good luck prying the bottle through them to get it in.

They're doing great. So thankful to have these kiddos. They would've been 38w GA by tomorrow, but I'm happy they're here already and home with us after 4 days in NICU.

This little, although very pretty, munchkin thought she would bring me down at 4am. Papa was prepared. Her brother was sound asleep but she decided this was the time to wriggle around and leave her eyes wide open. Well, I've been ready for this. Milk out, stuffed and burped, put her down but she wouldn't sleep. Wanted body contact, fine! Yawned, I thought 'this was it'...I was wrong. She had her eyes wide open. Then I sat down after standing for a while and she started squirming around, so I got up and wrapped her like a loose Christmas present, picked her up like I was about to offer her to a Greek god for sacrifice (right hand under her bottom and lower to mid back, against my belly, left hand under her upper back and head, away from me) and this always seems to do the trick, even with her brother. 5 minutes, her eyes were closed. Another 5 and she was in her bassinet.

5:20am...I think I won this round.

My heart can't take anymore of leaving my babies behind in NICU. They'll be discharged today after 4 days of being there. They had low birth weight and my mum recognized signs of jaundice right after I brought them up to our room in the hospital to meet her.

I always thought I'd be staying up at night tending to babies and not staying up to miss them because they're in NICU and away from me.

I transfered them to a specialist neonatal hospital with level 4 NICU and really great staff after birth, they were bottle feeding and breathing room air but just needed to top up on the weight and treat the jaundice, so only needed level 1 care. Plus, the hospital is close to me.

I go in to do the 10am and 4pm feeding everyday and spend some time with them. But, Wednesday night I could barely sleep. When I saw them yesterday morning, I stayed a little longer after feeding. I was happy to see they had finished phototherapy too and the boy already hit the weight target, baby girl one point short, but she eats well so I'm going to be able to take her today too. Yesterday's 4pm feeding I stayed the longest. At night, I slept on and off, stayed up a lot. Even had breakfast at 1am 🤣.

Just watching this clock like a hawk now for 9:30 so I can head over there and bring them home.

These babies just keep somersaulting in my surrogate's stomach. Lol. Up till 26 weeks, baby B was breech and A was always head down. 28 weeks both were head down. Today at 33+4 baby A decided it was his turn to go breech. 3 more weeks can't come any sooner let the poor lady be free.

Hello all. Came across this sub a few hours ago. Very happy I stumbled upon it, I can get to learn a few things and share my experience too.

I just turned 39, I'm a single gay guy who always knew I wanted to have kids right from a young age. I live in the States but originally from West Africa. After a few failed relationships...mostly because they really didn't want to have kids, or I'm just too picky (lol), I decided it was time to get on it. If I meet my person along the way, then fine.

September last year I reached out to a surrogacy agency back home a couple of my friends had used to have their babies and I flew back home to start the process. I had gotten my donor eggs from Spain through the agency because I wanted mixed babies. Started 1st of October, had successful transfer of two blastocysts to my surrogate after 5 days (the rules are more lenient and two are allowed - my friends who did before me ended up with singleton pregnancies). After 3 weeks we had confirmed pregnancy and 2 weeks after TWINS.

My surrogate has been awesome. Pregnancy has been textbook. The first trimester did hit hard with tiredness but she's been doing so great. Besides the compensation she gets, I also give her bi weekly upkeep allowance on my own. We have a scheduled CS at 36+4 (in 4 weeks). I'll be traveling a week before, but I'm also ready to leave anytime should they decide to come earlier.

Of course it's been wayyyy cheaper to do this in my home country than here in the US. I can't wait to meet my BG twins and love on them. I do have ample help from family and friends. My mum will also be hands-on. This will be her 3rd set of twin grandkids. My brother has twin boys, my sister has twin girls. One of her brothers has 2 sets of twin girls and the other has triplets. Lol!

I want to appreciate all the SMs that give us IPs this wonderful gift. Words cannot express my gratitude to you all. Looking forward to asking questions and learning from this group.

We have 4 weeks to go before my babies are born via CS at 36+4. I (single M) have to fly 11hrs, a week before, to be there for their arrival. I'm almost all packed and ready to travel any day now in case they come earlier than planned.

My surrogate has been amazing. She's feeling great, babies are great. All scans and checks have been wonderful, babies are measuring way ahead. Besides the compensation, I do send her additional upkeep funds. As I'm planning my trip, I'm thinking of things to get for her; a care package and gift items. Now, the gift items are not really an issue but Care Package is where I'd need some ideas.

Ladies, please, were there any items for personal care that you got or wish you got in the hospital and the weeks following? The hospital will give their care things but I'm sure it won't be quite adequate.