u/EducationalDebate559

Editing to say baby has been discharged and is recovering well at home!

A rant-- vaccinate your children I beg you.

My 4 month old is currently hospitalized with chickenpox. He is miserable and so upset. Guess what? Babies do not get the chicken pox vaccine until they are 12 months old, so he had no chance.

He had no known exposures. He just started daycare last week and they require vaccines.

It is heartbreaking watching your child be hospitalized and be in pain. I wept as they placed the IV and cathed him for a urine sample.

If you are vaccine hesitant please just ask yourself a few questions. What would the end goal of some grand conspiracy of harmful vaccines be? The government does not like taking care of sick people. If you are afraid of needles, how many needles do you think will go into your hospitalized baby?

I have a 3.5 month old who up until now has been EBF. Yesterday, at an appointment for eczema, his weight gain was showing slower than it should be. Doctor recommended supplementing with an additional bottle after each breastfeeding session.

I have been going through some health issues of my own (had surgery to remove an ovary with a massive ovarian cyst a few days ago) and have been rapidly loosing weight. So I wanted to supplement with formula to hopefully get baby's weight up. He has taken bottles of pumped breastmilk before without issue.

Unfortunately our first formula feed was a complete disaster. I offered him a bottle with just 2 ounces after breastfeeding this morning. He drank about 1.5 ounces rather unenthusiastically and then immediately started vomiting (not spitting up) and choking a bit. Fortunately we managed to get into the pediatrician this morning to check him out. They weren't too concerned and recommended waiting a day and then trying again. If he has a similar reaction they said they would recommend trying more of a specialty formula.

Has anyone else has a similar experience for first formula offering? I was already stressed about the whole formula experience and my apparent breastfeeding issues, and this has just destroyed me and my confidence.