Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Okay everyone - here's a good question. My poor dear husband is exhausted. He has problems with bouts of insomnia as it is - but, now that we have to get up in the middle of the night to feed Ian at 2 am - he's not been able to get to sleep again. It's been horrible for him. The problem is that I've been SO exhausted since we have gotten home from Ian's recent illness, I've been sleeping VERY hard at night. LOL My dh sais that I don't even move! LOL Anyway, we have been giving Ian his Nutren Jr for his ng feeds. From what I gather, it can only " stand " for 4 hours at a time - otherwise it goes bad. We were originally doing 45 ml for 8 hours - which worked perfectly. Now, we have to do 36 ml for 10 hours and we haven't started doing that yet because we haven't figured out how to do the Nutren in a time that will work. Does that make sense? How long can the " formula " really sit in the bag? Any suggestions? What happens when we have to do continuous feeds with a G-tube? As far as my helping my dh in the middle of the night - I might have to sleep in Ian's room because I can't even hear the alarm go off while I'm sleeping! We definately have to figure something out! Thanks in advance for your help. - H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Judith - you have no idea how happy you have made me - and probably more so my husband. Thank you so much for your response. I'll send my husband to bed tonight with a tylenol PM! Thanks again. - H > > The formula can certainly " stand " for 8 hours without a problem. > Believe me, we do NOT get up in the middle of the night to feed > . His pump runs from 8:30 pm until 5 am at 40 ml/hour. We fill > the bag with enough formula at 8:30 and we are done with it. > > In the summer, if there is no airconditioning the room he is sleeping > in it gets a little more complicated, but you can then put a bag with > ice or an ice pack around the pump bag. slept in his playroom > last summer since it was air-conditioned and his bedroom was not. > > Good luck, > > Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 5 3/4 year old twins > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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