Annie tried giving Jordyn a bottle tonight to see if she would tolerate that any better than breastfeeding. A lot of babies that have paralyzed vocal chords have to drink from a bottle because they can thicken the milk using a little bit of pureed banana baby food. They seem to have an easier time getting the thicker milk down and keeping it there. Jordyn drank about 15 mls of "banana milk". Annie thought she did fine with it but wants me to still keep trying breastfeeding and see if we can't get her to tolerate that. Annie has only ever had one of her vocal chord babies be able to breastfeed so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will be #2.
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