hi there,

i am danielle and mum to 2 boys Joey who is nearly 3 and Jaylee who is 15 weeks corrected to 6 weeks. Joey was fully breastfed unitl about 5 months and jaylee was EBM fed until 12 weeks and now on nutriprem 2 formula.
anyone else use this?

sorry for the short intro, not really sure what to put in these opening posts.

dani

Hi Dani my baby was small at birth but not prem she weighed 5lb4oz she is on ebm and top ups as her blood sugar was low at birth ....she will be coming off it at her 6 wk check if the doctor is happy with her x

My son is on nutriprem 2 now 4months old been on it since birth (was topped up with it while I bf for the 1st 3 days) he was 4lb 8oz at birth 39 +5 weeks. He is on the 0.4th centile, now 10lb 15oz so putting weight on slowly, but he is really active. Had problems with teats though as the milk he so thick might had to change yet again cos taking up to an hour to drink bottles started with Tommy tippee (Slow,medium then varie flow) then NUK Medium flow teats, tried large hole teats but way too fast. Any ideas which bottle and teat is best???

Hello,

My daughter Chloe was born 7 weeks early (32+5) and was only 2lb 8oz, we had issues with her trying to latch on so I expressed exclusively for the month that she was in special care, and when she was sent home we were giving Nutriprem 2 (smells horrible doesnt it!) and we did start giving her every other bottle EBM and then the other ones Nutriprem. But she wasnt gaining weight so well so we were advised to give her more Nutriprem (expressing is hard work and I have low milk supply so it wasnt a problem for us).

She also has gastric reflux so is on infant gaviscon to thicken her feeds. She is just over 10 weeks, 3 corrected, and is 5lb 6 oz now. Am hoping that she'll start filling out a bit more now, oh and she was born on the 0.4th percentile and has been following just under it ever since (she never lost any weight after birth, probably sue to her not having much fat to spare!). Small but perfectly formed.

If you have a questions just give me a shout

Hi


Congratulations on the birth of Jaylee.

My little girl Poppy is 13 weeks old (9 weeks corrected) she was 4 weeks early and weighed only 3lbs 7 oz. She is on Nutriprem 2 and has been on it since she was about 6 days old. Originally she was on normal formula and any expressed milk I had, but when she was 6 days old SCBU said she should have been on Nutriprem 2. She was on only Nutriprem 2 for about 3 weeks, then they said she could start having one bottle a day of EBM (I had carried on expressing and had lots frozen) then 3 weeks later they increased her EBM to 2 a day and 4 bottles of Nutriprem 2 which she is still on now.

I am still expressing, although only twice a day (it's hard work looking after Poppy full time and expressing), I am only getting about 60mls for the whole day and have about a months supply left in the freezer so soon it will go down to only half a bottle or nothing at all! I find that if there are days that I have not given her EBM (naughty mummy forgetting to take it out the freezer) then she ends up really uncomfortable with constipation so I am going to try and express for aslong as possible even if it is just a small amount.

She now weighs a chunky 7lbs 3oz although she is still below the 0.4th centile. She is following her own little growth line according to the neo natal specialist who we see every few months. Her weight gain really slowed down before Christmas so she is being weighed weekly and we have SCBU nurse coming out in a few weeks just to check her progress.

Do you get given the ready made cartons as well as the powder? As know some doctors are really reluctant to give it out as it is expensive. Luckily we are given 16 cartons each time we get 4 powders.

Hope Jaylee is piling the weight on

Doctors won't give me liquid cartons only now manged to get 4 cartons of powder now they were only giving me 2 at a time. Since leaving the hospital when lo was 1week, a Nicu nurse came twice in the first 2 weeks haven't seen anyone since. Doctors surprised about it and has made an appointment to see a consulant at the hospital cos he is now just on the 0.4th centile line but meeting all the development stages think he just going to be small

Expressing and looking after our LO's is hard, so dont feel guilty Willow (I give myself a hard time about it too), and I am now only getting about 60mls a day whereas I used to get 60mls or more each sessions, 6 or so times a day!

The neonatal nurse came out to see us twice a week for the first few weeks she was out and then once a week, but when Chloe had a slow weight gaining week, only 20g in a week, she then came out again twice a week, as its been xmas and new year and all the snow etc, its been nearly two weeks that's we've seen her, but we went back to the hospital for Chloe's follow up on wednesday. The consultant is a little concern about her weight gain, so we have another appointment in a months time to review it, but the neonatal nurse will still be coming out to us once a week. Definately mention the not seeing the nurse situation, as I've found it brilliant seeing ours, asking sometimes silly questions, but she always has an answer, whereas our HV (who I have only met once) seemed a bit reluctant to give answers to some questions I had, maybe due to her not being sure with regards to a preemie or just being naff!!

The worst thing I hate about Nutriprem 2, other then the smell, is having to give it a good shake to mix it up properly, it always gets so frothy, makes it hard to see how much of the bottle she's had etc.

Oh and about the cartons, when we had Chloe's jabs done just before xmas, I mention that could we have some to help out over the xmas period with traveling etc etc, and the Dr said sure and prescribed us 6 cartons. Am hoping when we go next time we can get some more as they are a god send when out and about. Even if I had to buy them at cost or something I would!.

I think I will ask about the liquid cartons of nurtriprem when I go next to the doctors got to pick up another 2 cartons of powder cos mine didn't get ordered they had to give me two of someone elses.

The milk is not nice lol and the froth is a nightmare I can never see how much is left esp when I was using the tommy tippee bottles with the clear writing (who ever thought of that idea!!!!)

I get Mckenzie weighed everyweek it varies how much weight he puts on a few weeks ago he lost weight then didn't put anything on then a few onzes a week. But he did put 9oz on in 2 weeks this time considering he was ill and on antibiotics for a week bless him

Hi Ladies,

I hope your little ones are all doing well.

It is nice to chat to people with tiny ones, as Poppy was only 4 weeks early people don't really class her as a premmie, but as she was only 3lbs 7oz she is not the same as full term babies so don't really feel like I fit in iykwim.

It's awful that your doctors are not giving you the cartons, I think we are really lucky to get 16 at each prescription renewal. The hospital requested 4 powders and 16 cartons when Poppy was sent home from SCBU and since then they just renew the same each time. TBH we have only used a few so far as trying to save as many as possible for when we visit people, we have been so paranoid of her catching anything we have limited who has visited us and only taken her to OH's grandparents, now she is heavier feel more confident though so sure those cartons will soon go!

Mummy Mi - sorry to hear that you are only getting 60mls also - it sucks doesn't it!? I am going to see if I can up it to 3 times a day and see if that helps. My aim was 3 months so anything now is a bonus for me and just take each day as it comes. What pump do you have btw?

Poppy has been weighed at least once a week since she came home, but now my HV and clinic have said to get her weighed once a month this really doesn't sound right to me as she is still below the 0.4th centile and also her recent weight gain issues. TBH my HV knows nothing about tiny babies at all which I have found soooo frustrating. She told me Poppy should not have tummy time until she was 12 weeks old because she was so small, when I took her to neonatal specialist at 2 months he was asking me how tummy time was going and that there no reason why she shouldn't be having it.... I am seeing SCBU nurse in few weeks so will ask about weighing then, for now think I will put her on the wii fit lol!

we used nutriprem for alex, we use the dr brown bottles with no 2 teats or the mam bottles