September 22, 2010

Mommy and Pop Pop were off to the GI/Nissen surgery expert yesterday. They got x-ray'd to see if the Nissen's were too tight, too loose, or just right. Both babies were juuuust right. Will wasn't too happy about not getting his morning feed, so he was already cranky. Then they tried to get some dye-stuff down to his esophagus via bottle and he was not having that, so they had to eventually stick a tube down to his esophagus.

The results for Will was that he has good swallowing and good stomach reactions...he just completely forgot how to suck. If he can learn how to suck, then he'd be set for bottle feeds!

Tenley didn't mind her bottle of dye-stuff as much so she didn't need the tube down to her esophagus. While she was eating, she started wretching pretty badly. The Dr. looked internally at her stomach and saw no issues. Although Tenley's stomach, sucking, and swallowing skills are a-OK, it appears she may be afraid of being full. As soon as the Dr. distracted her with a toy, she stopped wretching. Mom and Dad are going to work on distracting her towards the end of her feeds from now on to see if maybe she can get over this "fear".

CAUTION: Twins at Play