More circumstantial but 😢

Gu

Gu

I have a constant knot in my chest and feel like at any moment I could have a full blown panic attack and I’m not really sleeping well at night.

My son had meningitis at 2 weeks old and Rsv at 4 weeks both times hospitalizing him. I just went back to work and he won’t really eat for anyone 😞 I’m gone for 11+ hours and he is only eating 2-4 ounces that whole time. I went to a Lactation consultant yesterday and she told me his latch is great on me and he is at serious risk for weight loss and being considered failure to thrive if we don’t get him on a bottle. She told me I need to wear a nipple shield when nursing him. I tried the nipple shield last night and this morning and he cried so hard he about threw up . He seriously stresses me out I feel like all day I have a knot in my chest and if anyone asks me how he is doing I cry.

On top of it all my husband is in the National guard and was injured a couple years ago and now they are trying to medically discharge him which would mean we would loose our health insurance. We also live in a small town and there are not many day cares my current day care told me she is wanting to stop and all the other providers are a year out at least 😢 I just feel like we can’t catch a break and I can’t handle anymore 😢

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Al

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Do you need to work? It's sounding like your baby needs you more right now.

se

se • Jan 6, 2019
You can try to research it. There are sooooo many schools online now. I work for 51Talk, most are for chinese children. The company creates the lesson for you so it’s easy. Some other schools you can research are MagicEars, ABC360, DadaAbc, VIPKID and so on. Best of luck!! YouTube has a lot of info about it as well

Gu

Gu • Jan 6, 2019
I have an associate in business administration

se

se • Jan 6, 2019
Have you thought about teaching online? If you have a college degree you can do it. That’s what I do

se

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Also try looking for donor breast milk!!

se

se • Jan 6, 2019
So sorry about that. I’ve read some people in certain cases will have a syringe and feed the baby that way. Maybe you could try that!

Gu

Gu • Jan 6, 2019
Lipase I believe is what that’s called I read about it he won’t take freshly pumped or formula either 😞 it’s like he would rather literally starve than eat from a bottle 😞

se

se • Jan 6, 2019
Do you know why he won’t eat it? I read about some woman develop a soapy taste to their milk after its been freezed for a while and baby’s tend to hate it. I forget what it’s called. But if you look up soapy taste in milk it should come up. Hope everything turns out ok with baby!