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September 24, 2004
Drinking from a cup
Originally we were all afraid that Katy's fever was caused by some kind of infection. In fact, they're doing some blood tests right now to see if she does have anything. Around midnight last night, however, our nurse suggested that she might be dehydrated. Katy only had one wet diaper all day long yesterday, and she seemed to be constantly hungry. As the day went on she was crabbier and crabbier, and she was constantly rooting for food. Actually it was giving us some worries.
Anyway, with the nurse's suggestion we decided to supplement her breastfeeding with a little formula. Because we plan on breastfeeding, the nurse suggested giving her the formula by cup--it seems that that way is less prone to confusing her than introducing a bottle would. Well we wouldn't want to confuse a three-day old baby, would we?
The picture above is her face before receiving the cup for the first time. She's not too sure whether it looks like a good idea.
Posted by Mike at September 24, 2004 02:43 PM
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