I have to take a minute to address the awkwardness I feel when talking about feeding my child. Today Georgia is getting released from the hospital and as I'm telling everyone about the conditions for leaving I notice the strangeness of the terminology. "they're going to start her feeds" instead of, "they're going to feed her". "she's moving towards a more bollus feed" instead of, "we're feeding her 3 oz over an hour instead of over 3 hours". I start to wonder how she will start to feel about the terminology, what will I tell her, "come here, it's time for your feeds". It sounds so weird, I have just become accustomed to how they speak in the hospital. The best part is, is that my kids think its so normal and have adopted the language too. Sawyer thinks he had a feeding tube when he was a baby. That was a fun conversation too because I said, "no Sawyer, you nursed". "what's nursing mom?". Ok, let's just stick with you had a feeding tube as well!
So if Georgia handles her bollus feed well, or in other words, can eat 3 oz in 1 hour were outta this place! Hopefully no more hospitals or surgery for this little trooper!
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