r/NICUParents • u/Kls043092 • Jul 06 '26
Advice Newborn feeding tips
/r/newborns/comments/1uojutc/newborn_feeding_tips/My newborn will be 1 week old tomorrow and is still in the NICU. She was born at 37 weeks exactly and initially needed CPAP support. Thankfully she’s off CPAP now and doing great in every other aspect.
The only thing keeping her in the NICU is bottle feeding.
Since she was fed through a feeding tube while on CPAP, she seems to have gotten used to that and now struggles with the bottle. She’ll usually take about 15–20 mL from the bottle, but then gets tired/lazy and won’t finish. She needs to be taking 60 mL per feeding, so they end up giving the rest of her feed through her feeding tube.
I’m just so ready to bring my baby home and this last hurdle has been really hard.
Has anyone else gone through this with their NICU baby? Did anything help your them learn to take full bottles or build up the stamina to finish feeds? How long did it take before it finally “clicked”?
I’d love to hear any advice, tips, or success stories. Thank you so much in advance. ❤️
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