Re: weight issue

[Guest guest]

The g-tube was the best thing we ever did for our son. He gained

weight very well on it. All his medicine goes in the tube as well.

We have a pump that is on a battery pack that we can take anywhere--

airplane, restaurant, on the road, etc. It is the size of a small

book. When he sleeps, he is fed and doesn't even notice it. It is

great.

> My daughter, who is 18 months old, also struggles with weight.She

only likes

> drinking bottles with formula/milk.I am always worried that she

will not get

> enough vitamins etc. I guess we are also a potential candidate for

a g-tube. I

> don't know much about these tubes. How does it work for example if

you travel?

> And don't the kids mind the tube while sleeping?

>

> Greetings from rainy Germany

> Tana w Chri 3 years wocf and Mira 18 months wcf

>

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> J. schrieb:

> > My son also struggled with weight. He was 11 weeks premature and

had

> > the meconium ileus blockage. We went through so many things to

try

> > to get Ashton to gain weight. He breastfed most of the time

(keep

> > that up as long as you can!!) but some bottles with expressed

milk to

> > which we added pregestimil, polycose and canola oil. He didn't

like

> > it much at all. In fact, he stopped eating altogether and now is

fed

> > exclusively through a g-tube. Before that was put in, we gave

him

> > solids with margarine added as well as rice cereal to bulk it

up. My

> > son also hated the #3 foods. We gave him lots of avacado--tons

of

> > fat!

> >

> > My best advice--keep him excited about food. Don't force him to

eat

> > anything and if he enjoys breastfeeding, keep it up. I truly

think

> > if I hadn't tried so hard (too hard) to get him to eat, he would

> > still enjoy food.

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