G tubes and blended diets!!

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Hi

I have been looking into trying Liam with a blended diet,has anybody

with a gtube ever tried this?

Liam is on neocate with polyjoule added at the moment, my main

concern will be how he digests real food after all this formula.

An advantage i see is that the thickened food will actually stop

some reflux.

We have tried a couple of boluses, one had blended oats,banana and

soy milk(about 60mls) the other had steak, pasta and carrot, he

tolerated these well.

I will have to talk to a dietician and work out calories, not to

mention buying the blender which will get the food thin enough.

Just wondered if anyone had an opinion?

Thanks

Jody(mum to Liam 3.3 RSS,about 10.2kg)