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Category Archives: Research and resources
Taking a stand against tube-feeding crimes and negligence
Someone needs to say it: tube-fed children and their families are being neglected and often outright abused by a dehumanizing, misguided health “care” system. If you don’t believe me, read on. Or at the very least, get a glimpse of … Continue reading
Posted in Frustration Station, NG tube, occupational therapy, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged criminal negligence, feeding aversion, feeding issue, g-tube, GERD, graz model, markus wilken, medical negligence, nasogastric tube, NG tube, ng tube weaning success, occupational therapy, reflux, seattle children's hospital, tube feeding, tube weaning success, tube-fed babies, tube-fed children, weaning
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Hooray for Heath, his mom, and inspiring tube weaning success!
Remember Zander? Well he’s got company. (The tube-free ranks are growing.) Sadly, I kept putting off this post because the hugeness of the triumph deserves a truly well written, heartfelt description. Which takes time and energy that I’ve been lacking, … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, occupational therapy, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged baby, feeding aversion, feeding issue, g-tube, g-tube weaning, Germany, Graz method, graz model, markus wilken, ng tube weaning, Posttraumatic Feeding Syndrome, Princess Margaret Hospital in Darmstadt, the crunchy and the smooth, The Institute for Psychology and Psychosomatics of Early Childhood, Tube weaning, tube weaning success, tube-fed babies and children, weaning
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Confident Mom Interview #3: Lenore Skenazy of Free-Range Kids
Do you remember the media hubbub from a couple years back, when a woman labeled by some as “America’s Worst Mom” let her kid ride the NYC subway all by himself? I thought so. I chatted with Lenore Skenazy of … Continue reading
Posted in Confident mom interview, Lessons in parenting, motherhood, Research and resources
Tagged anxiety, baby bath water thermometer, baby knee pads, fear-based ads, free-range kids, free-range parenting, kidslocator, law and order, lenore skenazy, media saturation, motherhood, new parents, parenthood, wisdom
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Support and community for parents of tube-fed children
Trying to wean your child off of a tube? Bravo! You’ll find comfort, resources, and encouragement in this online support group: Tube Fed Children Deserve to Eat It’s a social network powered by Ning Grouply, with the purpose of “Connecting … Continue reading
Posted in Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged baby, feeding aversion, feeding issue, GERD, Graz method, graz model, infant, infant nutrition, nasogastric tube, ng tube weaning success, parents of tube fed children, reflux, social network, tube feeding, Tube weaning, tube weaning success, weaning
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Behold: Tube weaning research and guidelines
When is the last time a research paper made you cry? Around the time of Stella’s wean, and since then, I’ve come across information that moved me on many levels. I’d like to pass along these sought-after papers to as … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Research and resources, The tube, Tube weaning
Tagged Austria, baby, bottle feeding, bottle refusal, child, Child & Adolescent Nutrition, dysphagia, enteral feeding, feeding issue, food refusal, g-tube, Gastrostomy, Graz, Graz method, graz model, ICAN, infant, Infant Mental Health Journal, infant nutrition, infantile feeding disorders, Marguerite Dunitz-Scheer, nasogastric feeding tube, nasogastric tube, NG tube, ng tube weaning guidelines, ng tube weaning success, oral aversion, Stella Johnson, tube feeding, Tube weaning research, tube weaning success, tube-fed infants, weaning
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