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...Today’s post is a guest blog written by Jodi Berndt. In honor of Feeding Tube Awareness week, Jodi shares her daughter, Allie’s story. We’d like to thank Jodi for taking the time to share her family’s story with us and raise awareness about feeding tubes. At this very moment, many parents are facing the reality that their child may need a feeding tube. How do these parents know if a feeding tube is right...

...Many Neocate babies and children receive their formula through a feeding tube. Common Neocate formulas that are received through feeding tubes include Neocate Infant DHA/ARA, Neocate Junior, Unflavored, and Neocate Splash, Unflavored. Enteral tube feeding provides nourishment to individuals who are unable to consume adequate nutrition by mouth. If your child uses a feeding tube, you know that there may be some occasional tube feeding complications. This blog will provide some general troubleshooting...

...Hillary Savoie, PhD is the Chief Communications Maman at the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation (FTAF). She is also the founder and director of The Cute Syndrome Foundation (TCSF). Her daughter Esmé, who has two rare genetic disorders, PCDH19 Epilepsy and SCN8A, is four years old and the inspiration for her work with FTAF and TCSF. This post has been adapted from a post on The Cute Syndrome , Hillary’s blog about life with her...

...Enteral feeding is a method of delivering nutrients through a tube or orally by mouth. This is also sometimes referred to as “enteral nutrition”. Tube feeding provides nutrition to someone with a medical condition that impairs his/her ability to eat or drink (or impairs their ability to consume enough to sustain his/her nutritional needs). Nutrition is provided by a special liquid food that is given through the feeding tube. The liquid food contains all...

...We hear from a lot of parents who are dealing with feeding difficulties. Often, feeding difficulties can be a symptom or side effect of food allergy related conditions such as Eosinophilic Esophagitis and other GI conditions. This can occur because eating is a learned developmental skill, and one of the few activites of daily life that a child can completely control. If a child experiences discomfort associated with food they can learn to avoid...

...We often talk to parents who are concerned that their child is not eating the amount of food or with the skill level that they believe their child should have. Of course, every child is different and may develop feeding skills at a slightly different pace than other children their age, especially when food allergies are involved. However, there is a general time line for when a child should be developing certain feeding skills....

...Neocate Nutra is a one-of-a-kind product. With the protein source being 100% non-allergenic amino acids, this allows for food allergic children to enjoy a pudding-like solid. Neocate Nutra provide a great source of nutrients in the diet. This product also helps severely allergic children practice oral motor skills by eating more solid foods. There are a growing number of food allergic children who have feeding difficulties.1 Oral motor skill difficulties arise often due to...