Watch Shield HealthCare’s Registered Dietitian’s video about how to bolus/syringe feed through your child’s feeding tube.

Watch Shield HealthCare’s Registered Dietitian’s video about how to prevent and clear a clog in your child’s feeding tube. Click here to read the article about How to Unclog Your Feeding Tube For more information, see related articles and feeding tube resources here: Skin Care and Your Feeding Tube Tips for Adjusting to Tube Feeding Your… Continue reading Tube Feeding Your Child: How to Unclog Your Feeding Tube Video

Bolus feeding is a type of feeding method using a syringe to deliver formula through your feeding tube. It may also be called syringe or gravity feeding.

In case of enteral feeding pump failure due to temporary power outage, you should have a backup plan with an emergency gravity feeding kit.

Tube feeding your child at home may take some getting used to but you will get the hang of it with support from family, friends and your healthcare team.

Ever wonder what’s in your tube feeding formula? Here’s a guide to the basic ingredients found in almost all commercially prepared enteral formulas. Carbohydrates Carbohydrate is your body’s preferred source of energy. Sources in most enteral formulas include: Corn syrup solids function as sweeteners and/or thickeners. Corn maltodextrin enhances texture and flavor.  It comes from cornstarch… Continue reading Tube Feeding Formula Ingredients

Enteral Nutrition refers to the process of a liquid formula administered through a feeding tube directly into the digestive tract.