Category_Recommendations My Favourite G-Tube Supplies for Babies Caring for a new G-tube site or learning to feed via G-tube at first can seem daunting, but having the right gear makes it a lot easier. Most of this...
Category_Physio What Going to an Appointment Looks Like with G-Tube Twins (+ Jaxon's Hearing) I’m writing the following as a peek into my real life and what it’s like to go to appointments every day with the boys’ G-tubes and reflux. Today I had...
Adaptive Clothes My Fave Adaptive Rompers for G-Tube Babies A few months ago, I was gifted two Ready Set Rompers to try out for my twins (both have G-tubes in case you’re new here!). Not only are they super...
Category_Medical Motherhood Axel's First Time Trying Food! In case you’re new here, both my twins have feeding tubes – G-tubes to be precise. This means they get 99% of their nutrition through tubes surgically implanted in their...
Category_Physio No, My Children's Feeding Tubes Aren't Convenient Recently someone said something to me about the boys’ feeding tubes that I haven’t been able to shake. The comment was, “It must be convenient to feed them when they’re...
Category_Medical Motherhood A Day in the Life (and A Medical Update) I wrote this two weeks ago and then forgot to post it… whooops! But, here’s a glimpse into a day in my life and a bit of info about the...
Brain Bleeds Feeding Update: Why They Won't Take a Bottle Anymore Every 2 weeks, we meet with a team of therapists and doctors to help the boys with their feeding issues (to one day get off the G-tube). The team has...
Category_Medical Motherhood Axel's G-Tube Surgery Axel had his G-tube placed on October 29th. It was quite different than Jaxon’s procedure because Jaxon got his while we were still in the NICU whereas Axel did it...
Category_Life Mini Batman Twin Photo Shoot I often post about heavy topics on here, like discovering what a brain bleed means for your child, feeding tube woes, cerebral palsy risk, etc. But we also have a...
Brain Bleeds What Tube Feeding Our Complicated Twins is Like I’ve been thinking about writing this for awhile. This is a peek into our lives and how we feed our twins which looks different than the average family. Jaxon has...
Category_Medical Motherhood The First Few Days at Home After the NICU Bringing your baby/babies home from the NICU is a huge day. It’s a cause for celebration! But let’s not kid ourselves that you walk out the doors and it’s happily...