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Advise for getting NG Tube fed baby to sippy cups/oral drinking

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VSDbaby · 07/01/2025 10:53

Hey all. I'm writing here because I feel at such a loss with our daughter. She is NG tube fed (Weight issues before surgery for VSD, weight great now) she's been on this since Sept 24 she used to be pure breastfed but now ofcourse special formula, and we just can not get her to drink from a sippy cup/doity cup, she did start putting them to her mouth but was nuzzling like teething, she has drank little bits from her tommie tippee free flow beaker only water but that's something I guess.. I just feel like she's never gunna be off this tube she's 9months in a couple weeks and doesn't feed from me except for before bed more like comfort feed than anything. She takes purees really well i give her cup after every puree feed, I'm worried that she's never going to be able to come off the tube and I feel like I can't take her anywhere too because we constantly just trying to give her milk in cups but gotta be warm.

Sorry it's alot 😭 just stuck and don't know how to help her.

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EstherGP95 · 11/09/2025 20:31

Sorry to hear this! We have a similar problem, baby was in NICU for 9 weeks and tube fed the whole time. Cleared for oral feeds a few weeks ago but no interest in the bottle and just times out after about 5 muns

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