Hi, after what seemed an eternity we finally managed to wean our son Alex off his NG tube which he had inserted when he was 11 weeks old. He was only supposed to have it for a couple of weeks until his surgery to correct his breathing, but that was not to be - he became dependent on it and it was only last month, 16 months later, that we finally said good bye to it once and for all. We sought help from an Austrian hospital in Graz which has a world-class specialist unit for weaning children off feeding tubes. They have an incredibly high success rate (of 96%) - their website is www.notube.at. The website is an amazing source of information and useful links for parents who, like us, are pulling their hair out over their child becoming tube-dependent for much longer than was ever thought necessary. Although our NHS helped us as much as they could, after a while we realised none of the experts simply knew how to tackle the tube dependency. We were left totally bewildered and angry that nobody had meaningful answers or plans for us to implement. We have since learned that our NHS simply does not recognise tube dependency as an issue and there are no specialist clinics here to tackle this problem. If this post helps at least one child, I would be over the moon! If anyone would like more support or information I would be more than happy to help.