Random gavage question

ijack

Were your kids gavaged through the nose or mouth?

Our hospital did it through the mouth (re-ran every feeding) because they claimed it helped with reflux issues and now that I think back, none of the kids that were with use in the NICU had reflux and I know that's pretty odd for preemies.

So mouth or nose and did/does your child have reflux?

njkaren

They did both and he does have reflux.

LisaandBryan

Nose and we think we have some reflux issues goin on.

NotJustAnAuntie

njkaren:

They did both and he does have reflux.

That.

They did through the mouth until he was nippling some feeds, then they switched him to nose.

SCOOTER

They both had NG tubes after a few days.  They had mild reflux that caused A&B's.  They were prescribed Prilosec but we discontinued at about 2 months old when they outgrew the dose.

hollyoid7

both in the nose and no reflux

TriciaJoy

nose and yes, reflux, but Robbie also was born with a hiatal hernia so he'd have had reflux no matter what.

april062604

both babies had both nose and mouth and only cassidy had reflux.

Mrs. Destructo

My guys had ng tubes for about the first 2 weeks (30 weekers). They started having massive vomiting fits so one of the neos changed their tubes to og tubes that were put in/removed for every feeding, hoping that no having an easy path out would help with the reflux.

Drake had some reflux after coming home, but he was never medicated for it. Leo had the og tube in and out for about 3 weeks longer than his brother, and he had HORRIBLE reflux his first year, and some mild oral aversions.

lstaylor73

Always down the nose and well, you know our story.... Maybe there were right?

MrsJRT

He had both.  Through the mouth until he was bottle feeding, then through the nose until he was full feeds on bottles.  He does have reflux, but no pain, no medication-  just spit up.

meldoo2002

Ours are gavaged through the mouth... but they are only 3 weeks old so I don't know about reflux yet.  They've each only spit up once so far.

2BWEDN2007

Both and no reflux. The majority of the time it was nose, but they did do both.

jehprb

32wkr, nose only, needed it for over 3 weeks, no reflux :-)

sunriz

initially mouth, but then nose.  Yes, she does have reflux problems.

purplepuggles

njkaren:

They did both and he does have reflux.

ditto

Aidge

Nose, and Sam has reflux. Interesting.

jenerally

at first, it was a mouth and nose thing ... then it went to just the nose. No reflux.