Stories

Lorenza & Eliza: Let’s talk about blended diets

Lorenza shares a personal reflection on her daughter, Eliza’s, blended diet journey.

Lorenza & Eliza: Celebrating the season the tube fed way

Lorenza shares her tips and tricks for how to include your tube fed child in the food orientated festive celebrations.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Talking Tube Feeding: 5 tips when communicating with us tubies!

Faye has Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and is drawing on her personal experiences to share tips on how to communicate with people that are tube fed.

Being a Tubie this holiday season

Faye has Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and is drawing on her personal experiences to share tips on how to navigate the festive period while tube fed.

Lorenza & Eliza: a reflection on my child’s tube feeding progress

Lorenza shares a personal insight into her journey with her daughter Eliza, including her worries and progress from birth to now.

Kerry & Mila: How we travel with a feeding tube

Kerry shares how she and her tube fed daughter, Mila, navigate travelling abroad and keep the experience as stress-free as possible.

Family Diaries: Meet Ganelle and Kellen

This is the first entry of Talking Tube Feeding's 'Family Diaries' series, which will regularly share family stories and tube feeding journeys.

Tube feeding experience talk

We speak to BritMums, a paediatric dietitian and four parents of tube fed children on blended diets, weight management, emotional support and more.

Together We Blend

Talking Tube Feeding speaks to two parents about their different experiences of following a blended diet.

Hanna & George: our tube feeding journey

Hanna describes her son George’s experience with tube feeding; from thinking it meant the end of oral feeding to learning it was actually the beginning.

Family Diaries: Meet Lisbeth and Olive

Read about Lisbeth and her daughter, Olive, who had a gastrostomy fitted at three-years-old. Together they are navigating seizures, high calorie feeds and thoughts about trying a blended diet.

Family Diaries: Meet Margaret and Iwan

Talking Tube Feeding speaks to Margaret and Iwan. Iwan has a prescription, multi-fibre feed through a non-balloon tube via a pump. Margaret is keen to explore real food so hopes to raise this at Iwan’s next dietetics appointment.

Family Diaries: Meet Serena and JamJam

Talking Tube Feeding speaks to Serena and JamJam. JamJam loves being with his family, listening to music and being outside with fresh air on his face. With the help of an app, Serena creates blended, ketogenic meals that are high in fat.

Andie & Ava’s Journey