06/11/2026
Home blends for g-tube kiddo.
This is something we really wanted to try for Calum but with his volume issues, we're taking it very slow. Specifically, we've replaced one of his five meals with home blends every day. This allows his body to adjust, my workload to adjust and his feeding schedule to slowly be updated.
So far it's been highly successful. I feel like Calum's more interested in food. He smiles so big when I pull out a syringe of food...and I feel like the different nutrients are providing him with a cognitive boost and he's having an easier time following my directions and I also oddly feel like there's been a decrease in boredom and zoning out.... though I don't truly know if that's the food...it just seems concurrent.
Now don't get me wrong, I know and fully believe that Calum required formula to live. We could have never done this a few years ago....heck we probably wouldn't have been able to do this a year ago. We just had too much volume intolerance. But I do believe that my home made bone broth and many of the things I diligently add to his meals are beneficial for him too.
