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Growth Expectations: When to Expect Weight Gain Post-Tube-Wean

Growth Expectations: When to Expect Weight Gain Post-Tube-Wean

Weight gain, or the lack thereof, is often the reason that children are put on feeding tubes. And though parents learn to accept a small bit of loss during the weaning process, often the question remains as to when they might see their child begin to gain again post-wean. So let’s see if we might understand what to expect by looking at how orally-eating children typically gain weight.

Weaning and Weighing

Weaning and Weighing

Starting a feeding tube wean can be scary for parents because the idea of cutting calories to establish hunger regulation often leads to some initial weight loss.  And setting your child up to lose weight is counterintuitive to everything we have been focused on since birth!