No More Night-Time Pump Feedings

3 months ago we took Jaden for a Follow-Up with his Feeding Team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Our main focus was to get Jaden off of Infant Formula and switched to a more Healthier Diet for his age.

They suggested that we start him on a Pureed Diet, which consisted of Vegetables, Fruit, Meats, and Olive Oil. We did a trial run for a month and started him off very slowly. Jaden's tummy just couldn't take it. His body has never had to break down real foods. So after the trial run failed they talked with us about another Food Supplement called Complete Pediatric, which consists of all the same ingredients we were using in the Pureed Diet all except it's already broken down and comes in liquid form. We thought perfect. Jaden's Pediatrician for the last year or so wanted us to switch Jaden to Pedisure for his whole Nutrition and we were totaly against it considering all the main content is sugar based calories. We knew that there had to be something out there better and healthier for Jaden that we could supplement through his G-Tube. So we started a trial run of the Complete Pediatric for a month and Jaden done super with it.
In the meantime we had our closest Church Family and Friends PRAYING that Jaden's tummy would tolerate the new food. When we went back and shared with them how well Jaden was tolerating the new food they told us that if we could get Jaden to 28 ounces of the Complete in 5 different feed times through out the day we could STOP ALL NIGHT-TIME FEEDINGS BY THE PUMP.

Jaden has been pump fed each night of his entire little life. Since we brought him home from the NIC-U we have had to prime feed bags and hook it up to him every single night, UNTIL one month ago. WE HAVE BEEN PUMP FREE FOR 1 MONTH. When Cincinnati shared with us goals for Jaden, their NUMBER 1 GOAL was to get him off the pump, that's been our goal for him for a long time too but we knew that he was so volume sensitive and coupldn't take on more volume BUT this new food has allowed us to get off the pump because it is thicker in consistency and has more calories that makes up all the difference from his other food we were giving him. We began to pray for 28 ounces that very day, that Jaden would tolerate it, and he has.

We praise the Lord for Jaden's Feeding Team. We praise Him for allowing us to find the right food for Jaden and that we got to stop the Night-Time Feedings. We praise Him for 28 ounces, that Jaden's stomach tolerates it. It has made the world of difference in his sleep patterns. Just to be able to lay him in his bed at night and for him to be able to just SLEEP without his tummy getting pumped all night, a little bit more of normalcy, if you will.

was a GREAT day to box up this old pump and ship it back to

our Supply Company. TEARS of JOY fills my eyes as I type this.

A huge milestone for Jaden and we praise the Lord for it.