Tubie Meal Time

If you are new to blending your own meals for tube feedings then this book will save you soooo much time in trial and error. It's a must-have! Because it shows simple cost-effective ways of making meals that you likely never thought of. Plus some very helpful tips from actual caregivers! Have fun with this and don't over-think things. Good luck on your blended meal recipe journey! This book was updated with new tips and recipes as of 1/2020.

Tubie Meal Time is about blended recipe meal ideas for those with feeding tubes or need a liquid diet. This book is great for newbies just starting out with making their own feeding tube formula. Even cancer patients with feeding tubes can benefit from this cookbook.

RECIPES: This book will share at least 25 + easy to read blended smoothie-like ideas created by moms and caregivers who have been successful in making their own homemade blended meals.

CALORIES: 1 chart that lists high-calorie foods you can add to your tubie meals for extra calories.

TIPS: This book also shares a ton of tips that we are sure you will appreciate. One really good tip that we recently added is from a mom sharing her strategy to get her 100% tube fed daughter to start eating by mouth.

BONUS: As an added bonus we show you how to:

-Make a natural medicine recipe to help with colds and flu
-Make something natural to help with upset stomach and constipation
-Make a recipe to relieve menstrual cycle symptoms
-Something for hair loss - regrowth
-Something for heart health
-How to handle blended meals in the hospital
-How to make blended meals on a budget
- How to make green blended meals
-Which supplements you should be taking

The book also list these types of recipes:
Meat
Seafood
BBQ
Breakfast
Soup
Dessert
Iron Rich
Immune System Booster

Tubie Meal Time Holiday Edition is about blended recipe meal ideas for those with feeding tubes or need a liquid diet. Tubie Meal Time is great for newbies just starting out with making their own feeding tube formula. Even cancer patients with feeding tubes could benefit from this cookbook. Tubie Meal Time will save you a lot of time because it's sharing feeding tube meal ideas you probably never thought about trying! This book will share at least 19 easy to read holiday blended pureed-smoothie-like ideas created by moms and caregivers who have been successful in making their own homemade blended meals. There are also: -5 weekly meal pages so you can write our your meal plans for each day -5 recipe pages so you can create your own meals -1 medication sheet so you can keep a list of medications -1 chart that list high calorie foods you can add to your tubie meals for extra calories If you are going on vacation or anywhere for a short period of time, this is a great book to leave with a caregiver or someone who will be caring for your loved one and taking care of their feeding needs. This book also shares ton of tips that we are sure you will appreciate if you are new to tube feeding. No pictures of the recipes are available in this book, however, we are sure you will find this little book of blended meal tricks very useful with helping you get started with your homemade blenderize meal journey! The holiday recipes in this book is for: Christmas Eve, New Year, Thanksgiving, Valentine, Birthday, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, President's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. We think this book would be perfect for newbies who are looking for: - g tube feeding formulas, g tube feeding food, g tube feeding recipes, blenderized diet for g tube recipes, feeding tube food recipes for adults, feeding tube food recipes, tube feeding homemade recipes and recipes for feeding tube patients.

Complete Tubefeeding is the definitive guide for anyone living with or preparing to receive a feeding tube, and those who care for them. The author, happy owner of a feeding tube himself, combines the best and latest medical research with insights from his and others' real-world tube feeding experiences. This helpful handbook provides comprehensive and compassionate coverage of all aspects of tube feeding and nutrition via tube, including: The different types of enteral feeding tubes, their placement, use and care, with loads of useful tips and tricks to make living with a feeding tube easy as can be. Tube nutrition, with sections on commercially available formulas as well as a detailed approach to a blended diet (sometimes known as a blenderized diet) - how to use real food for tube feeding while ensuring complete nutrition and stress-free management of blending. Commonly faced problems with tubefeeding, discussed at length and with solutions presented, ranging from possible medical complications to psychological and emotional issues and the impact on family life. The introduction of a feeding tube within the family can be a time of fear and isolation, and even for many a sense of helplessness. Complete Tubefeeding empowers readers with a treasure trove of targeted, practical information, presented in down-to-earth language for the tubie, parent, carer and professional alike. Those just starting out on the tube feeding journey will reap the collected wisdom of hundreds who live and thrive with feeding tubes in addition to best practices gleaned from medical science. Those seeking nutrition information and considering a switch to a blended diet will find simple but thorough explanations and handy instructions for homemade blends. Health professionals will benefit from in-depth analysis, particularly on increasingly popular blended diets. Also included are over 35 sample blend recipes (with nutritional information provided) to adapt and quickly put to use, all created with good health, ease, and enjoyment in mind. Alongside the invaluable knowledge of hundreds of tubie parents, carers, and tubies themselves, the author presents his own personal experiences and hands-on research. Eric Aadhaar O'Gorman brings his unique and readable style, the voice of a friendly, no-nonsense expert, to an all-encompassing work on this woefully under-resourced topic. Complete Tubefeeding sheds light, inspires confidence, and proves that for tube-fed people of all ages, a healthful, easy, and indeed normal life is entirely within reach. "This is a book that should be in the library of everyone who touches the lives of individuals who use tube feedings to support their physical nutritional needs." - Suzanne Evans Morris and Marsha Dunn-Klein, authors of the Homemade Blended Formula Handbook. "This book will be a boon for 'newby-tubies, ' seasoned tubies, impending tubies and those who care for them in any capacity. Bon appetit!" - Dr Stephanie Spencer MB BS

This collection of 35 reproducible chapters and 16 food reference charts was written by Marsha and Suzanne, along with parents of children fed by tube, a physician and dietitians, Ellen Duperret, RD and Jude Trautlein, RD. It is for parents and professionals who together are making the choice to try homemade blended formula for tube feeding. Topics include: Parent, physician and dietitian perspectives-Why homemade blended formulas and where to start? Specifics on how to create homemade blended formula-Food guidelines, help with hydration and constipation-Making tube feedings into mealtimes-Equipment choices -Mealtime communication, socialization environments, stress... and much more...

Get ready to make blending fun! Tastefully Blended contains 100 low-prep recipes for meals, snacks, and treats suitable for both oral and tube feeding. Nutritional information is included for each and every recipe.This recipe book includes many recipes that are dairy free, soy free, gluten free, vegetarian, and/or vegan.Every nutritious recipe has been taste-tested by my son, Bradley, and is officially Bradley-approved!

Initially developed by co-author Cheri Fraker in the course of treating an eleven-year-old who ate nothing but peanut butter, bread, and milk,Food Chainingis a breakthrough approach for dealing with picky eating and feeding problems at any age.Food Chainingemphasizes the relationship between foods in regard to taste, temperature, and texture. InFood Chaining, the internationally known feeding team behind this unique method shows how to help your child enjoy new and nutritious foods, no matter what the nature of his picky eating. The guide also includes information on common food allergies, improving eating skills, advice specific to special needs kids, and a pre-chaining program to help prevent food aversions before they develop.Food Chainingwill help you raise a lifelong healthy eater.

This picture book is dedicated to young children who are tube fed. Explore the journey of a young girl who tells her story of being tube fed through bright, colourful illustrations and text. Perfect for teachers, parents and children alike, this book will bring awareness of the condition and teach children how to be supportive and be kind. This book includes feeds of the NJ, NG, Peg and Mic-Key button. Our collection of books show how each child can celebrate their abilities within their disability, find acceptance and create awareness to those around them. The character in the book is dedicated to Chanel Murrish.This book is aimed for children aged 3-8 years.

My Belly has Two Buttons is about a little boy named Nico, and he tells you what makes him special...his 2nd button! Or Feeding Tube and all the things it does for him.My writing background has been blogging. I used this to help understand the hard parts of life, like my youngest children struggling to eat and drink normally. Also as a way for my friends and family to stay updated on the happenings in our world.You should read this book because its a simplified answer to any question we have been asked when we take our son out in public and a non-feeding tube person finds out he has one. And anytime you meet someone who is has a disability or special life I think its makes the world better to try and understand so that if you meet anyone like them again, you now become part of their support system, it connects you to them in a way nothing else can. The people who will like this book are new tubies, children, and non-feeding tube people who are just curious about feeding tubes and want a simple answer.