The feeding tube - in slow motion

Here are the pictures from the replacement of Jack Henry's feeding tube. As mentioned in the previous post, his tube was switched from the mouth to the nose. This is being done to help clear the pathway in the mouth for breastfeeding.

For the grandmas in the audience, Jack Henry was fine during this whole little process. He squinted his eyes and furrowed his brow just like you would if someone were to placing something in your nose. He didn't cry and as you can see, he was totally cool at the end and back to sleep.


First off, the nurse measures the length of the tube that needs to be inserted so it properly reaches his stomach. (Note the numbers on the tube.) Otherwise, the tube eithers ends in his esophagus (too short) or in his intestines (too long). Also, the nurse will check at the end to make sure the tube went into the stomach rather than in the lungs.


The measurement process is to stretch the tube across his face from the mouth to the ear and then from the ear along his chest to the stomach.


Then, thread the tube through the nose on down to the belly!


See - happy baby at the end!