If your baby has been sent home with a nasogastric tube — or your doctor has mentioned one as a possibility — it's completely normal to feel overwhelmed. A tube coming out of your child's nose is not what any parent imagined for mealtime. But here's what I want you to hear first: an NG tube is not a failure. It is a bridge. And for many babies, it is the very thing that keeps them safe, growing, and thriving while their body learns to do what feeding requires. This post is for the parents...

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