Article: Feeding aversion.

Q My daughter is now two and a half years old. She was born at 28 weeks gestation and spent almost two months in the hospital requiring ventilation, oxygen and total peripheral nutrition (TPN), meaning all required nutrients were given intravenously. Before she was able to nipple feed, she was given formula through nasogastric feedings (in which a plastic tube was passed through her nose and esophagus, and into her stomach). She has one of the more common neurological complications of prematurity, spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy resulting in spasticity or severe increased tone typically involving the lower extremities. She uses AFOs (ankle-foot orthotics or ...

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