getting child off tube feeding

[jen2772]

My child has had a g-tube for 6 years because of the ketogenic diet in which she is coming off now, she eats everything, no problem with swallowing, she drinks a whole can of pop at times but how do I get her to drink her whole fluid alotment of 1500ml a day? Or will she pick it up once I can offer her a variety of drinks?

[Renee Radenberg]

Yes, she will get her amount of fluids once she is on a normal diet and can have a variety of drinks. Suggest consuming the drinks recommended by her ketogenic team as she converts to a normal diet.

[jen2772]

Thank you, just right now she only likes the sugar free soda offered on her diet, water not so much, or milk because I think she is sick of the whipping cream she had to drink for years.