force feeding (Tia & Gretchen) >After a couple attempts at force-feeding both of them, Kirk told me to >just let them drink the Ensure when they want too, since neither of them >seem to be in any health danger at the moment -- he said the force-feeding >would just make them hate me and doesn't think it's really necessary yet. The feeding I did with Timmy consisted of putting a syringe of the soup or Deliver 2.0 that Dr. Susan Brown prescribed when he was really ill & skinny (from any pharmacy, non Rx), up to his mouth & he would lick it from the tip (no needle of course!), of the 25 or 35 cc syringe. I never "forced" food or liquid into his mouth as I would fear it going down his windpipe even more than make him hate me. Instead I'd add some clover honey to his food or whatever & he'd easily take it that way. The deliver 2.0 did not need anything added, they like it as it is. Even now when he is getting the recipe in the evening, I have to give it to him in a seperate small cup as he doesn't eat it if the others are out. Often I have to dip my finger into it & let him lick off my finger a few times, then he will eat up usually a good 3 oz. I still feel him shake like from fear over half of the times. I don't mind holding him though, I talk to him while he's eating, and thank all the forces that have helped him stay alive from when he was out on a 6 lane freeway but not hit, and recovering from the lymphoma. He's my miracle child in more than one way. Hope this helps, Tke care, Gary [Posted in FML issue 1279]