Taping an AMT G-Jet and PEG GJ tube

Over the past 3 1/2 years we have had a lot of practice at the art of taping. Taping feeding tubes is something tubie parents so be able to put on a resume :)

I am in a few different feeding tube groups and have friends in the feeding tube world and I have gotten a lot of questions lately about how we tape the girls' feeding tubes. Jillian has an AMT G-Jet and Lydia has a PEG GJ tube. GJ tubes should not spin or move so to help prevent that we tape them. By taping Jillian's tube we have not had a tube pull out or had it coil in her stomach from turning. I can't promise this is fool proof but it is something that has helped us.

Here is how we tape Jillian's G-Jet:

We use tube pads from Kangaroo-tique and a piece of Tegaderm cut in half

First we put on the pad

Put one half over the top part of the G-Jet

The bottom part is next

Peal the paper off slowly. I push the tape down after I peal the Tegaderm off to make sure it sticks well

What it looks like taped

The we put a belt on to help hold the extensions in place and help take some of the weight of the extensions off of the tube itself (plus feeding tube belts are cute!)

Here is how we tape Lydia's PEG GJ tube:

We have used Tegaderm and multiple other tapes and find the tapes on a roll work best with the PEG. Lydia's GJ tube has a right angle piece on it (that we LOVE) but it is angled the opposite direction of the first loop on most tube belts so we worked with our belt maker to make a belt with a loop on the other side.

If you look back on this blog you will find posts about how to tape a PEG tube that does not have a right angle adapter.

I hope this post helps someone and saves them some trial and error :)