TGB1
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2013
- Messages
- 197
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 12/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- PA
- City
- Pittsburgh
Hi All,
How does everyone keep the top of the tube clean? Everyday I completely wet a paper towel and roll the end of it to a point and push it as far into the top as I can and swirl it around. The main opening that the nutrition goes down is pretty easy to keep clean. Then there is a much smaller offshoot that I guess can be used for smaller syringes (which I never use) that I have to make the paper towel point teeny tiny to get into it. There is also the cap on the main tube that is hollow and gets filled with formula, the formula dries in there and it stinks to high heaven. I also (very gently) use a toothpick to extract out the dried formula. I know about Coca-Cola to clean the main tube but it is just these pesky openings that are giving me a headache. Not a life-threatening issue - just thought some of the more experienced CALS had a better way to deal with this. Thanks! Trina
How does everyone keep the top of the tube clean? Everyday I completely wet a paper towel and roll the end of it to a point and push it as far into the top as I can and swirl it around. The main opening that the nutrition goes down is pretty easy to keep clean. Then there is a much smaller offshoot that I guess can be used for smaller syringes (which I never use) that I have to make the paper towel point teeny tiny to get into it. There is also the cap on the main tube that is hollow and gets filled with formula, the formula dries in there and it stinks to high heaven. I also (very gently) use a toothpick to extract out the dried formula. I know about Coca-Cola to clean the main tube but it is just these pesky openings that are giving me a headache. Not a life-threatening issue - just thought some of the more experienced CALS had a better way to deal with this. Thanks! Trina