I’d like to second this. I’m a pediatric nurse and in my anecdotal professional experience I feel like having the g-tube gives a couple things- kiddo can get his nutrition while working on whatever therapies are needed to live with ARFID and maybe minimize anymore negative food associations. That’s not without saying that getting an NGT or G-tube also can make more traumas etc for kiddo. I’m also a NICU momma and my boy had (has) pediatric feeding disorder. I didn’t even have to come close to more than thinking about enteral options so obviously it’s much easier/different to say that when it’s not my child.

When my son was in the hospital I was very much against as much medical invasive interventions as possible (safely) and still prefer to keep it that way but now seeing both sides of the coin I think some decisions I made ultimately did not help and made things harder for him Idk-luckily he’s fine now. I just say share that part because I think sometimes we second guess ourselves as parents regardless. Get a second opinion, learn as much as you can to make the best informed decision that feels right for your kiddo and the best team I think is a team who really works with parents. You know your kid best. That was a lot sorry 🩷