If your baby or child is tube fed and you’re feeling exhausted, stuck, or unsure where to start, you’re not alone. This partnership exists for one reason: to help more families access calm, no-pressure tube-weaning support without cost being the barrier.
What the subsidy is
Each month, The Tubie Foundation funds a limited pot to contribute toward The Nourished Baby Collective support fees. Subsidies are offered up to 50% of the relevant TNBC package fee, depending on the remaining monthly funding at the time your place is secured. In some cases, the subsidy offered may be less than 50% (for example, if limited funds remain within that month’s cap).
Funding is limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis once eligibility is confirmed and your place is secured.
How the process works
Apply: Complete the Your Baby’s Intake Form so I can understand your child’s feeding history, tube feeding, and what support you’re looking for.
Review: I’ll review your application and come back to you within 3 business days with next steps.
Confirm fit + pathway: If this pathway is a fit, I’ll confirm the TNBC support option that best suits your child right now (Groundwork, Tube Weaning, or the Bundle).
Confirm subsidy amount and secure your place: If funding is available within the monthly cap, I’ll confirm the subsidy amount on offer in writing. Your place is secured once your family’s share is paid.
Begin support: We book your consultation and take it from there, with clear guidance and calm structure — focusing on behaviour and trust first, with volumes following.
This pathway is for tube-fed babies and toddlers where tube weaning is medically appropriate. If needed, we may ask for confirmation that tube-weaning reductions are safe for your child before we begin.
Complete the subsidy application form so I can understand your child’s feeding history, current tube feeding, oral feeding picture, and what support you are looking for.
Who this is for
This pathway is for tube-fed babies and toddlers where tube weaning is medically appropriate. If needed, we may ask for confirmation that tube-weaning reductions are safe for your child before we begin.
What you can expect from TNBC
- No-pressure, baby-led feeding support (without guesswork) Clear guidance and boundaries you can implement at home.
- A plan that focuses on trust, cues and feeding behaviour — not just numbers.
- A calm, structured approach that supports parents to feel steady and confident in the process.
Fees (standard / before any subsidy contribution)
The Tubie Foundation – full story
Hello! We are CC and Conner Wood, parents who (perhaps like you) have been affected by a baby’s feeding aversion and resulting feeding tube. Shortly after our third baby was born in 2024, we started having concerns about her weight and began trying everything under the sun to fix it: occupational therapy, lip/tongue tie procedures, lactation consultants, triple feeds, multiple pediatricians, GI specialists, ENTs, chiropractor, craniosacral, medications, etc. Nothing helped, and our poor little one continued falling down (and eventually off) the growth chart, resulting in a “failure to thrive” diagnosis. Eventually, she was hospitalized and placed on a feeding tube. At first, we were relieved that she was gaining weight on the tube. But, as you likely know if you’re reading this, the tube brings with it a host of complications: pain, discomfort, vomiting, sleep disruption, chronic stress, and impaired quality of life for the whole family, including other children.
A few months later, still searching for answers as to why our baby wouldn’t eat and how to get her to do so, we stumbled upon a feeding-aversion specialist (Lindsay!), and that’s when things started to change. After our first meeting with Lindsay, we were nervous about undergoing the tube-weaning process (after all, it is called a “hunger-provoking wean,” and the last thing a failure-to-thrive/tube-feeding parent wants is for his or her already-tiny baby to go hungry!), but we felt like we had exhausted all other options. Within days of starting the program, we noticed a change in our baby’s feeding behavior, and, 2 weeks later, the feeding tube was out and she was sustaining herself orally. We were in disbelief at how we could go from hopeless to hopeful in a matter of weeks. Our girl is now 2 years old and shows no evidence of ever having struggled with eating. We will forever be grateful to Lindsay and the service she provides, and we shudder to think where we’d be if we hadn’t found her.
That is why we wanted to start a partnership with Lindsay and help further her cause. We founded The Tubie Foundation (TTF) to provide financial support to families with a baby or child who has feeding challenges—because no child (or family) should be denied the chance to live an aversion-free, tube-free life due to cost. We are excited to be part of the mission to help babies overcome their feedings aversions, get off (or avoid) feeding tubes, and and begin to feed normally again. There is hope!
A note on funding
Funding is limited month to month. If the monthly cap has already been reserved when you apply, I’ll still come back to you with clear next steps and options.
Privacy and information-sharing
Your information is treated confidentially. Where needed for funding administration, TNBC may share a summary of your application with The Tubie Foundation. TNBC will only share identifying details (such as your name and contact information) with The Tubie Foundation with your explicit consent.