Camping

Last night Craig and I decided we are going to tent camp with the boys this July. Feeding tube and everything.  yep. 

The biggest obstacle was how to make Maddox's formula while camping.  Before this new combination of the two formulas we could make it a bottle at a time if we needed/wanted to. We can't do that anymore. We have to make the entire batch at once in a blender. We also needed a way to safely clean his bottles. This is how we solved those problems:

We will get a site with electrical and bring a dorm fridge.  We will also need to bring our blender to make Maddox's formula.  I purchased a ton of those 10 ounce disposable sippy cups and we will mark the ml and ounces on them.  That elimnates the need to wash bottles. I will also have the formula all premeasured and mixed for the number of nights we will be there.  And with the electrical site we will be able to charge his feeding pump.  I am also going to ask his doctor if we can decrease the amount of formula Maddox needs while camping to make it a little easier on Maddox.  I'd like to decrease the time he needs the feeding pump by 3 hours.

The dorm fridge was not my idea. I was talking with a friend during Mason's Spanish class about camping and the challenges and she suggested we bring the fridge. That is what her parents do.  We will need to come up with a plan in case it rains.  I was so bummed yesterday, because when I was talking with my friend about camping I had realized it wasn't going to work (or so I thought).  I couldn't figure out how we were going to wash out the bottles and use the blender and make up his formula in a clean and sanitary way.  I was almost depressed for most of the day.  But last night I told Craig, we ARE going to tent camp and we WILL make this work (I have no idea where Maddox gets his strong will from).

So, that is the plan for now. Please pray this works. I know I am going to start praying \'] (those odd symbols are courtesy of Jack) now.  I just don't want this feeding tube to stop us from doing anything we normally would do (as long as Maddox is safe) .  We are also bringing Jack.  I am sure that by the end of the camping trip I will be crying or drunk or quite possibly both (that fridge will be full of formula and wine). BUT, we will have gone camping.