Shaunam
New member
Maybe they were thinking about BARD buttons? They don't have balloons so they require a lot more force to come out. The kind of buttons our kids have, have balloons - I don't think there's any way you could exert enough force to cause internal damage before the balloon would just burst.
Even bard buttons I don't think could cause damage like that. Did your child start with a peg and switch to a button? Because the way they take out the peg is not for the faint-hearted and it STILL doesn't cause any damage...she was just tender for a few days (and it didn't help I accidentally yanked out her button 3 days later either ).
Feeding tubes aren't invasive enough to cause damage from being pushed on, even forcefully (aside from any damage they might have from being hit or whatever, but that has nothing to do with the tube). It's just a tiny balloon or disc on the inside. There's nothing there that can hurt the child.