Failure to thrive

Diagnosis failure to thrive. How we have lived with the diagnosis of failure to thrive. At nearly three he was diagnosed at a few months old and has never been to escape it. Here is our journey of worry, stress and frustration. #diagnosis #mumlife #momlife #sickchildren #failuretothrive #illchildren #parenting

Here's how to handle your baby's needs when dealing with failure to thrive.

Some mothers are made to feel as though their infant's failure to thrive baby is their fault. I'm here to tell you it's not!

I was checking the date of my daughter’s next appointment in her online medical record account and there it was, “failure to thrive”. It was listed in black and white […]

You first find out that you’re pregnant and are super excited. I mean you’re jumping for joy, wanting to scream it from the rooftops and can’t help but tell everybody, excited. You and your spouse make all sorts of plans on how you’re going to raise your youngster. You make compromises on certain aspects of discipline and decide what type of child you will have. If it’s a boy he will probably be in sports, music and be handy with different tools. If you have a girl you want a princess who…

This chart explains the difference between failure to thrive and slow to gain.

This is a helpful website full of information about what children are considered to have failure to thrive and the different things that can cause it.

If your baby has failure to thrive please read the first part of this blog post at: What to do if your child drops on their growth curve or is diagnosed with Failure to Thrive Is it normal? First I…

At this point, whether it is yourself or someone you know with children, you have probably heard the term “failure to thrive.”⁠ ⁠ To me, as an NTP, what is really happening is a disconnect from the way we have been taught to feed ourselves and our families and what our bodies, and our children’s growing bodies, really need for nutrition.⁠ ⁠ Come on over to the blog to learn more about the 3 factors, and how to correct those things at home!⁠⁠

Non-Organic Failure to Thrive (NOFTT) is a condition in infants and young children characterized by inadequate growth and development, not caused by any underlying medical or organic issues. Instead, it results from a complex interplay of environmental, psychosocial, and nutritional factors that impede normal growth.