Failure to Thrive
Nutritional deficiencies, food sensitivities, picky eating and malabsorption can lead to failure to thrive in children. Failure to thrive is a common soft sign of children who later develop neurodevelopmental disorders.
Failure to Thrive Articles
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A seemingly normal baby who refuses to eat, doesn’t grow and has been tested for everything with no apparent results may have failure to thrive. There are many medical and psychosocial reasons for failure to thrive, but there are also ... Read More
Soft Signs and Symptoms
Common Chronic Symptoms in Children (and What They Mean!) It is perfectly healthy and normal for children to exhibit symptoms on occasion. This is not a concern. All children exhibit occasional temper tantrums, hoarding of toys, constipation, hyperactivity, and many ... Read More
Mighty Mitochondria – The Body’s Master Regulators
Tiny Mitochondria Are Mighty Our mighty mitochondria perform some of the most amazing aspects of health because of their ability to convert food into energy. Mitochondria are tiny, microscopic “organelles” (essentially ancient bacterium passed down from mother to child that ... Read More
Autism and Picky Eating
What Distinguishes Developmentally Appropriate Picky Eating from Pediatric Feeding Disorders? Every parent knows that mealtimes with young children can present challenges. Refusals to eat certain foods, complaints about textures, and demands for favorite meals are often chalked up to “picky ... Read More
Symptoms in Babies
In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong explains why symptoms in babies such as colic, acid reflux, chronic ear infections, low muscle tone and cradle cap are red flags for development. Soft Signs in Babies Do you have an infant ... Read More
Failure to Thrive: Red Flags All Over the Place
In this blog post, Maria Rickert Hong descibes the frustration she felt at having her son's multiple red flags repeatedly dismissed by pediatricans and other doctors. Red Flags Some of the first red flags I had from my older son ... Read More
Failure to Thrive Stories
Eli Overcame Asthma and Eczema and Significantly Improved His Food Allergies
I have helped my son heal his asthma and his eczema and significantly improve his food allergies as well as also heal his environmental allergies. There is hope. There's always hope for healing. Eli Had Very Severe Allergies We were ... Read More
Ella: Almost Autism
Something Was Wrong I knew something wasn't quite right shortly after giving birth to my daughter, Ella. Nursing was difficult. When she started ''waking up" after those early weeks there was no "peace" about her. She wriggled and writhed and arched, ... Read More
Nathan: Sensory Processing Disorder, Reflux and Asthma
My sons have healed from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), acid reflux, asthma and eczema. I used to wonder a long time ago if these issues were related to each other and to their developmental delays, anxiety, failure to thrive and ... Read More


