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
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. Some of the first red flags I had from my older son were his ... Read More
Failure to Thrive Main Info Page
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 Main Info Page
What Are Soft Signs? If your child exhibits any of the soft signs below with persistence, they may have some of the underlying medical dysfunctions commonly seen with the "new childhood epidemics." Click on the symptom to learn more. One ... Read More
Failure to Thrive Stories
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
Robby: Failure to Thrive
My son Robby was given the label "failure to thrive," when he was only a few months old. From when he was a tiny baby, he was never a good nurser -- he would spit up or even vomit after ... Read More