Non Organic Failure To Thrive Syndrome

Non Organic Failure To Thrive Syndrome is a diagnosis of less than normal height and weight. Medical practitioners identify this based on how your child matches up with a normal growth graph or on decreases in your child’s development and growth progression. If not fixed this situation could impact the child’s overall movement through the [...]

by Milton Lopez
No parent wants to see their baby suffer from “colic,” a term for when a baby cries almost all of the time but the doctor doesn’t know why. Excessive crying is something a baby should outgrow, but it can be a sign of something more serious: milk protein allergy.
A milk protein allergy is [...]

Non Organic Failure To Thrive Syndrome (FTT or NOFTT) in children is a label or diagnosis which recognizes that a baby is not moving through developmental steps appropriately. So, there is little or no maturation emotionally, physically, socially, behaviorally, or intellectually. There are varying versions of this label or diagnosis.
Some babies with FTT are [...]

There are some diet approaches which have been written about frequently for babies with developmental issues such as Non Organic Failure To Thrive Syndrome. The Casein Free and Feingold Diets are among the most highly preferred for this field.
Modifying The Paradigm
I want to applaud the developers of these diets for breaking the paradigm about what [...]

Failure To Thrive is a hold-up in normal increases in height and weight which can lead to delays in the normal development and maturation.
Failure To Thrive is a diagnosis given to a baby who is consistently less than the normal weight for their age or who do not gain weight. There could be many causes. [...]

By Kirsten Hawkins
A guide to appropriate weight-gain and what to look for if you suspect failure-to-thrive:
Weight Gain:
Birth – 2 weeks of age
 Regain birth weight plus some
2 weeks – 3 months of age
 Two pounds per month or one ounce per day
4 – 6 months of age
 One pound per month or one-half ounce per [...]

Author: MIKE SELVON
When should you consider therapeutic interventions? This question haunts many people for the simple fact that intervention services aren’t generally covered by health insurance plans. Therefore, the question is not only a matter of, “Will this work?” But it is also a question of, “Can we afford this not to work?” Since counseling [...]

Author: Lisa Sousa
You may wonder what Celiac Disease is or if you, or perhaps a loved one, may have it. Celiac Disease is a condition that affects 20% of the people living in the United States and is characterized by an intolerance to gluten, or similar proteins in wheat, oats, barley and rye. It is [...]

Author: Stephanie Lehane
ATTACHMENT PARENTING: PARENTING IN A DETACHED SOCIETY

By Stephanie Lehane (January 2009)
There is a modern-day debate surrounding a centuries old practice that has been coined “attachment parenting”. To first understand the controversy, one must define the term attachment parenting. Attachment parenting is a way of child-rearing that serves as [...]