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In severe cases, neglect or abuse may lead to FTT if food is kept from a baby on purpose.

Or they may not provide the right kinds or amounts of food. A significant delay in physical growth of an infant or young child, caused by an organic, psychological, or environmental disturbance. In some cases, a family may not have enough support or understanding of what a baby needs. This may be the case with congenital heart disease or a genetic syndrome. This can occur if a child has a problem such as:Ī baby or child with an ongoing (chronic) health condition may also need more calories and nutrients than normal.

Has developmental delays that cause feeding problemsĪ baby or child may take in enough food, but not be able to absorb enough nutrients and calories.

Vomits food repeatedly, such as from severe gastroesophageal reflux.

Is not given solid food at an appropriate age.

Is not given enough breastmilk, formula, or food.

In some cases, more than one thing may cause it.Ī baby or child may not be taking in enough nutrients and calories. With thanks to Two Writing Teachers for the weekly Slice of Life invitation to write and to this writing community for unfailing encouragement.Failure to thrive has many possible causes. Point being that of the baby, the child, the adult, the aged and infirm, which stands most able to impact the thriving of the human ecosystem… for better, for worse… with the power to discern, decide, desire, and do for one and all? Based on… love? Conscience? Overcoming fear? When my oldest son was in his early teens, he sighed: “I do not want to grow up.” (Of course he did he’s now a husband, a father, and his daughter is the joy of his days). In terms of the human, the matter of thriving-growing, growing up, growing old-involves willing interdependence.

The businesslike science of staying alive. Stuck in nutrient-poor soil, it compensates by eating meat, the unwary flies which land in its toothy leaf-blades. A point of pain ripples outward, troubling the waters, sometimes over a great expanse… being alive, successfully, involves an array of coping mechanisms, the ability to adapt. Relationships fail to thrive, do they not. In how many ways do we fail to thrive? In the course of being alive, what are the “nutrients” each individual needs to live well? Thriving in this sense goes beyond the physical to the psychological, mental, emotional, spiritual… can there be holistic balance if one part is suffering, starving? Because I’m an educator, this line of thinking brings me to “the whole child”: What is impeding growth? What “learning diet” does this individual child need? In the academic realm, nourishment for flourishment can vary widely… but at the core of being human, one non-negotiable need is each other. Both age-related and sociodemographic factors predispose the elderly to FTT. Which for me begs the question of all that’s in between. 'Failure to thrive' (FTT) is a term used to describe a gradual decline in physical and/or cognitive function of an elderly patient, usually accompanied by weight loss and social withdrawal, that occurs without immediate explanation. Its potential can frame the beginning of one’s life, and, even if that life should be long, the end. Most often it’s applied to babies who don’t gain weight, who don’t grow as they should, due to a host of contributing factors.īoth ends of the spectrum, then, isn’t it, failure to thrive. Oh, I understand it’s medical terminology for geriatric deterioration, encompassing decreased appetite leading to poor nutrition, muscle weakness, dementia the human body can only take us so far.īut failure to thrive doesn’t happen only to the elderly. It doesn’t seem like failure to thrive to me. A voracious reader with a passion and ear for music, a grandmother generous with her love, time, and grace, a woman of great faith in God … her decline was slow and in the last days, she called out to deceased siblings and sang the hymns of her childhood. As on my mother-in-law’s certificate.īut I wonder: How can living to ninety-one be considered ‘failure to thrive’?Ī coal-miner’s daughter who survived the Great Depression, widowed twice with young children each time, who maintained a beautiful home and a bountiful table frequently laden and ready for the arrival of her family. I think about these words often, failure to thrive.