It seems that among HCP there is some confusion over when to apply the FTT v
slow growth and that FTT is frequently applied to the slow growing child.
I have a child who is small. He fell off the curve at about 18 months after
slowly dropping for the previous year. I had several doctors and many
lactation folks tell me that it was simply his natural shape. I am very
slender, my SIL is very petite, my only two maternal cousins are small.
This child was meeting his developmental milestones. He was a 'high needs'
child, but again I was assured that this was in the range of normal.
Frankly, I didn't believe it. I insisted on continued investigation, paying
for some testing out of pocket. We eventually found he was gluten
intolerant along with many other food sensitivities. He also had severe gut
dysbioses. He had a jump in growth which slowed, but is picking up again
with gut healing and nutrition work. We have been fortunate to have found a
DAN physician who is working with us. His 'high needs' behaviors have
virtually disappeared as long as we stay on top of sensitivities and
nutrition.
Since then I have discovered that I also harbor many of the same issues, as
do my other children though they manifest differently. My son had genetic
testing done and he has non-Celiac gluten intolerance, but carries a
different GI gene. My in-laws have also had evaluations done and react to
wheat as well as other foods (they have not been tested for GI). One of my
cousins has had a child who is now 20 months and 17 lbs - cute as a button,
but exhibiting many of the issues I saw in my son.
Obviously there are ethnic variation, genetically appropriate normal ranges,
etc However I think we do our families a disservice if we continue to say:
well this baby is getting breastmilk, having "sufficient output" and is
developing within normal limits, all must be well. If these problems hadn't
been discovered for my family we would have faced a whole host of risks for
increases in cancers, auto-immune disorders, mental health issues...
Grandma may be small, but does she also suffer from IBS? Dad was slow
growing, but was he also labeled ADD? Mom is petite, but does she also deal
w/ chronic low level anemia and mild depression? Alcoholism? Colorectal
cancers?
The research is out there. The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
http://www.orthomed.org/ is a great starting point for the nutritional
aspects. Various physicians have written on food sensitivities. This issue
does affect breastfeeding families.
Jessica Mattingly M.Ed, CCE, CBE, LLLL
Kansas City, MO
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