My grandson is about to be diagnosed as FTT. He is 11 months and didn't gain at all the last month and has gained less than a pound the last 3. He had tests done and we know why. It's due to a genetic immune deficiency all three of my sons have.
My two older sons weighed 17 pounds when they turned one. His father was my middle son and he had diarrhea so bad it would run down his diaper and fill his tennis shoes. It would run out his diaper and go through the car seat plastic pad and I would have to take the whole thing apart and shower it all. That's due to lack of IgA that protects the digestive track.
Tests didn't exist until I was pregnant with my youngest. I kept getting infections and they tested me after my youngest was born and found out I have immune deficiencies. Then tests found all three boys had the same disease. My youngest was only 16 pounds at a year.
My grandson is 18 pounds and breastfed. He had been eating a variety of foods but is starting to refuse food. We want to get him gaining before any talk of hospitalization. My youngest son was hospitalized for FTT and is was horrible!!!
I know about adding butter and olive oil to food. There was some kind of powder I added to my son's food 20 years ago that didn't taste but added calories that weight lifters use. Does it still exist?
I used to be more health minded. Now I feel like we should give him anything he will eat that has a lot of calories and not worry too much since he is breastfed. I'm thinking about making him cookies! Anything he has had with milk has caused him problems so that rules out a lot of high fat things.
My two older sons weighed 17 pounds when they turned one. His father was my middle son and he had diarrhea so bad it would run down his diaper and fill his tennis shoes. It would run out his diaper and go through the car seat plastic pad and I would have to take the whole thing apart and shower it all. That's due to lack of IgA that protects the digestive track.
Tests didn't exist until I was pregnant with my youngest. I kept getting infections and they tested me after my youngest was born and found out I have immune deficiencies. Then tests found all three boys had the same disease. My youngest was only 16 pounds at a year.
My grandson is 18 pounds and breastfed. He had been eating a variety of foods but is starting to refuse food. We want to get him gaining before any talk of hospitalization. My youngest son was hospitalized for FTT and is was horrible!!!
I know about adding butter and olive oil to food. There was some kind of powder I added to my son's food 20 years ago that didn't taste but added calories that weight lifters use. Does it still exist?
I used to be more health minded. Now I feel like we should give him anything he will eat that has a lot of calories and not worry too much since he is breastfed. I'm thinking about making him cookies! Anything he has had with milk has caused him problems so that rules out a lot of high fat things.
