Comments on: The One Thing

By: gavin

gavin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:38:33 +0000

my son is nearly 1 not sitting up not crawling just starting grabbing things out of my hand rolling over getting strenth in his back girgling alot eats very well but still not on lumpy foods due to his low muscle tone ive never done this b4 is there any body with any advice

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:53:16 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Vicki. A friend was telling me a similar story about her son. He had the same issues as mine did – failure to thrive, low tone, therapy up the wazoo. He’s not a major star athlete, but he found his niche and became a blackbelt in Karate. That’s a lesson for me – IT Boy may not achieve some things, but if we find what he is good at and enjoys, that can make all the difference for him. You could say that for any kid, of course, but it’s just as important here.

By: Vicki H

Vicki H — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:39:38 +0000

Ellen, every child is different, and every parenting path is different. If it helps, my son was diagnosed with failure to thrive at 3 weeks of age. Throughout his first year, he had serious daily vomiting, and at 9 months of age looked like a giant head on a stick – such thin arms and legs, no fat whatsoever, but he took after his father’s side their big heads (really). Finally after one final desperate call to the pediatrician, one of the partners finally put it together enough to refer us for a GI workup. He was diagnosed with an immature stomach sphincter, and was given a course of Reglan (prescribed to adults for ge reflux). Within days he started to keep the food down and put the weight on. He’s always been skinny, and he still has a gag reflex that is easily triggered. But he just celebrated his 21st birthday at Thanksgiving, and at 6′ 1″ he towers over me. There were many dark days before the diagnosis when I wondered how he would ever get to kindergarten, but he is there. And your little guy is going to make it as well. Keep the faith!