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Failure To Thrive – What Who When Which Why and How?

04/12/2016

...diagnose failure to thrive. Children may be diagnosed with failure to thrive if their weight drops below the 5th percentile. The diagnosis might also be made for children who drop below the 10th percentile. Rate of weight gain or loss is another important factor that many healthcare professionals watch. If your child’s weight drops down to a percentile lower than the one their weight was previously following, then they may diagnosed with failure to thrive,...

8 Common Signs and Symptoms of a Cow Milk Allergy

05/07/2018

...lead to low or no weight gain. In infants, frequent reflux or vomiting can be related to CMA. Almost 50% of infants with reflux may be diagnosed with CMA. In those cases, taking cow milk out of the diet should help relieve reflux. Read more information on reflux and vomiting in infancy. (In one extreme allergic condition –Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis (FPIES)– violent vomiting a few hours after feeding is the hallmark sign.) Digestive: Persistent...

Isabella’s Story

...Patient History Isabella spent the first 10 days of her life in the NICU after being born prematurely. When her parents Allison and Tyler finally brought her home, she became extremely colicky, gassy and calorie-deprived. Isabella was losing the strength to breastfeed, so her mom Allison began supplementing with formula. Despite her visits to the doctor three times a week, Isabella still struggled to gain weight and her mom began noticing blood in her...

Can My Milk-Allergic Infant Keep Breastfeeding? – Breastfeeding with food allergies

09/19/2017

...your pediatrician or registered dietitian for what is best for you. I am adding prepared Neocate to breast milk, but my baby is not gaining weight. Answer: Ask your healthcare team for their advice. Neocate.com For some infants, the calories in breast milk or formula may not be enough to support weight gain at a normal rate. When your baby can’t consume any more breast milk or formula in a day, the healthcare team may...

Signs and Symptoms for Using Amino Acid-Based Formulas for Cow Milk Allergy

08/31/2018

...not gain weight or grow at the rate expected. (Doctors may call this “failure to thrive” or “growth failure” or “faltering growth.”) Children whose severe food allergies aren’t under control may have poor growth. For these children, poor growth often overlaps with other conditions. When poor growth shows up with GI tract and/or skin symptoms, guidelines suggest choosing an AAF, like Neocate, over an eHF. That’s because skin symptoms can signal inflammation that can increase...

Neocate<sup>®</sup> Splash Helped Kennedy to Like Food Again – A Parent’s Perspective

Neocate^® Splash Helped Kennedy to Like Food Again – A Parent’s Perspective

...My daughter is Kennedy and she is 20 months old. She started off completely healthy, but by the time she was two weeks old, we noticed blood in her stool. Her pediatrician immediately switched her to an extensively hydrolyzed formula but she continued to have blood in her stools and did not gain weight. Once she was a month old, she transitioned to Neocate® Infant* (an amino acid-based formula) and started to feel better....

6 Benefits of Food Tracking Diaries for Food Allergies

05/24/2016

...next office visit. Knowing exactly what was consumed can help spark questions you might have for your healthcare professional Can help identify trends/cross-reactions Can work as a playbook for your healthcare team when you come in with concerns. For example, do you have concerns about the number of diapers you are changing vs. how many you think you should be changing? Is your baby gaining enough/not enough weight? Can help guide potential tests/recommendations You can...

Understanding Food Labels: Spotting Those Hidden Sugars

06/22/2010

...also be found in other nutritious foods. However, you should always be cautious of how much sugar your little one is consuming since a high sugar diet can lead to issues like tooth decay, high blood sugar levels and weight gain. As with other ingredients like gluten or dairy that sometimes can be hidden within the ingredient lists, sugar can also be difficult to find. So when you are looking at the ingredient list on...

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