Beyond Traditional Medicine: Understanding Failure to Thrive

Is your baby failing to gain weight appropriately? Have you already exhausted every medical test and specialist, and are still searching for answers? 😣

Does your mom or dad gut tell you that there’s got to be something deeper than just poor nutrient absorption and altered gut function? Upwards of 80% of Failure To Thrive cases have no identified medical cause. But that can also be interpreted as good news, because it reveals that for so many infants the real root cause is locked into the central and autonomic nervous system, 🧠 places that traditional medical testing doesn’t look at.

Again and again, we find one common thread in our failure to thrive little ones struggling to gain weight and get on track developmentally – an overstressed, stuck-on sympathetic fight or flight nervous system. ❌

To learn more about how this way-too-common, way-too-confusing condition can be supported naturally, be sure to watch this informative video from Dr. Drake all the way through!