Failure to thrive (FTT) describes a delay in a child's growth or development. It is usually applied to infants and children up to two years of age who do not gain or maintain weight as they should. Shortly after birth most infants lose some weight. After that expected loss, babies should gain weight at a steady and predictable rate. When a baby does not gain weigh as expected, or continues to lose weight, it is not thriving. Failure to thrive is not a specific disease, but rather a group of symptoms which may come from many sources. Organic failure to thrive (OFTT) implies that the organs involved with digestion and absorption of food are malformed or incomplete so the baby cannot digest its food. Non-organic failure to thrive (NOFTT), the most common type, implies the baby is not receiving enough food due to economic...