{"id":933,"date":"2022-01-19T22:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.pediatricsdirectory.com\/?p=933"},"modified":"2023-07-24T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T04:19:57","slug":"does-my-child-need-a-feeding-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/933\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/one_line_mothers_day_baby-17-01-scaled-e1642659562738.jpg\" alt=\"father + baby with bottle\" class=\"wp-image-934\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does my child need a feeding tube?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>[EXERPT]<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of families enter into tube feeding without having a choice, when there is an obvious issue that prevents feeding \u2013 aspiration of all thicknesses, structural issues, or genetic, neurological, pulmonary, or&nbsp;cardiac conditions \u2013 to name a few broad categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, many find themselves faced with a true decision. They have a child who is eating and drinking orally, but not enough to gain weight. Often that child receives the Failure to Thrive (FTT) label. There isn\u2019t a standard definition of what constitutes FTT. However, it is commonly defined&nbsp;by a failure&nbsp;to gain enough weight to support expected growth. Doctors may talk about \u201cfalling off the curve,\u201d referring to the percentiles on growth charts and where they expect a child to be . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTINUED @:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingtubeawareness.org\/does-my-child-need-a-feeding-tube\/\">Feeding Tube Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/difficult-decisions\/\" rel=\"tag\">difficult decisions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/failure-to-thrive\/\" rel=\"tag\">failure to thrive<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/feeding-tube\/\" rel=\"tag\">feeding tube<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/gastrostomy\/\" rel=\"tag\">gastrostomy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/growth-failure\/\" rel=\"tag\">growth failure<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does my child need a feeding tube? [EXERPT] A number of families enter into tube feeding without having a choice, when there is an obvious issue that prevents feeding \u2013 aspiration of all thicknesses, structural issues, or genetic, neurological, pulmonary, or&nbsp;cardiac conditions \u2013 to name a few broad categories. But, many find themselves faced with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[368],"tags":[895,1012,1025,1085,1134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5359,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions\/5359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}