“…In addition to the physical effects contributing to FTT, the stress of caring for a sick, demanding infant may influence the emergence of negative parental factors noted earlier (Stewart, Weiland, Leider, Mangham, Holmes, & Ripley, 1954). The FTT child a priori may be unresponsive, irritable, or overactive (Bullard, Glaser, Heagarty, & Pivchik, 1967). These infants sometimes do not adapt or conform when picked up and remain physically rigid and withdrawn.…”