fussiness

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Though many kids aren’t without their picky eating habits, the child’s fussiness stems from a rare eating disorder, leaving her underweight and requiring a feeding tube that Linda must monitor daily.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

The study's lead author, Dr Zeynep Nas, said she hoped these findings would "help to alleviate parental blame", acknowledging that fussiness, while common, could be "a major source of anxiety for parents and caregivers".

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

Researchers found that 60% of infants whose parents had to switch formulas had experienced issues such as fussiness, gas, spit-up, constipation and diarrhea.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

Davis’ fussiness evokes watchmakers or jewelers, but those analogies miss her humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Sometimes they didn’t immediately recognize the reason for their bursts of fussiness.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart