If a baby is about 2 lbs under weight is that really considered failure to thrive?
She was born premature, but started to get on the 50% range for her weight, she’s 22 months old now and is on infant formula still (we’re still trying to find a toddler formula that she’ll tolerate), and has cut 8 teeth in the past 4 months and started losing about a 1/4 pound each month. She has a g-tube and is starting to eat a little bit more solid food, she doesn’t want for anything. She’s very active now. Every child in my family including me lost a pound or two when we were her age and then started to slowly gain weight again at about 2 years old. No one will take what I have to say into consideration. I don’t want my daughter to be unheathly but I do want her to be what she’s meant to be naturally. She weighs 20 1/2 lbs, the people who watch her growth and development are telling me that she is failure to thrive and they want to put her in the hospital. She acts like a normal baby, although she is a little slow, she is learning new things daily. I don’t agree with their opinion.
