What to do if your child drops in their growth curve or is diagnosed with Failure To Thrive
One of the main purposes of well child visits is to make sure that babies and young children are gaining weight, height and head circumference appropriately. Babies who do not gain enough are diagnosed with Failure to Thrive. The Failure to Thrive diagnosis may be made when a baby or child drops below the 2nd percentile more than once, or when their growth drops over more than 2 major percentile lines (90th, 75th, 50th, 25th, 10th, 5th). For example, a baby that goes from 75th percentile to 25th percentile, or a baby that goes from 25th percentile to under the...