Even though we technically shed the label a while back..."FTT or Failure to Thrive..." I think not!!
At 5 years and 6 months:
your child is 44 pounds, and that is at the 55th percentile for weight.
your child is 45 inches, and that is at the 65th percentile for height.
Jack was not even on the chart for the first 3 years of life...then even in his 4th year he was always below the 3rd percentile.
We tried everything from duocal, pediasure, to resource 1.5 and even benecalorie...met countless times with the feeding/growth clinic, meticulously counted every calorie only to continue to hear how he was so small.
This isn't the first I've heard of this happening in this 5th year for micropreemies. I just wanted to tell you it can happen, we're proof!! And it happened when we finally gave up on the calorie boosters and let him eat anything and everything he wanted. He's even more active and probably burns the same amount, if not more calories than he did when he was FTT.
So have hope, hang on, and know your child will grow!
PS -- Jack is napping and so far no more seizures -- will update soon!
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