My sweet baby boy had his 9 month check up this past week. The doctor told me that his weight gain was substandard. He was diagnosed with Failure to Thrive. A fancy term for....skinny. I have skinny babies. That's just the way it is! Evan doesnt' eat...hence, he is tiny. Drew on the other hand, does eat. But yet, he remains little. He is 15 lbs 14 oz., which they tell me is in the negative 5th percentile for weight for his age. How is there such a thing as a negative percentile anyway? That is the kind of question I linger on so I don't have to think about the fact at hand. Anyway, it's not a great thing for any mother to hear. I especially hate it because I have been hooked up to a breast pump for about 800 hours over the last 9 months and have spent countless hours making my own baby food. So obviously this must be my fault!!! Anyway, I look at his pudgy little face and think, failure to thrive? How is this possible? He looks like he is thriving to me? And that's what I am going to tell myself over the next few weeks while I sneak in extra bites of avocado into his little chipmunks cheeks and I wait for his weight check in one month!
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hello!
just read your entry about how you feel with the whole "failure to thrive" diagnosis and I feel exactly the same!
I breastfeed, I make wholesome baby food, and though my little one eats a lot (I think), the weight just doesn't go on. Mind you, he crawled at 5 months and walked at 11, so he is active..
Let me know how your further investigation / medical experiences go? I'm interested....
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