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[quote=Anonymous]My oldest (10 now and 50th percentike) was 19lbs at 12 months and 20lbs at 24 months. She was born at term but did have feeding issues. Had a really hard time chewing. Super picky and uninterested. All she wanted was milk. We ended up doing very little (but worry) and she gradually went from 5th percentile (or under. Can’t remember) to 50th.

Since then I’ve watched so many toddlers barely grown between 12mo-2yo and end up fine.

We kept going back to the whole failure to thrive diagnosis and what that meant. She was in no way not thriving! She just didn’t eat much, and in the end I think that was ok for her.

Is your dd really not thriving?

How does her being so premature play into this? She’s small, but wow, she was born 16 weeks early! Do you think you might be getting too much intervention in this department because she was so premature? How much weight has she actually lost?

I see a lot of cons for both.

Side note: I obviously don’t know your dd’s whole medical history, but I’m impressed how well she seems to be doing. My df had a baby at 24 weeks 1 day, and she still has a trach (no vent) and has a g tube and colostomy but improving steadily. [/quote]

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