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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe anyone suggested a feeding tube for your child. This was me and my brother growing up. Genetics I suppose. I was under 100 pounds until I was probably 18. I ate normally just not a lot. Doctors always annoyed the shit out of me and my mom for my being underweight.

Well I’m perfectly healthy, no health problems, and very thankful my parents trusted our genes and not these doctors suggestions by bringing me from specialist to specialist.

Now I have a two year old DS and his ped is up my butt about his weight gain too but he’s just got the same genes, and I married a tall skinny guy as well so there’s that. [/quote]

I match your description, PP.  I think the OP is talking about a child even thinner than that.

OP, I'm sorry you are going through this and hope you can find a way to get more calories into your daughter.  I may be a minority here, but if she is failing to thrive and eating without her mouth involved can take the pressure off, it might be the way to get the pounds on her.  I can tell you from my own experience, that when my weight would drop below healthy (never to your daughter's point) it was always getting those first few pounds back on that was the hardest.[/quote]

THIS! I was very thin as a child but that is not what is going on with op's child.

That she isn't growing is extremely EXTREMELY concerning. [/quote]

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