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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the one to jump? You are clueless. I am a mother to two FTT kids, who ate literary nothing compared to OP's child at the same age and from birth for DD. Who were treated by professionals and in hospitals. DD since birth. And DS was below 1%, not 15, same story, dropped around 3. This is normal pattern for many kids, I was told by professionals. My kids got the help and grew, but they certainly survived on almost nothing. Nobody would bat an eye at 15%. Over 9 years?! [/quote]

Actually many professionals would bat an eye over a child whose weight percentile fell from 90th to 15th, even over the course of many years.  Especially in conjunction with a history of severe selective eating.

It is true that  they would be more likely to be roused to concern if the drop were from 75th%ile to 1st%ile.   Everyone can recognize that below the 3rd%ile is undernourished or cause for concern.

But a mom of FOUR kids, three of whom are healthy eaters and stayed on their weight curves, and one of whom is a severe picky eater and has been dropping and dropping and dropping, has a lot of credibility in being able to tell what seems cause for concern.[/quote]

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