Failure to thrive

Learn about the causes and solutions for failure to thrive in children. Find out how to help your child thrive and reach their full potential with expert tips and advice.
This is a helpful website full of information about what children are considered to have failure to thrive and the different things that can cause it.

One of the main purposes of well child visits is to make sure that babies and young children are gaining weight, height and head circumference appropriately. Babies who do not gain enough are diagnosed with Failure to Thrive. The Failure to Thrive diagnosis may be made when a baby or child drops below the 2nd percentile more than once, or when their growth drops over more than 2 major percentile lines (90th, 75th, 50th, 25th, 10th, 5th). For example, a baby that goes from 75th percentile to…

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Lindsey Proulx