Elementary School: Toddler, Neocate

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Loss of Growth Percentages in a 2 Year Old

My son has been labeled failure to thrive after he turned 12 months old. He has been tested for several things (cystic fibrosis, celiac disease and some other things) and everything came back fine. We put him on Pediasure to help increase his weight and finally after 8 months he began to gain weight. At his 2 year appt. (in May) he was at 20% in weight (a HUGE improvement over less than 5%) and 10% in height. We still have been taking him in every 3 months for weight and height checks. He is now 2 and 5 months and had his height and...