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Originally Posted by i3ai3ydanny
At she does look proportionate. That is good. The thing I hated was Danny was always in the 70-90% for height but off the charts for weight. His ribs would stick out and his elbows were starting to look bigger than his arms...it was really pitiful for a while. Thankfully that is all behind us now!
I am curious though. Don't take me wrong with this because I obviously don't know her situation, I am just used to weekly weight checks so seeing 2 months and a gain to me is thrilling on her weights...
Why have they kept her labeled FTT? Is she taking in enough calories that she should have gained more or does she have those stressful flatlined periods with no development, etc? I only ask specifically because the general milestones she should have hit (trippling birth weight by age 1 etc) she met so I am just trying to get a more specific idea of what you are dealing with. Please, like I said I don't doubt that she has FTT and that you are stressed and know what your daughter needs, I am just trying to understand her specific issues more if you know what I mean... FTT is such a general diagnosis that you never really know what it entails from one person to another.  |
no offense taken at ALL!!
you know I have NO idea why they are still labeling her as FTT..... I think 'slow grower/gainer' would be more appropriate.
Developmentally she is way above her age, she says (very clearly) over 100 words and speaks in 3-4 word sentences. She was walking at 9 months (although didn't crawl until 8.5 mths) she is very active and doesn't stop. She does eat but would much rather be running around than sitting down eating.
Honestly I think she is just going to be petite. I was small as a child (as was DH) infact Summer is slightly taller (and heavier) than I was at similar ages. I had a huge growth spurt around 16-17 and now I am 5'8 (not exactly small).
When she was born she had (well still has) an inverted chin, basically her lower jaw is further back than the top. She wasn't able to nurse efficiently and wasn't gaining much weight barely a few ounces a week. I ended up pumping 24/7 and bottle feeding her. They still kept calling her a FTT even thought I KNEW how much she was taking it and drinking! I just ignore the 'FTT' label now and just call her my pocket rocket
No one has ever spoken calorie intake with me but her pedi said her diet sounded good.
The reason I asked about Calories is because the reason Danny was FTT is that he was taking in 18-1900 calories per day and still losing weight. (He only needed about 900 to stay the same weight.) The general rule for calories is 100 calories per kilogram of target weight. If she weights 10 kilograms she needs 1000 calories to stay her weight and 11-1300 calories is optimal for gaining weight. 
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