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toddler development, growth, child 0, 5 years, weight gain, child 0, 5 years, slow rate of growth, retarded growth, delayed growth involves poor, abnormally slow gain in weight, height, child younger than 5 years old, delayed, slower-than-expected growth, many conditions, most of, corrected problem is recognized, remedy is timely, failure to thrive accompanied by withdrawn personality, slow mental, physical, emotional development, genetic diseases, chronic illness, less common causes, failure to thrive, social, educational causes, failure to thrive, more common, infants, prevented, modified, parental education, expectant parents should arrange, parenting classes, a child, taken in, the health care provider on a regular basis, well-baby checkups, infant, newborn development, developmental milestones record, 2 months, developmental milestones record, 4 months, developmental milestones record, 6 months, developmental milestones record, 9 months, developmental milestones record, 12 months, toddler development, developmental milestones record, 18 months, developmental milestones record, 2 years, developmental milestones record, 3 years, developmental milestones record, 4 years, developmental milestones record, 5 years, term failure to thrive means only that an infant, young child is not growing, developing, expected, failure to thrive, divided into 2 main categories, psychosocial, organic, psychosocial causes, problems relating to poverty, educational level, malnourishment, environmental factors, abuse, neglect, maternal depression, a parent's substance abuse, psychosocial causes, failure to thrive, parental inexperience, lack of appropriate education, possibly resulting in, inadequate nourishment, a feeding schedule that is rigid, allows little sucking time, in infants less than 1 year breast-fed, too much water added to powdered formula, water added to ready-to-feed formula, in infants less than 1 year bottle-fed, poverty, malnutrition, neglect, abuse, mental illness, parent, substance abuse by a parent, organic failure to thrive includes any disease state chronic illness, genetic, metabolic, hormone disorders, organic causes, failure to thrive, genetic causes, no underlying disorder, chronic disease sickle cell disease, kidney failure, chronic infection tuberculosis, down syndrome, genetic disorder, endocrine diseases, the thyroid, pituitary, pituitary dwarfism, adrenal, pancreas, sexual glands, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, digestive disorders often accompanied by loose, pale, bulky, bad-smelling stools, adverse reaction, side effect of a drug, particularly cortisone drugs, fetal alcohol syndrome, hydrocephalus, gastroesophageal reflux in infants, biliary atresia, congenital heart disease tetralogy of fallot follow the health care provider's instructions, care, necessary treatment, home care, varied, the number of reasons, delayed growth, slow weight gain, malnourishment, try feeding the child on demand, increasing the sucking time, prepare formula exactly according to directions, not dilute ready-to-feed formula, try increasing the amount offered, child, provide, love, the child no matter what the diagnosis, examine feelings, behavior toward the child, feelings toward the child, not what they, arrange, psychological counseling, vomiting in an infant, 0, 6 months, after feedings, weight gain is slow, concern, whether the child is growing, gaining weight properly, a thorough history, parents, a physical examination, the child, medical history, delayed growth in detail, has the child always been on the low end, the growth charts, was the child growing, growth slowed down, the child developing normal social skills, physical skills, does the child eat well, what type of feeding schedule is used, the infant fed by breast, bottle, baby is breast-fed, what medications does the mother take, bottle-fed, what kind of formula is used, formula mixed, what kinds of food, child eating, toddlers, what medications does the child take, questions, parenting habits, social interaction, the child, similar questions, repeated measurements of height, weight, head circumference, number of possible tests, failure to thrive is large, only a few, tests actually done, determined by the diagnosis the physician is considering, the more common tests, listed below, blood tests, cbc, blood differential, hemoglobin electrophoresis, hormone studies, stool studies, to check, malabsorption, x-rays, bone age, x-rays, the hands, wrists, a measure of growth, x-rays, the long bones to look, old fractures.