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Grandson not growing. Help

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vivvq Mon 08-Apr-24 21:13:37

My 13 month grandson is not growing. He has only recently doubled his birth weight and is on the bottom percentile. He is meeting all of his developmental milestones, but has had numerous visits to A&E with high temperatures and breathing difficulties, always diagnosed as viral. A&E doctors have commented on his weight and on the last visit forwarded details to the paediatrician who has been monitoring him which has resulted in a phone appointment. My grandson eats everything and is still being breastfed. Understandably my daughter and hubby are really concerned as am I and don't know what else they can do. Has anyone out there encountered a similar problem?

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M0nica Fri 12-Apr-24 08:14:13

I think it very unwise for anyone to say 'do not worry' unless they have seen and know the child involved. As long as the parents have concerns they should be pushing for a paediatric referral and necessary testing.

In the current state of the NHS it is unsafe to make statements like The paeditrician has been told by the A&E about the problems, so presumably the matter is being taken care of. because, as most of us have experienced in recent years, referrals can get lost in the sand, or treated as low priority and waiting lists to be seen and assessed can mean waiting years to be seen.

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