What are the symptoms of Failure to thrive?
Infants or children who fail to thrive have a height, weight, and head circumference that do not match standard growth charts.
The person's weight falls lower than 3rd percentile (as outlined in standard growth charts) or 20% below the ideal weight for their height.
Growing may have slowed or stopped after a previously established growth curve.
The following are delayed or slow to develop:
Physical skills such as rolling over, sitting, standing and walking Mental and social skills Secondary sexual characteristics (delayed in adolescents) </s>