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My 2 month old dropped in both head circumference and weight percentiles at his appointment at 9 weeks old. went from 38th to 13th percentile for hc and 58th to 34th in weight. is this impaired growth or is my baby just leveling out?

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Failure to remain on a consistent growth patter suggests either a nutritional problem or a medical one. If this decline persists through the next check-up, I would want to do some testing. Please review this with his doc.

Dr Berman agreed

Answered 2/11/2023

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