New update on Bitty Bitty Baby

Last Thursday, I took Jama for her 9 month check-up. Well...she is officially a bitty bitty baby. She weighed in at a whopping 14.5 lbs....yes...she did gain weight from her 6 month visit but...she has now dropped off the growth chart...below 3%. She is only 26 1/2 inches long...10-25%...she dropped singnifacantly in length on the chart also. I have caght fish bigger than her. I asked the Dr. to send us to a feeding theraphist for the low tone and high palate in her mouth. She is still thrusting her tongue when she eats...also she is having trouble with a sippy cup or a straw cup...they either flow to fast for her to swallow or she can not get a suction on it. The bottles that she drinks out of are made to form to her mouth versus her mouth forming to the bottle. Right after she was born, I had her at a feeding clinic before we left MA because of her palate and tone in her mouth. She has had trouble making a suction and sucking since her first appearance. We are going this Wed. to Children's in Atlanta to meeting with an OT and SLP who specialize in feeding. After that, we will probably do a swallow study to see what all is going on. Also, I take her back to the Ped. GI Sept. 21...he will probably be doing testing after that. Her pediatrician will be working with him to make sure that the blood work that they both want done can be done at the same time.