Help for height

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Anonymous wrote:Growth hormone injections are not only for height, but also for brain and muscle development.

Aren't they only for having a deficiency, not for just being short.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

But was her growth consistent? DP but my daughter had a similar drop off the growth curve and it took two years for doctors to test and diagnose a genetic disorder.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

But was her growth consistent? DP but my daughter had a similar drop off the growth curve and it took two years for doctors to test and diagnose a genetic disorder.

It was consistent so we didn’t have to go to a specialist. Was it something rare? Is that why it took two years? That’s tough to wait so long.

[Anonymous]

My daughter was 4’8.5” at 12 and then grew 5 inches within the next year. She’s now fully grown at 5’5”. Sometimes it just takes them awhile to catch up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was 4’8.5” at 12 and then grew 5 inches within the next year. She’s now fully grown at 5’5”. Sometimes it just takes them awhile to catch up!

+1

My DD grew another 7 inches or so after turning 12. While some girls will be at their full height already at 12. I think most people know this really varies with boys- but it is true for girls also. There is a huge variation in what is normal during these transitional ages.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

The PP’s daughter is 4’8” at 12 and basically stopped growing at 10- and has tall parents. That isn’t normal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was 4’8.5” at 12 and then grew 5 inches within the next year. She’s now fully grown at 5’5”. Sometimes it just takes them awhile to catch up!

That's why she's just being monitored for now. We did blood work to rule out common issues, like celiac, thyroid issues or cancer. But they do want to see her grow and start to catch up or we'll likely do more testing.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

The PP’s daughter is 4’8” at 12 and basically stopped growing at 10- and has tall parents. That isn’t normal

Tall parents isn’t relevant. Her growth stopping at ten years old is relevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

Agree with this. Has the endocrinologist ordered a karyotype or other genetic screening?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

The PP’s daughter is 4’8” at 12 and basically stopped growing at 10- and has tall parents. That isn’t normal

Tall parents isn’t relevant. Her growth stopping at ten years old is relevant.

She is still growing, just slowly. She's been gaining about an inch per year, while most kids are growing 2-4" per year at least at these ages. Growing only one inch in a year isn't even unusual, it's that she hasn't grown more in other years so the cumulative effect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Is there any family history of late growth spurts or delayed puberty in your family? I ask because this happened to my son- and it was eventually brushed off as a “prepubertal dip” that some kids get before the growth spurt. He was always 75% percentile but between the ages of 12-14 he grew only 2.5 inches (total- in two years) and fell very very low on the growth charts to maybe 20th percentile at the lowest point. Finally his growth picked up a bit around age 14.5. The next year he grew 4-5 inches. Same the year after that. His back was covered in stretch marks due to the quick growth. He is 6’1”.

There was definitely some history of delayed puberty and late growth in our family, however. On both sides. I know you said that she has “started puberty” but even with that- growth patterns do vary. My daughter grew 7 or 8 inches after her 12th birthday so it didn’t only apply to my son.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Is there any family history of late growth spurts or delayed puberty in your family? I ask because this happened to my son- and it was eventually brushed off as a “prepubertal dip” that some kids get before the growth spurt. He was always 75% percentile but between the ages of 12-14 he grew only 2.5 inches (total- in two years) and fell very very low on the growth charts to maybe 20th percentile at the lowest point. Finally his growth picked up a bit around age 14.5. The next year he grew 4-5 inches. Same the year after that. His back was covered in stretch marks due to the quick growth. He is 6’1”.

There was definitely some history of delayed puberty and late growth in our family, however. On both sides. I know you said that she has “started puberty” but even with that- growth patterns do vary. My daughter grew 7 or 8 inches after her 12th birthday so it didn’t only apply to my son.

So it sounds like your son was around 5’3” at 14 and I think that’s pretty much in the 20th percentile for that age. It’s good to hear that a boy can grow 10 inches after his growth spurt starts. My son is 5’ 1” at 13.5 but still has baby teeth and small feet so we’re hoping that he’s going to catch a nice long growth spurt soon!

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Has she been screened for genetic disorders or any other syndromes? Anything else seem off about her other than the growth? This seems highly unusual

If you were a doctor you wouldn’t find this unusual. My oldest daughter is the only short one. I know at 12 she was 4”10 because she played Clara in the Nutcracker and was in another child role in the professional ballet company. They were strict about height and they measured the girls before auditioning. There were plenty of 12 year olds under 5’ tall.

My daughter didnt Get her period for two more years. She never had a growth spurt she just slowly grew to 5’2”. Perfectly normal.

The PP’s daughter is 4’8” at 12 and basically stopped growing at 10- and has tall parents. That isn’t normal

Tall parents isn’t relevant. Her growth stopping at ten years old is relevant.

She is still growing, just slowly. She's been gaining about an inch per year, while most kids are growing 2-4" per year at least at these ages. Growing only one inch in a year isn't even unusual, it's that she hasn't grown more in other years so the cumulative effect.

Sorry, I got that wrong. I thought she stopped growing. I guess a doctor is necessary. I don’t think anyone here know the hundreds of growth patterns and which ones to worry about.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Is there any family history of late growth spurts or delayed puberty in your family? I ask because this happened to my son- and it was eventually brushed off as a “prepubertal dip” that some kids get before the growth spurt. He was always 75% percentile but between the ages of 12-14 he grew only 2.5 inches (total- in two years) and fell very very low on the growth charts to maybe 20th percentile at the lowest point. Finally his growth picked up a bit around age 14.5. The next year he grew 4-5 inches. Same the year after that. His back was covered in stretch marks due to the quick growth. He is 6’1”.

There was definitely some history of delayed puberty and late growth in our family, however. On both sides. I know you said that she has “started puberty” but even with that- growth patterns do vary. My daughter grew 7 or 8 inches after her 12th birthday so it didn’t only apply to my son.

So it sounds like your son was around 5’3” at 14 and I think that’s pretty much in the 20th percentile for that age. It’s good to hear that a boy can grow 10 inches after his growth spurt starts. My son is 5’ 1” at 13.5 but still has baby teeth and small feet so we’re hoping that he’s going to catch a nice long growth spurt soon!

Yep! He was around 5’3” 90lbs at 14 and barely grew between ages 12-14 (at age 12 he was 5’0”-5’1” and about 80lbs). Especially compared to peers. We were getting extremely worried.By the time he was 16 he was 5’11”. Then grew 2 more inches more slowly to end up 6’1” by HS graduation.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a girl being monitored by an endocrinologist. No interventions yet, but she's had blood work and is being monitored. She was 50th percentile for height and weight from birth all the way up until 4th grade, but has dropped 10 percentiles per year every year since, falling off her growth curve.

Now as a 12 yo 7th grader she's under the 10th percentile. She wears a size 2 shoe and is 4'8" tall. She has started puberty and her bone age matches her age, so there is some concern she won't make 5' tall. Both parents are 5'8", so there's no reason to expect her to be so small. (She's of German/Irish/English heritage.)

Is there any family history of late growth spurts or delayed puberty in your family? I ask because this happened to my son- and it was eventually brushed off as a “prepubertal dip” that some kids get before the growth spurt. He was always 75% percentile but between the ages of 12-14 he grew only 2.5 inches (total- in two years) and fell very very low on the growth charts to maybe 20th percentile at the lowest point. Finally his growth picked up a bit around age 14.5. The next year he grew 4-5 inches. Same the year after that. His back was covered in stretch marks due to the quick growth. He is 6’1”.

There was definitely some history of delayed puberty and late growth in our family, however. On both sides. I know you said that she has “started puberty” but even with that- growth patterns do vary. My daughter grew 7 or 8 inches after her 12th birthday so it didn’t only apply to my son.

No family history. We were both pretty average.

Hopefully she spurts soon. I was just looking back at pictures and realized this is her third winter in the same coat. I didn't have to buy her clothes for this winter because everything from last year and the year before still fits. She's a touch bigger, but not a whole size yet. So she's in her 5th grade coat and clothes as a 7th grader.