Help for height

[Anonymous]

Sometimes kids don't grow much for the year before they start puberty. It doesn't happen to every kid but it s very normal. There's a name for this that I'm forgetting but any decent doctor will tell you that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you been spending too much time staring at your TikTok ? The cesspool fueling irrational height obsession that didn’t exist 10 years ago?

It is not irrational.

Being short is a problem for a boy. Especially today.

+1

On Instagram, everyone makes fun of boys who are short.

Maybe stop paying so much attention to Instagram

It’s not only Insta. It’s like everywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you been spending too much time staring at your TikTok ? The cesspool fueling irrational height obsession that didn’t exist 10 years ago?

It is not irrational.

Being short is a problem for a boy. Especially today.

+1

On Instagram, everyone makes fun of boys who are short.

Maybe stop paying so much attention to Instagram

It’s not only Insta. It’s like everywhere.

Like totally

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to be good parent. Add to my checklist

-Child comes from short people but has not gained an inch in three months. 5 feet 5 now. -Delayed puberty diagnosis by 10 months according to bone scan. Room to grow to 5’9- 5’11
-15 now - 16th birthday early next year
-Cleared by endocrinology with diagnosis of delayed puberty (slight)
-Complains of ‘feeling full’ - now with childhood GI doc awaiting results. Parents sense he’s getting enough calories (competitive tennis) though we cook solid meals
-super low in vitiman D - now on something large he can only take one pill a week - what GI doc discovered
-kid is well adjusted
-think tall pills - vitamin supplements suggested by DCUM - actually helped by increasing calcium (kid hates milk) - still on these daily
-What else might we be missing?

Thanks in advance!

He seems fine. He’s 15 and 5’5”. He likely has at least 3 more years of growing if not more. He is on track to be at minimum 5’8” but probably closer to the 5’9”-5’11” range. I don’t even know what you mean by “hasn’t grown an inch in 3 months,” that is not at all significant. He should be growing about 1-2 inches per year, minimum but maybe more

No - this is wrong. Pre-puberty kids should be growing at least 2 inches. If your kid, pre-puberty, is only growing 1 inch a year, that is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes kids don't grow much for the year before they start puberty. It doesn't happen to every kid but it s very normal. There's a name for this that I'm forgetting but any decent doctor will tell you that.

That happened to my DS. Growth slowed to a tiny crawl and he gained weight. I think the ped called it a pre-puberty stall but I'm sure there's a real name for it. He was 2 or 2.5 years behind. And now I see it happening to his younger brother at almost the exact same time frame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you been spending too much time staring at your TikTok ? The cesspool fueling irrational height obsession that didn’t exist 10 years ago?

It is not irrational.

Being short is a problem for a boy. Especially today.

+1

On Instagram, everyone makes fun of boys who are short.

Maybe stop paying so much attention to Instagram

It’s not only Insta. It’s like everywhere.

+1

[Anonymous]

What’s the problem with liking height in a boy / man?

It’s fine. It is even in political ads now too:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3294157/Video-Kamala-Harris-releases-campaign-ad-targeting-young-black-men.html

Not seeing any problem here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

NP here. My 14 year old is 8 inches taller than I am and is indeed a full head taller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes kids don't grow much for the year before they start puberty. It doesn't happen to every kid but it s very normal. There's a name for this that I'm forgetting but any decent doctor will tell you that.

That happened to my DS. Growth slowed to a tiny crawl and he gained weight. I think the ped called it a pre-puberty stall but I'm sure there's a real name for it. He was 2 or 2.5 years behind. And now I see it happening to his younger brother at almost the exact same time frame.

+1

It does not happen to everyone but it is relatively common and happened to my son with late puberty as well. Mine barely gained any weight during that time either. He barely grew at all in middle school while most other boys had huge growth spurts. Our pediatrician was not concerned. It happened right before his growth spurt and this “lull” lasted 1-2 years. We were very worried despite reassurance from the ped. I have posted about it before but his info is still in my phone notes and maybe this will reassure someone:

Age 12: 5’0” 82
Age 13: 5’1” 86
Age 14: 5’2.5” 93
Age 15: 5’6.5” 108
Age 16: 5’10.5” 131

The slow growth before a spurt can be normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just want to be good parent. Add to my checklist

-Child comes from short people but has not gained an inch in three months. 5 feet 5 now. -Delayed puberty diagnosis by 10 months according to bone scan. Room to grow to 5’9- 5’11
-15 now - 16th birthday early next year
-Cleared by endocrinology with diagnosis of delayed puberty (slight)
-Complains of ‘feeling full’ - now with childhood GI doc awaiting results. Parents sense he’s getting enough calories (competitive tennis) though we cook solid meals
-super low in vitiman D - now on something large he can only take one pill a week - what GI doc discovered
-kid is well adjusted
-think tall pills - vitamin supplements suggested by DCUM - actually helped by increasing calcium (kid hates milk) - still on these daily
-What else might we be missing?

Thanks in advance!

He seems fine. He’s 15 and 5’5”. He likely has at least 3 more years of growing if not more. He is on track to be at minimum 5’8” but probably closer to the 5’9”-5’11” range. I don’t even know what you mean by “hasn’t grown an inch in 3 months,” that is not at all significant. He should be growing about 1-2 inches per year, minimum but maybe more

No - this is wrong. Pre-puberty kids should be growing at least 2 inches. If your kid, pre-puberty, is only growing 1 inch a year, that is a problem.

It’s not. It’s normal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

NP here. My 14 year old is 8 inches taller than I am and is indeed a full head taller.

It is common for a son to be taller than his mother (a full head taller in many cases). What the PP was objecting to was the statement that the kids are "a full head above both parents."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

NP here. My 14 year old is 8 inches taller than I am and is indeed a full head taller.

You must be a shrimp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

NP here. My 14 year old is 8 inches taller than I am and is indeed a full head taller.

It is common for a son to be taller than his mother (a full head taller in many cases). What the PP was objecting to was the statement that the kids are "a full head above both parents."

+1. It was clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a son who hasn't grown in years and has delayed puberty. Many of my friends have kids a full head above both parents. What are they doing to help their children grow?

None of your friends have kids a full head above their parents. Stop with the hyperbole.

NP here. My 14 year old is 8 inches taller than I am and is indeed a full head taller.

You must be a shrimp.

NP why? TBD on my kids but DH and his brothers are all a full head taller than their mom. She's a perfectly normal 5'7 and DH is 6"4 with 2 brothers that are 6"5.