When did your kid with growth delay/late puberty grow?

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Anonymous wrote:Op - did your son lose his baby teeth late? What about his feet… have they had their growth spurt? If so, I would think his height growth is coming soon.

My kids baby teeth refused to come out. I had to pay to have them removed for all three kids. I didn’t see any correlation between baby teeth and growth.

There is a correlation between getting molars and growing. My son is 14 and doesn’t have his 12 year molars yet. He’s a late grower/bloomer. He probably won’t hit his growth spurt until 15.

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Anonymous wrote:My 15 year old had barely started puberty at his 15 year check up a few months ago. At 14 there has been no sign. At 15 just starting. A bone scan showed his bone age to be an estimated 24 months behind. Diagnosed with constitutional growth delay.

Still very little sign of height growth and he still has a baby face and tiny hands and feet. Both parents are very tall and kid should end up about 6’3” if based on parental height alone. However there is some evidence of late growth in men on the sides of both parents as well as the bone scan evidence.

What was your experience? When did your kid catch up?

Just curious… what size feet? My son is 14 and barely fits in size 7. I’m hoping this means he hasn’t started his growth spurt.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op - did your son lose his baby teeth late? What about his feet… have they had their growth spurt? If so, I would think his height growth is coming soon.

My kids baby teeth refused to come out. I had to pay to have them removed for all three kids. I didn’t see any correlation between baby teeth and growth.

There is a correlation between getting molars and growing. My son is 14 and doesn’t have his 12 year molars yet. He’s a late grower/bloomer. He probably won’t hit his growth spurt until 15.

Yes. My younger kid had to have a molar removed it never came through and got infected under the gum line and they had to cut the gums surgically for the others to emerge. When he was 14 he had an X-ray for an ankle injury (he was only 5’3-5’4”) and they said he had a ton of growing left to do. He’s 17 and started growing last summer. He’s about 5’9” now, but is at least 2 years behind,

His older brother kept growing until 20. Left for college at 5’10” and by end of Freshmen year of college he was 6 feet.

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My nephew looked like a middle schooler at the start of junior year (when he had just turned 16) - maybe 5’5?. He’s a senior now (17.5) and shot up in the past year. I think he’s 5’11” now. Based on parents height I think he’ll be well over 6 feet.

Big contrast to my same age son who was 5’11” by 15 but hadn’t grown at all since.

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I could have written this exact post two years ago (or may have?) when DS was 15. Barely showed any growth between 13 and 15, one of the smallest kids in his freshman class. DS is now 6'1" and has to buy extra long pants. And still growing according to pediatrician.

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this exact post two years ago (or may have?) when DS was 15. Barely showed any growth between 13 and 15, one of the smallest kids in his freshman class. DS is now 6'1" and has to buy extra long pants. And still growing according to pediatrician.

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Almost the exact same and I’m sure I’ve commented on other posts etc. My DS grew maybe 3 inches total from 13-15. Weighed around 100lbs on his 15th birthday. From 15-17 he grew 8-9 inches. At 17.5 he is 6’1” and about 145lbs (I assume he has some filling out to do, yet). I think he is about done growing in height but who knows (has gained an inch or so in the last 6 months).

Our other son hit puberty at a “normal” time and was done growing by age 16 (is 5’10”).

They all grow on a different timeline.

Some just grow later.

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Anonymous wrote:DS 14, zero signs of puberty. 5’3 and 100 lbs on a good day with size 10.5 feet. Pediatrician at his most recent annual said “let’s watch it” but given family history of late growth plus no signs of puberty she said she was not concerned. Next annual is in 6 months so planning on pushing for additional testing if we haven’t seen more growth. DDs (older) both followed very typical growth/puberty timelines so this is very stressful—especially since he’s an athlete and now struggling to compete with boys who have already had growth spurts and are well into puberty.

In my family boys grow very late and girls are on time. Both are tall, in the end. Your daughters growth may be irrelevant here, though I’d be concerned re feet size without height.

Why would you be concerned about foot size without height? Our sons feet grew a ton before they had their actual growth spurts. I thought that was the norm.

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Anonymous wrote:DS 14, zero signs of puberty. 5’3 and 100 lbs on a good day with size 10.5 feet. Pediatrician at his most recent annual said “let’s watch it” but given family history of late growth plus no signs of puberty she said she was not concerned. Next annual is in 6 months so planning on pushing for additional testing if we haven’t seen more growth. DDs (older) both followed very typical growth/puberty timelines so this is very stressful—especially since he’s an athlete and now struggling to compete with boys who have already had growth spurts and are well into puberty.

In my family boys grow very late and girls are on time. Both are tall, in the end. Your daughters growth may be irrelevant here, though I’d be concerned re feet size without height.

Why would you be concerned about foot size without height? Our son’s feet grew a ton before they had their actual growth spurts. I thought that was the norm.

Yes I would think it’s a good thing that he has a 10.5 foot. My son is right around 5’ 3” at almost 14 and he wears a size 7!

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Guys I went to school with grew in college

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My son was monitored for a long time. We all thought it was delayed puberty that would just pass with patience. But then he failed the Stim test. After diagnosed with GHD we’re on track now. The Stim test is awful but if you’re concerned, take it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS 14, zero signs of puberty. 5’3 and 100 lbs on a good day with size 10.5 feet. Pediatrician at his most recent annual said “let’s watch it” but given family history of late growth plus no signs of puberty she said she was not concerned. Next annual is in 6 months so planning on pushing for additional testing if we haven’t seen more growth. DDs (older) both followed very typical growth/puberty timelines so this is very stressful—especially since he’s an athlete and now struggling to compete with boys who have already had growth spurts and are well into puberty.

In my family boys grow very late and girls are on time. Both are tall, in the end. Your daughters growth may be irrelevant here, though I’d be concerned re feet size without height.

Why would you be concerned about foot size without height? Our son’s feet grew a ton before they had their actual growth spurts. I thought that was the norm.

Yes I would think it’s a good thing that he has a 10.5 foot. My son is right around 5’ 3” at almost 14 and he wears a size 7!

Do you want feet to grow early or late to maximize growth?

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This is OP. Kid is now 16.5 and above 5’11”. He still looked like a little kid until 16, then started to grow and his voice broke in the past few months. He’s now much taller than many friends who had towered over him. Clearly still growing and still going through puberty. No sign of even the tiniest bit of facial hair yet, for example.

Pediatrician thinks he’ll be at least 6 2 which tracks parental height. Younger brother is looking like he’ll have the same trajectory.

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Anonymous wrote:My middle school daughter is 5’7” and there are very few boys taller than her. The boys don’t get taller than a lot of the girls until high school.

This is OP. My son is a high school sophomore. I’m not sure why you commented here or how it connects to my question.

This is an old post. I think the point might be is that half the boys are short going into high school and some girls tower over them for a short while. . The response was obvious to me.

Update - did your son grow to be a typical teen?

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My experience: my son tested positive for growth hormone deficiency when he was 14. He’s finally experiencing puberty at almost 16. Just stay on top of it. I wish that I had recognized the issue a bit sooner.

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Anonymous wrote:“Just starting” is good! Things will pretty come quickly after this.

Mine wasn’t exactly constitution delay bc he started just shy of 14. But he did have an 18 month bone delay.

While he reached his full height around 19, at 21 he’s still filling out.

This doesn’t make much sense. He started puberty at almost 14 and grew until he was 19! He must be really tall. Or a really slow grower. Or both, I supppse?