Premature Adenarche/Puberty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a tanner scale of puberty stages.
Both are signs of puberty but may differ in what comes first/grows quicker.
My DD got breasts first but the pubic hair grew quicker

https://www.pubertytoosoon.com/content/dam/pubertytoosoon/pdf/tanner_stages_girls.pdf

Looking at this my oldest (12) is stage 4 for both and my youngest (9) is stage 2 breast and stage 3 hair. Ahhhh!

WHY are you policing and inspecting your daughter’s bodies? Puberty is a natural developmental. Chill tf out.

[Anonymous]

For the PPs who went and got the bone scans, were they within the normal range?

DD8 has premature adrenarche and no breast buds but her bone scan was age 11. Hopkins endo said there's nothing to do. Her height and weight is 50 percentile (with parents about average height).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the PPs who went and got the bone scans, were they within the normal range?

DD8 has premature adrenarche and no breast buds but her bone scan was age 11. Hopkins endo said there's nothing to do. Her height and weight is 50 percentile (with parents about average height).

I’m sure 3 years is more than 2 standard deviations. But because she’s 8, it’s early normal, not premature. Did she also have hormone levels tested and an ultrasound?

Mine at 8 had breast buds, but no body hair, but her bone age scan was a year younger (1.5 standard deviations). So she’s being monitored. If her bone age was advanced or had other signs, she would have gotten blood work to rule out thyroid issues, tumors, etc.

Our ped endo said isolated breast development can often be caused by a rogue ovarian cyst that spits out estrogen for a time until the cyst goes away. That can happen at any age, but the breast development only goes away when it happens in much younger kids (toddlers, etc.). Older kids usually keep the breast buds until puberty starts for real.

[Anonymous]

I had a

Full

Bush

Be thankful it’s just a few hairs.

She’ll be fine, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
She’ll be fine, really.

Yes its just a bit of hair and developing breasts. Totally normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
She’ll be fine, really.

Yes its just a bit of hair and developing breasts. Totally normal.

Apparently not these days - the poor girls have to be poked and prodded and tested and scanned. What kind of message is this sending to them about their bodies and sexuality? I developed early and felt like I was deprived of information and support to handle it, as if my period was something to be hidden and ashamed of. I always thought that was unfortunate. But my parents freaking out and anxiously monitoring my genitalia, taking me to have my “breast buds” examined by a likely male endocrinologist, would have been even worse.

[Anonymous]

My DD is 10 and just last week she had her first period bless her. She had been developing over the last year/year and a half so we were both prepared but it was still a "my little girl is growing up" moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
She’ll be fine, really.

Yes its just a bit of hair and developing breasts. Totally normal.

Apparently not these days - the poor girls have to be poked and prodded and tested and scanned. What kind of message is this sending to them about their bodies and sexuality? I developed early and felt like I was deprived of information and support to handle it, as if my period was something to be hidden and ashamed of. I always thought that was unfortunate. But my parents freaking out and anxiously monitoring my genitalia, taking me to have my “breast buds” examined by a likely male endocrinologist, would have been even worse.

Yes just accept that they are now developing and let us parents give them all the support without sending them to specialists for something that is maybe a bit younger but normal. Everybody is different in their development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a

Full

Bush

Be thankful it’s just a few hairs.

She’ll be fine, really.

This was me too At first I was a bit shy but after a while got used to having hair "down there"

[Anonymous]

op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

8 year olds do not need puberty blockers, for any reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

8 year olds do not need puberty blockers, for any reason.

AGREE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

They are only banning puberty blockers given for trans kids. Precocious puberty is still treated with hormone blockers. As long as hormone blockers are stopped before a certain stage of development there are no problems. The possible side effects are when hormone blockers are given when puberty starts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

They are only banning puberty blockers given for trans kids. Precocious puberty is still treated with hormone blockers. As long as hormone blockers are stopped before a certain stage of development there are no problems. The possible side effects are when hormone blockers are given when puberty starts.

Early signs of puberty at 8 is not “precocious puberty.” The kind of precocious puberty that needs to be treated is when it happens much earlier due to a brain tumor or generic disorder, like at 4 years old. 8 is young but not pathalogical. I got my period at around 10 (with signs starting a few years earlier) and my DS is also on the early side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, what state are you in? In some, your kid might not be allowed to get puberty blockers even if a doctor thinks they're warranted. If your kid does get them, you may need to be an advocate with your state legislature to keep getting them (or to help other kids get them).

They are only banning puberty blockers given for trans kids. Precocious puberty is still treated with hormone blockers. As long as hormone blockers are stopped before a certain stage of development there are no problems. The possible side effects are when hormone blockers are given when puberty starts.

Early signs of puberty at 8 is not “precocious puberty.” The kind of precocious puberty that needs to be treated is when it happens much earlier due to a brain tumor or generic disorder, like at 4 years old. 8 is young but not pathalogical. I got my period at around 10 (with signs starting a few years earlier) and my DS is also on the early side.

I didn’t mention an age but it can be treated with hormone blockers under the age of 8 years old. My daughter was treated for precocious puberty, I forget the medical term, and she’s almost 13 years old now.