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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It appears DS' growth in height has slowed down the last year or so, evident in both comparing to his friends and the height charts at Dr's office. I think he's developing a little bit of complexity over this - the other day he said to an acquaintance of mine that he's stopped growing when she told him how much he's grown since the last time she saw him. He also asked to be measured and commented the growth spur isn't happening. I assume the fact that his 9-yo brother is catching up on him in height is another factor. But there's really nothing we could do, other than encouraging exercise, good sleep, and healthy diet, right? I don't think we did anything differently over the last year when he grew less than an inch, versus few years back when he grow 2+ inches a year. Thoughts?[/quote]

Is he the kind of kid who might listen to a trusted adult or the doctor? Someone who isn't mom or dad? Kids sometimes tune out their parents or just assume their parents are only trying to comfort them and are sugarcoating things. (And yeah, you ARE trying to comfort him....) But if he has a sports coach, or scout leader, or music teacher or anyone like that who might be able to tell him how "My son grew X inches the last years of high school after not growing much" -- just casually-- that might help. Or you could ask the doctor to talk to him and explain that for boys, growth continues into and through college years and even beyond. Boys can keep gaining height into their early 20s whereas most girls reach their adult height in their mid-teens. On the whole he does have to deal with this, and no amount of "Statistically boys keep growing later" etc will really change that.

Have you and his mom/dad (not sure who's posting!) sat down and thought about the family on both sides? Genetics will out. I wouldn't tell your son that right now, of course, but if you think about it yourselves you might be able to prepare him better when he's much older, if it turns out he's just not going to be as tall as he would prefer..[/quote]

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