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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong.  There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority 
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong. [/quote]

This.  Being short isn’t a medical problem and doesn’t need fixing.  As PP said, some kids will be 99% and some will be 1%[/quote]

Seriously!  This “let’s pathologize everything” bs is going too far. 
We are a short family - both my husband and I are 5’4” and my kids are on track to be the same. This is life. Deal with it. [/quote]

At 8, the online calculators are totally unreliable. Even a few years later, it's a guess, not a guarantee.

You answered your own question when you told us his dad's height.

DS was predicted to be 6'5" when he was 14. He's 18 now and he's 6'1". He hasn't added an inch in two years. Doctors aren't psychics and their guesses don't come with guarantees.[/quote]

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