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[quote=Anonymous]If you are worried you should take him to pediatric endo. They will take an x ray of the hand and determine his bone age. If his bone age is younger than his actual age and he doesn't show start of puberty, he might be a late bloomer. Also known as constitutional growth delay. If he is in puberty and quite a bit, still go see endo. My DS was actually shorter than your DS around the same age. DH is 6' and I am a bit over 5'4". DS is now at 19, just a bit short of 6' and he grew almost an inch over summer. If your DS is very thin, eating a lot of food will help. It did for my DS. Also is your DS on any meds? Meds can interfere with growth, even if Drs say they can't. My DS was on and off Prozac for Selective Mutism as a younger child, and once he stopped it he grew. It was a combination of eating more, stopping the drugs, seeing Drs so that he can hear how important eating is to height. He is just over 130lbs even now! Some people just don't eat a lot. He grew a lot when 16, I think. I wouldn't say a foot in a year as the saying goes, but pretty close to it.[/quote]

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