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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re going through this with my newly 8 year old now too. Breast buds starting, and waiting results on a bone age test. Her ped checked her chest, then immediately ordered the test, no “it’s normal now” talk. My hope is that her bone age is close to normal and she has three more years of growth and maturing before she gets her period. If results are less reassuring, we’ll look into causes (thyroid, cysts, etc), but likely wouldn’t treat with puberty blockers. But we’ll see what the tests say.

And when you do a bone age test, they’ll tell you what their expected height should be and what it is likely to be based on how advanced it is. Mine is supposed to be around 5’9” according to the formula my ped used, but I think she loses at least an inch or two for every year her bone age is advanced. Which hopefully still puts her well in the median range.

And yes, it’s really hard to imagine my 97th percentile kid ending up shorter than me. And really really hard to imagine my baby developing already and potentially getting her period in third grade. But I’m trying not to put the cart before the horse or go down a worry spiral. We’ll deal with what comes when it comes.[/quote]

We did this for my now 8 yo who developed breast buds at 6. Her bone age was slightly advanced when we checked over a year ago, but not concerning (basically within normal range of +/- 1 year.) Pretty sure no testing would have happened if she had breast buds at 8! I feel like both you and your doctor are overreacting TBH. My DD still doesn't have her period yet (but has definitely continued developing) and I'm hoping she won't get it before 9 (but have discussed extensively with her.) She'll also get another scan month. If it's within range we'll probably continue doing nothing.

Did I mention she's 4'3"? So we're hoping she gets to 5'. Not everyone gets to be above median. 50% of people don't. Jesus.

And it's normal for some moms to end up taller than their daughters.

Finally, there's some evidence that girls who get to puberty earlier do grow more than those who get to puberty later. This is basically what I'm clinging to.

I know you're worried but I just find your worries so ridiculous compared to my own (you're worried your daughter won't get to 5'9"??). Even my worries are really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. We all worry about our kids. Please take a chill pill.[/quote]

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