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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, by any chance is your child adopted?  I have a relevant comment to make if adopted (but no time right now to post)[/quote]

[b]Not OP, but I have an adopted son whose bone age was determined to be two years younger than actual age a couple of years ago.  He was expected to have a growth spurt around age 16.  But, when I took him to the doctor at age 13, the doctor said he was in the growth spurt.  We are now waiting for an endocrinology follow up.  I'd love to hear what you have to say.  Thanks.  [/quote][/b]

13:37 back.  All I wanted to toss into the mix of suggestions is that some of the more disreputable orphanages in China, Russian and Latin America lie about the age of the child to prospective parents.  The reason they do this is because they know inifants and toddlers are much easier to place than older children.  Often the prospective American parents see the photes and bond via email and snail mail via photographs of this darling baby which is really a 2 year old child.  The prospective parents arrive to the foreign country and find this emaciated tiny child, do the paperwork and go home.  In the case of someone I know, the family had older children and thought 5, 3 and an infant would be a good mix.  When the infant showed failure to thrive and a number of other issues  upon advice of the pediatrician the parents took the child to an ped. endocrinologist who examined the child, the growth plates and a number of other features and said "You didn't adopt an infant; this is a two year old".  So now the parents had a 5 year old and two two year olds, which hadn't been their original goal.  You see this a lot also in foreign adopted children who develop precocious puberity (puberty that starts before age 8) .  It isn't precocious puberty, it's a 10-12-year-old girl whom the parents thought was eight.[/quote]

Thanks.  Given the age at which I adopted him and his functioning through the years and the documentation I received, I feel pretty confident about the age.  But your point is well taken.  I think in my son's case, malnutrition and FAS possibly coupled with genetics may be the problem.  [/quote]

Glad to be of help.  Post back someday and let us know what you learned.  Just curious.[/quote]

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