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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're not doing anything. Unless your kid has some sort of medical condition that requires treatment through growth hormones, you just have to wait. They'll grow eventually. [/quote]
Wrong. Have 2 friends who have their child on growth hormones. One for over 3 years and another who recently started. One has parents who are both short and another is averaging 2 years behind in puberty after wrist X-ray. Neither is medical issue. [/quote]

Can you tell me more about this?

I'm super short. DH is slightly tall. We have one kid who is definitely short and getting shorter by growth curve and he is constantly pestering me to talk to the pediatrician about it. I contend it's probably just her genetics.[/quote]

DP. We have a friend whose son is pre/early puberty and is taking growth hormones at age 13.

It’s in response to a genetic condition that pops up occasionally on his father’s side (cousins going back two generations.)

Before starting the growth hormones, their DC went through a TON of testing (though not genetic), after which the doctor concluded he was a good candidate. It was not something done lightly!

Finally, the doctor said [b]the point of the growth hormone is for their DC to reach his full genetically-determined height (minus the abnormality it’s correcting.) It’s not likely to give him extra height (they don’t expect him to be tall given their families’ height trends.) They’re just hoping he’ll reach HIS normal.[/b] [/quote]

+1  My son had growth hormone injections from age 10 to 16 due to an issue with his pituitary gland. He ended up 6'3", which sounds really tall, but in our family, it is normal. I (the mom) am 6'0", and my husband is 6'4". The doctor estimated that my son would have been about 5'5" without supplemental growth hormone. The injections allowed him to get close to his genetic potential.[/quote]

You are a psycho doing that to your kid [/quote]

PP here. Why do you think I'm a psycho? My son has a low functioning pituitary gland and takes supplemental thyroid and cortisol. He will take those for the rest of his life. His growth hormone is monitored for "adult" levels every 6 months. If it drops below a certain threshold, then he will start taking growth hormone again as an adult. Why do you think that is wrong? Genuinely curious.[/quote]

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