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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just want to be good parent.  Add to my checklist

-Child comes from short people but has not gained an inch in three months.  5 feet 5 now.  -Delayed puberty diagnosis by 10 months according to bone scan.  Room to grow to 5’9- 5’11
-15 now - 16th birthday early next year 
-Cleared by endocrinology with diagnosis of delayed puberty (slight)
-Complains of ‘feeling full’ - now with childhood GI doc awaiting results. Parents sense he’s getting enough calories (competitive tennis) though we cook solid meals 
-super low in vitiman D - now on something large he can only take one pill a week - what GI doc discovered
-kid is well adjusted 
-think tall pills - vitamin supplements suggested by DCUM - actually helped by increasing calcium (kid hates milk) - still on these daily
-What else might we be missing?

Thanks in advance![/quote]

What does he weigh? My DS has also had very late puberty…simple delayed puberty, had testing and no treatment needed.  was 5’6 1/2” 108ish on his 15th birthday. 9 months later he is 5’10” 125ish, maybe 130.  We are on the taller side though.

Unless the doctors recommend something, I don’t think pills and supplements are needed or helpful. IMHO some kids just have lighter appetites. My DS does- nothing “wrong” with him- he just isn’t a kid that has ever been super focused on food TBH. He eats a ton if it is something he absolutely loves, otherwise is “meh” a lot of the time. Our ped is unconcerned. What has (somewhat) worked with our DS is to let him have the food he wants (as long as it is actual food as opposed to Doritos or whatever). Milkshakes (we add protein powder), ice cream, cheeseburgers, fried chicken etc.

Despite his low weight, my DS continues to grow rapidly so is obviously getting enough calories. A lot of boys simply do not fill out until much later on (usually after they stop growing in height)- skinny boys are nothing new. Especially athletes (mine is also).

In short, there may be nothing “wrong”….just an active skinny teen boy which is so common. Especially for late bloomers. Only thing to do is encourage extra calories for awhile. Also some light weight training can be helpful to build muscle depending on what his doctor/athletic coach thinks. Even late bloomers are usually ready for that by 15-16. [/quote]

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