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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]You would be able to tell if he’s going through puberty. [/b] If he hasn’t yet, then he will be really tall.  My guess is that he’s at the beginning of puberty because almost every boy grows more than 2 inches a year during their growth spurt.  If he doesn’t have Adam’s Apple/armpit hair, I’d assume your son is going to be at a minimum his dads height but most likely taller than him.[/quote]

this is not true. Body hair and other outward signs of puberty are adrenarche and not true puberty. Certain ethnicities and people develop hair and other outward signs of puberty earlier or later than others. The only way to judge true puberty, as it relates to growth spurts and height, is measuring the testicles. Which is why a doctor needs to do it.

For example my son is under the care of an endocrinologist, and he is now in Tanner Stage 4. However, I would not have guessed that by looking at him. He has absolutely no facial hair, literally four or five hairs in each armpit, and no dark leg hair. But the endocrinologist measures and can tell us he is in Stage 4. The biggest growth spurt occurs in Stage3/4, and once boys get to Stage 5 their growth is basically done.
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