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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is just the thread I need, I am in the same boat with DC.
Now 13 yr 3 months. 
4.11 inches
Born 9 lbs, 22 inches full term, he was ahead in the curve until first 3 years, ever since his growth slowed down (He refused bottles and formula as a baby)
He is hypothyroid and using medication from a year, he gained an inch last year. 
My Pedi or my endocrinologist have never discussed the things I read in this post. 
They just explained that he will eventually gain height.
I am 5.7 and DH is 5.9.
I strongly want to do whatever I can to get him a chance to gain decent height.

Kids immediately look down on shorter kids. I have seen them engage in loose talk “ you are short and weak” etc.. this is just too common. I can imagine a great amount of self esteem issues stem from these interactions.

I certainly got some new information to talk to our Peds.[/quote]

I think one of the keys with your DS is where he is in puberty.  My DS is similar to yours, he was full-term, 8 1/2 lbs, and off the growth charts his first two years.  Came back down to the 75th percentile in elementary school, then was 50% towards the end of elem. school.  When he was 12 and had dropped even more, to the 15th or 20th percentile, and had hardly grown over the previous year, our pediatrician referred us to an endocrinologist.  He did get a fair amount of teasing about his size.  He took it in stride, but I also saw where his social status had changed as his peers had grown a foot taller than DS and were physically maturing, while DS still looked like a young boy.

Based on exam, family history, family heights, etc., the endocrinologist was pretty certain it was just delayed puberty.  He ordered the bone x-ray series which showed DS was 18 months behind in bone growth than chronological age.  The dr. treated DS conservatively, he didn't test hormones at all, just the bone x-ray and followed DS for two years.  DS did start puberty about a year later than the average, and has hit pubertal stages and milestones at the same rate, about a year later than average.  When we first started with the endocrinologist at age 12, he was 4' 9".  Now at 14 1/2, he's grown to 5'5".  The endo. expected his peak growth to come around age 15 to 15 1/2 (average peak height growth for males is 14).

I should add that I'm 5'3" and DH is 6'2".  So where my kids end up is really a crap shoot!

You may want to ask your endocrinologist about a bone x-ray to determine where your DS is in bone age/growth.  It would be helpful to have "oh he'll still grow" confirmed.  [/quote]

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