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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good thing has not started.
[b]Once puberty starts, he'll slow down growing[/b].

He's not even 13. It's all right![/quote]

I thought puberty is accompanied by a growth spurt.[/quote]

This poster is wrong.

Boys don't stop growing until their late teens at the earliest.[/quote]

Once boys hit puberty, the window of time where they will grow is then set. If they are short when they hit puberty, there is less time for them to grow in height.  The more growing they get in prior to the onset of puberty, the better, for height purposes.[/quote]

NP. Not what my son's endocrinologist told us at all. My DS is 12 and below the 5th percentile for height. The endocrinologist has told us that the later he goes into puberty, the more height he will gain.[/quote]

I think that's what pp was saying actually.  FWIW my boys were on the tall side going into puberty (both hit it within months of their 13th bday) and they have continued to grow since hitting puberty (voice change/hair on legs, etc).  Puberty is a process, it doesn't completely happen overnight - they still continue to grow even after their voice changes.

If they had been on the smaller/shorter side I can see how hitting puberty at 12 might not be ideal.  But what do the doctors do about that?  Especially if it only means that a boy will be 5'6" vs 6'0".  I guess I may not be completely understanding the goal..[/quote]

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