Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

If you are average height at 5'4 and your husband is 5'8 I would expect your son to be short. If you average your heights, you get 5'6...It would probably take a miracle or for you both to come from tall families for your child to be as tall as your husband. I would be concerned for my child from a social standpoint for my child, but I also think you may need to accept that there is nothing wrong with your son.

What? That is not how it works. From the average of mom and dad you add 2-3 inches for boys and subtract 2-3 inches for girls.
If Op is 5’4” and dad is 5’8” they don’t should be 5’8”-5’9” and their daughter should be 5’4”-5’3”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

This. Being short isn’t a medical problem and doesn’t need fixing. As PP said, some kids will be 99% and some will be 1%

Seriously! This “let’s pathologize everything” bs is going too far.
We are a short family - both my husband and I are 5’4” and my kids are on track to be the same. This is life. Deal with it.

NP here. I’m shorter than you are and I’d take a couple of inches in height if they were handing it out for free. Would both you and your husband choose to stay 5’4” if you could change it? I’m not saying I’d do growth hormones but I wouldn’t mind being taller.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

If you are average height at 5'4 and your husband is 5'8 I would expect your son to be short. If you average your heights, you get 5'6...It would probably take a miracle or for you both to come from tall families for your child to be as tall as your husband. I would be concerned for my child from a social standpoint for my child, but I also think you may need to accept that there is nothing wrong with your son.

What? That is not how it works. From the average of mom and dad you add 2-3 inches for boys and subtract 2-3 inches for girls.
If Op is 5’4” and dad is 5’8” they don’t should be 5’8”-5’9” and their daughter should be 5’4”-5’3”

Man I wish....mom 5'8'' dad 5'11''. Im barely 5'4'' my two brothers are 5'7'' and 6'3''. Genes are funny. We all have different colored hair and different colored eyes. Dirty blonde with blue, reddish blond with brown, and dark brown with green.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

If you are average height at 5'4 and your husband is 5'8 I would expect your son to be short. If you average your heights, you get 5'6...It would probably take a miracle or for you both to come from tall families for your child to be as tall as your husband. I would be concerned for my child from a social standpoint for my child, but I also think you may need to accept that there is nothing wrong with your son.

What? That is not how it works. From the average of mom and dad you add 2-3 inches for boys and subtract 2-3 inches for girls.
If Op is 5’4” and dad is 5’8” they don’t should be 5’8”-5’9” and their daughter should be 5’4”-5’3”

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have tips to talk to your kid about going to the endocrinologist? Even if for a checkup or a diagnostic, I don’t want to make him feel badly or that something is *wrong*

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

If you are average height at 5'4 and your husband is 5'8 I would expect your son to be short. If you average your heights, you get 5'6...It would probably take a miracle or for you both to come from tall families for your child to be as tall as your husband. I would be concerned for my child from a social standpoint for my child, but I also think you may need to accept that there is nothing wrong with your son.

Anonymous wrote:Go to an endocrinologist. You want to rule out any growth issues.

Anonymous wrote:Someone has to be the 3%.

It doesn’t mean anything is wrong. There are posts at least weekly here about a mom wondering why her son is so short and what endocrinologist to see. The vast majority
of short kids don’t have a medical problem.

Good luck ruling things out, but don’t be at all surprised if there is nothing wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did this go? We’re there now with our son. My husband is very defensive about it all.

Your DH should have sympathy, being 5’4” is really going to be hard. If I had sons I would be all over this with endo. Our DD will be short but less consequence -5’5” DH.

I know a lot of shorter men. I’m 5’5” at some are my height. All successful high level careers, beautiful wives (that is some cases are their height or taller), kids. Height isn’t a problem if you have other good qualities; intelligence, humor, kindness, and have the work ethic to succeed.

Right, but I would love for my DS to be successful even if he is a little lazy or slow — height gives you that edge.

Anonymous wrote:I'm short at 5'2'' and DH is tall at 6'1''. My DS is tracking more to my height, 5th percentile. I had the same gut reaction as you, pathologizing it etc but I have now made my peace with it. He is a happy and well adjusted guy and yes life is way easier for tall men (just ask DH!) but being short isn't the end of the world. I come from short genes and my dad is only around 5'5'' and is also very successful, for what it's worth.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did this go? We’re there now with our son. My husband is very defensive about it all.

Your DH should have sympathy, being 5’4” is really going to be hard. If I had sons I would be all over this with endo. Our DD will be short but less consequence -5’5” DH.

I know a lot of shorter men. I’m 5’5” at some are my height. All successful high level careers, beautiful wives (that is some cases are their height or taller), kids. Height isn’t a problem if you have other good qualities; intelligence, humor, kindness, and have the work ethic to succeed.

Anonymous wrote:OP: GET YOUR DS TO AN ENDO. I’m serious. Do this FOR HIM. I could write a book on this subject. Trust me.