Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 22:13     Subject: height issues
The later kids get their growth spurts, the more height they gain.

https://www.nature.com/articles/pr2015104

Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 21:24     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.


I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.


I think it matters more so when the adult teeth come in. My child is 13 with baby teeth and hasn’t started puberty. He’s late but so is starting in middle 9th grade. How tall was he when he started puberty though? 5’10” with a six foot father is a bit surprising.


He was 5’4” when puberty began and started growing winter of 9th grade. Now in 11th, so 2 years later. 16 years old and starting to get armpit hair finally. I think he is still growing. Growth chart always tracked to 6’1 until he dropped down in 7th and 8th grade.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 20:38     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.


I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.


I think it matters more so when the adult teeth come in. My child is 13 with baby teeth and hasn’t started puberty. He’s late but so is starting in middle 9th grade. How tall was he when he started puberty though? 5’10” with a six foot father is a bit surprising.


No correlation for my 14.5 yr old son. He is just staring puberty and lost his first tooth at 5. He's had a bone age study and was 6-12 months behind his chronological age. My DD is only 11 but lost her first tooth at 4 and will also be a late bloomer. I had asked their dentist about this at the time thinking it was early and he also said no correlation.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 20:33     Subject: Re:height issues
Anonymous wrote:How about we don't view being short as a travesty?


Yes! It’s no different than being judgy about someone’s weight. That finally is seen as taboo but it’s still a ok to tease or judge people about height.

My kid also learned they weren’t going to be very tall recently and I said intelligence and work ethic are far more important in terms of success in life.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:00     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.


I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.


I think it matters more so when the adult teeth come in. My child is 13 with baby teeth and hasn’t started puberty. He’s late but so is starting in middle 9th grade. How tall was he when he started puberty though? 5’10” with a six foot father is a bit surprising.


Not really. That is only 2inches shorter than dad. He may grow a little more he may not.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 16:29     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.


I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.


I think it matters more so when the adult teeth come in. My child is 13 with baby teeth and hasn’t started puberty. He’s late but so is starting in middle 9th grade. How tall was he when he started puberty though? 5’10” with a six foot father is a bit surprising.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2025 20:56     Subject: height issues
Hang you’re child by the ankles that’s what my mom did and now I’m 6,6
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2025 11:43     Subject: height issues
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Anonymous wrote:I’m really sorry, OP.

Years ago no endo wanted to prescribe growth hormones for our son, who is now 19 and has likely stopped growing at 5’5. I am 5’4’’ and my husband is 5’6. Our 14 year old daughter is 5’ and probably won’t grow much more.

Please get a second endo opinion! I hope your son can stretch out another couple of inches!


Because they dumb


Why do you want to change genetics? If you are all short how would you expect to create a tall child?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 19:23     Subject: Re:height issues
How about we don't view being short as a travesty?
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2025 14:52     Subject: Re:height issues
if you and your dh would have been taller it would probably have raised flags. I am not a doctor, but you sons height doesn't seem too off.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2025 07:44     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:I’m really sorry, OP.

Years ago no endo wanted to prescribe growth hormones for our son, who is now 19 and has likely stopped growing at 5’5. I am 5’4’’ and my husband is 5’6. Our 14 year old daughter is 5’ and probably won’t grow much more.

Please get a second endo opinion! I hope your son can stretch out another couple of inches!



Why do you want to change genetics? If you are all short how would you expect to create a tall child?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 15:27     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.


I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 07:15     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.


NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2025 13:14     Subject: height issues
Did your son lose his baby teeth early? Usually there’s a correlation. Same thing with feet growth. Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2025 15:38     Subject: height issues
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:If short women are so concerned about their child's height why didn't they marry taller? What did you think was going to happen marrying a short man?


+1

Every week we have a post from some DCUM fretting about her short son.

Some men are just short. And they are especially likely to be so if they have short parents.

Are you going to inject him with exogenous hormones because of the genetics with you bequeathed him?


5’3 is not a genetically expected height for a boy with parents who are 5’8 and 5’3 (neither of which are actually short heights). Just because TikTok told you anything below 6’ is “short” doesn’t make it factually true.


I have always heard boys take after their mother’s heights. So if the mom is short (and 5’3” is short) then their son has a higher chance of being short.

While my DH is taller than me (5’10”) I am a tall woman (5’7”). Our son who is young still is in the 99th percentile for height. Not surprising.


Hahahaha in no world is 5’7” considered “tall” for a woman.


5’7” is ideal for a woman. My 13 year old is 5’7” and I hope she is done growing. Her clothes fit so well. She fits into spaces perfectly. The world is made for people whose height is in the middle.