Anonymous
04/19/2023 10:09
Subject: Re:What did you ped recommend for short stature?
Would you do this for a girl?
I have 5'7" (asian female so pretty tall for my gene pool) and DH is 5'10" (normal size white guy). My oldest daughter is probably going to be barely eke out to 5'4" (she will most likely take after my husbands mother and sister), whereas my youngest son is in the 99th percentile and will probably be well over 6' tall (he is still young but we both have a lot of tall male genes in our family with one uncle being 6'4" and my brother being 6'1").
I have 5'7" (asian female so pretty tall for my gene pool) and DH is 5'10" (normal size white guy). My oldest daughter is probably going to be barely eke out to 5'4" (she will most likely take after my husbands mother and sister), whereas my youngest son is in the 99th percentile and will probably be well over 6' tall (he is still young but we both have a lot of tall male genes in our family with one uncle being 6'4" and my brother being 6'1").
Anonymous
04/19/2023 10:09
Subject: Re:What did you ped recommend for short stature?
Anonymous wrote:Serious question. Will doctors give this kids who don't have any growth hormone deficiency and are just short, as in falling where it would be expected based on parents (which can be plus or minus)?
If you are average (5-4) and your husband says he's 5-8 and possibly is not quite 5-8 (no offense, but just typical), a son who is 5-4 is on the shorter side of what would be expected for your heights but still perfectly normal. Particularly if you look at extended family. Is your husband the tallest male in his family? It's more than just your heights.
I would think long and hard about giving my kid those shots.
Some will, just like there are doctors prescribing weight loss injections to women who don’t have a weight problem, pain pills to people not in pain, and stimulants to people who don’t have ADHD. There’s a physician lid for most pots.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 09:55
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
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”
Using this calculation I should be 5’5 or 5’4, but I’m 5’2. This kid be shorter than projected. Crazier things have happened.
It's not crazy at all. It's normal. The formula is an estimate and the kid can go a couple inches up or down either direction. This formula is not some sort of minimum guarantee and if you don't get it, there is a problem.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 09:53
Subject: Re:What did you ped recommend for short stature?
Serious question. Will doctors give this kids who don't have any growth hormone deficiency and are just short, as in falling where it would be expected based on parents (which can be plus or minus)?
If you are average (5-4) and your husband says he's 5-8 and possibly is not quite 5-8 (no offense, but just typical), a son who is 5-4 is on the shorter side of what would be expected for your heights but still perfectly normal. Particularly if you look at extended family. Is your husband the tallest male in his family? It's more than just your heights.
I would think long and hard about giving my kid those shots.
If you are average (5-4) and your husband says he's 5-8 and possibly is not quite 5-8 (no offense, but just typical), a son who is 5-4 is on the shorter side of what would be expected for your heights but still perfectly normal. Particularly if you look at extended family. Is your husband the tallest male in his family? It's more than just your heights.
I would think long and hard about giving my kid those shots.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 09:48
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
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”
I don’t think that’s how works at all. My dad is 6’ and my mom is 5’5” and yet I barely eked out 5’1”. My DH is 5’11” and his sister is my height. Even with my own kids, my older DS is 35th % and my younger DS is 80th and going to surpass his older brother soon. Same genetics, but very different percentiles. It’s a bit of a sensitive issue for my older son that his “little” brother is going to catch up to him soon size-wise, which is why I opened this thread. But I realize 35% is very different than 3%.
I think anytime a child is on the far end of the percentile chart without a clear genetic basis, a specialist visit isn’t a bad idea. Someone mentioned how we don’t pathologize being the 99th %, but I think if that kid came from shorter/average sized parents, a doctor may want to rule out a health issue. I have a cousin who was growing faster than expected and it turns out she has a triple X chromosome.
You need to look at the whole population. I was discussing averages. Of course there are cases that fall outside of the norm. My husband’s parents are 5’7” and 6’2”. They have 4 kids and while 3 fall right in between their parents (DD 5’9”, DS 6’2”, DS 6’) they have a daughter that is 6’1”. One of the grandfathers was 6’4” and she likely took after him.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 08:50
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
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”
I don’t think that’s how works at all. My dad is 6’ and my mom is 5’5” and yet I barely eked out 5’1”. My DH is 5’11” and his sister is my height. Even with my own kids, my older DS is 35th % and my younger DS is 80th and going to surpass his older brother soon. Same genetics, but very different percentiles. It’s a bit of a sensitive issue for my older son that his “little” brother is going to catch up to him soon size-wise, which is why I opened this thread. But I realize 35% is very different than 3%.
I think anytime a child is on the far end of the percentile chart without a clear genetic basis, a specialist visit isn’t a bad idea. Someone mentioned how we don’t pathologize being the 99th %, but I think if that kid came from shorter/average sized parents, a doctor may want to rule out a health issue. I have a cousin who was growing faster than expected and it turns out she has a triple X chromosome.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 08:13
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
You midgets need to get tested
Anonymous
04/18/2023 21:14
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
Anonymous wrote:My pediatrician wanted to give me growth hormones when at 11-12 I was tracking to be 4’10 or less. I was quite developed (no period yet) and very short. Thankfully, my parents got a second (and then third opinion). The other doctors took a look at my mom 5’4” and my dad 5’9” and said I would end up close to my mom’s height. At 13 I was 5’2” and at 14-15 went up to 5’3”. I just grew a lot between 11 and 13. Both DH and I were somewhat late bloomers (DH much more than me). I expect my kids to do the same.
Just to add, I was always the shortest in the class until (12-13) or last year of middle school when I became more average. I was still closer to the shorter side, but there a few girls shorter than me.I appreciate that for boys being short is usually harder than for girls
Anonymous
04/18/2023 21:12
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
My pediatrician wanted to give me growth hormones when at 11-12 I was tracking to be 4’10 or less. I was quite developed (no period yet) and very short. Thankfully, my parents got a second (and then third opinion). The other doctors took a look at my mom 5’4” and my dad 5’9” and said I would end up close to my mom’s height. At 13 I was 5’2” and at 14-15 went up to 5’3”. I just grew a lot between 11 and 13. Both DH and I were somewhat late bloomers (DH much more than me). I expect my kids to do the same.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 20:58
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
Be very, very careful if you do growth hormones. You want a place that administers these to children all of the time.
I know of a family who had their son die when he had growth hormones administered. The parents had the hormones administered to their son at age 3. The Mom was very, very short and the Dad was also short.
I know of a family who had their son die when he had growth hormones administered. The parents had the hormones administered to their son at age 3. The Mom was very, very short and the Dad was also short.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 20:54
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
It never hurts to check.
My cousin is 5'11 and her DH is 6'1. Their boys are 5'8 (16yo, almost done growing per orthopedist) and 6'5 (14yo who is still growing like a weed). You just never know how genes will work!
My cousin is 5'11 and her DH is 6'1. Their boys are 5'8 (16yo, almost done growing per orthopedist) and 6'5 (14yo who is still growing like a weed). You just never know how genes will work!
Anonymous
04/18/2023 20:45
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
My 4-11 aunt married her 6-2 husband. Daughter grew to 4-11. Son to 5-8. Genes are funny!
Anonymous
04/18/2023 20:42
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
I'm (F) from a short family too. I'm 5-1. Always the shortest kid in class my whole life. Mom 5-1 and Dad 5-7. I keep picturing if my parents had rushed me to an endocrinologist. Doc would have taken one look at my parents and laughed us out the door.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 15:37
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
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.
Exactly. He is no different than the kid who is in the 98th percentile except that we treat them as if they are different. They are simply opposite ends of the distribution.
+100
Your kid is just short. He'll be a short teen. And a short adult. And I'm sure he'll do very well in life.
He just won't make the HS basketball team
Anonymous
04/18/2023 14:03
Subject: What did you ped recommend for short stature?
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”
Using this calculation I should be 5’5 or 5’4, but I’m 5’2. This kid be shorter than projected. Crazier things have happened.
*could be