Re: Delayed Puberty.., Thank you everyone :)

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to thank everyone for reassuring me my son is ok.

It was just one more thing to add to his already hectic, stressful life. After

our ped. visit I walked out and told my hubby " I can't deal with another problem

right now, can't our poor child get a break! "

He is tall for his age, growing in every other aspect I just don't want him to

have something else for the other boys to make fun of him " in the locker room "

for. You can have the " everyone grows at different rates and everyone is " sized "

different " but that darn male ego seems to kick in so early, hee hee.

We'll just wait and see I guess as there really isn't much that can be done at

this point.

Thank you again everyone,

hugs!

>

> I have a weird question but didn't really know where else to go with this...my

> 13 1/2 yr old son (with aspergers & sensory integration issues)hasn't started

> puberty. His pediatrician is becoming worried and wants us to have a wrist

bone

> scan to find out his Chronological age versus his real age (whatever that

> means!?) We don't have insurance so we've decided to wait and see what happens

> in six months or so.

>

> Is this something anyone else is dealing with? My son is very immature, I'd

> guess three years behind immaturity wise but now to have this bomb dropped is

> scaring me. His pediatrician, who we've been seeing since his birth asked me

if

> he was " playing with himself " yet and when I told her No, not to my knowledge,

> she was flabbergasted. That worried me so I asked my husband when he started

> " you know what-ing " and the man who I thought I could NEVER embarres got red

in

> the face and said " I don't remember! "

>

>

> Of course I'm running through my head " what if I did something to surpress his

> puberty " like we've been using melatonin off and on since age 9, what if I

> messes up his pituatary gland or something.

> This is just one more thing to add to my list of How Do I Fix This?

>

> Thank for letting me vent,

> W

>

[Guest guest]

On the age thing, my son was delayed also. At one point the doctor

asked us about prescribing growth hormone but we declined. Another

doctor told us about the growth plate tests but a third told us that

baby tooth loss and growth is a pretty accurate indicator of where the

child is at in relation to the average. Our son had delayed loss of

baby teeth and growth of adult teeth.

On 11/4/10, <kristenwallen@...> wrote:

> I just wanted to thank everyone for reassuring me my son is ok.

> It was just one more thing to add to his already hectic, stressful life.

> After our ped. visit I walked out and told my hubby " I can't deal with

> another problem right now, can't our poor child get a break! "

> He is tall for his age, growing in every other aspect I just don't want him

> to have something else for the other boys to make fun of him " in the locker

> room " for. You can have the " everyone grows at different rates and everyone

> is " sized " different " but that darn male ego seems to kick in so early, hee

> hee.

>

> We'll just wait and see I guess as there really isn't much that can be done

> at this point.

>

> Thank you again everyone,

> hugs!

>

>

>

>>

>> I have a weird question but didn't really know where else to go with

>> this...my

>> 13 1/2 yr old son (with aspergers & sensory integration issues)hasn't

>> started

>> puberty. His pediatrician is becoming worried and wants us to have a wrist

>> bone

>> scan to find out his Chronological age versus his real age (whatever that

>> means!?) We don't have insurance so we've decided to wait and see what

>> happens

>> in six months or so.

>>

>> Is this something anyone else is dealing with? My son is very immature,

>> I'd

>> guess three years behind immaturity wise but now to have this bomb dropped

>> is

>> scaring me. His pediatrician, who we've been seeing since his birth asked

>> me if

>> he was " playing with himself " yet and when I told her No, not to my

>> knowledge,

>> she was flabbergasted. That worried me so I asked my husband when he

>> started

>> " you know what-ing " and the man who I thought I could NEVER embarres got

>> red in

>> the face and said " I don't remember! "

>>

>>

>> Of course I'm running through my head " what if I did something to surpress

>> his

>> puberty " like we've been using melatonin off and on since age 9, what if I

>>

>> messes up his pituatary gland or something.

>> This is just one more thing to add to my list of How Do I Fix This?

>>

>> Thank for letting me vent,

>> W

>>

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