My son's growth

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No!!

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Quote from: suzannaxyz on January 15, 2015, 05:12:00 PMNo!!

Lol why the exclamation marks? I know from experience that kids and adolescents with Aspergers simply don't notice social cues and subtleties like "normal" kids do. After all, I have Aspergers. 

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Been wondering for some time now that my daughter might have some very mild form of aspergers.

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Quote from: galaxy1 on January 15, 2015, 05:33:52 PMBeen wondering for some time now that my daughter might have some very mild form of aspergers.

Btw are you Galaxystar from old forum ?

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Yes I am galaxystar.

My daughter just admitted the other day not being good at reading nonverbal body language.

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She is not shy that I am aware of and always told by teachers that she is a very likable kid, even popular with a very big heart and not a judgemental bone in her body and will say hello to any one of her peers who crosses her path in the school hallway, so definitely not shy as that is not something one who is shy would be able to do. She even once stated she could care less about height even if born a dwarf. She has however already seen the negativity towards short stature on social media. I will admit she inherited the big heart likeable charismatic personality from her dad and not from me, lol. Then with her just starting middle school just this year and knowing that middle school is so much more different than elementary school who know's what lies ahead for her.

But to stay on topic I have just made appointment to see if my daughter's growth plates have cclosed.  After doing somer reading on the subject I 'm certain she has one more year of growth left or maybe has stopped completely, which means another inch or half inch of additional height at most. She began puberty three years earlier than myself and am disappointed and I blame all the extra large servings of dairy that was not organic dairy, not much exercise really and very bad sleep with issues of mouth breathing that have been affecting quality sleep and a worn out even aged appearance upon wakening in the morning which I did mention to the doctor. I also pointed out that tonsils appear large, much larger than my own, and that my own mother had tonsils removed but doctor preferred to wait but did finally give referral later to ENT (ears, nose, throat doc)twice and which I decided to cancel twice, since the mouth breathing appeared to be seasonal. It's looking more that she got the short genes from both my mother and her father's mother, the aunts are 5 to 5'3" on my moms side but her dads mother there are several aunts as short as 4'10" in fact I think they are all below 5 feet on dads mother side. My father and his father however, (my father in-law) is where the tall genes would come from with the woman/aunts closer to 5'5" to 5"6 in height.
The question I have is if there are cancer risk with growth hormones and if it is too late to begin the treatment for girls and if my insurance will pay for all this. I'll find this out soon.

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If she has growth plates open, HGH might help a bit. I have stopped my son's puberty with medication, but I cannot completely suppress those. Trying to do my best. I caught my daughter's early. They don't have good statistics about the GH dangers. My kids had deficiency, that is why I am comfortable to give them. I am not sure if it will work with kids with normal GH levels. Insurance will give you any reason not to pay.

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Quote from: suzannaxyz on January 15, 2015, 09:10:40 PMIf she has growth plates open, HGH might help a bit. I have stopped my son's puberty with medication, but I cannot completely suppress those. Trying to do my best. I caught my daughter's early. They don't have good statistics about the GH dangers. My kids had deficiency, that is why I am comfortable to give them. I am not sure if it will work with kids with normal GH levels. Insurance will give you any reason not to pay.

Thanks for the info, this is all new territory for me and it all sounds very confusing already. But yes, I'll see that doctor checks the GH levels at the appointment when we have the growth plate x-ray done, and to make certain that I must be very persistent and pushy with the insurance on this.

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Yes. They also do the blood test for puberty. Checking LH,FSH, estrogen, testosterone. I have x-rayed my kids hands. But also for my son I asked specifically for the knees. The hips also can be checked. Good luck.

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Quote from: suzannaxyz on January 15, 2015, 09:37:19 PMYes. They also do the blood test for puberty. Checking LH,FSH, estrogen, testosterone. I have x-rayed my kids hands. But also for my son I asked specifically for the knees. The hips also can be checked. Good luck.

I don't understand what height did you expect your son to be?