janet88:

randwick:

My ds is now in Sec2 and he is 176cm, luckily he does not have scoliosis and his appointment is now in 9 months time rather than 6 months.

I suspect the HPB is still using old statistics as kids now are taller. When the doctor said ds is tall for age, he told the doctor that the boys in school are mostly tall and he feels that he is one of the shorter ones :shock:

wow! sec 2 and already 176cm :yikes: are you and/or hubby on the tall side?

randwick:

My ds is now in Sec2 and he is 176cm, luckily he does not have scoliosis and his appointment is now in 9 months time rather than 6 months.

I suspect the HPB is still using old statistics as kids now are taller. When the doctor said ds is tall for age, he told the doctor that the boys in school are mostly tall and he feels that he is one of the shorter ones :shock:

randwick:

ImMeeMee:

DD3 has been given a referral to HPB arising from her school health screening exercise. Concern is that she is tall for her age. She is 9 yo and 151cm in height. Her BMI is within normal range.


Any parent here with similar experience in your child? What should we be expecting from the consultation?

Hi! Don't worry ImMeeMee, my ds was also referred to HPB in Primary 6. He was tall for age. He was around 168cm at P6. The doctor check for scoliosis (curvature of the spine). They will ask for height of both parents and/or height of any tall relations. And they will continue monitoring the spine every 6 months for the next few years until the height stablises.

My ds is now in Sec2 and he is 176cm, luckily he does not have scoliosis and his appointment is now in 9 months time rather than 6 months.

I suspect the HPB is still using old statistics as kids now are taller. When the doctor said ds is tall for age, he told the doctor that the boys in school are mostly tall and he feels that he is one of the shorter ones :shock:

ImMeeMee:

DD3 has been given a referral to HPB arising from her school health screening exercise. Concern is that she is tall for her age. She is 9 yo and 151cm in height. Her BMI is within normal range.


Any parent here with similar experience in your child? What should we be expecting from the consultation?

pacetone:

MrsKiasu:

I find that in mine and dh family..if have more kids, can see the shorter and taller than average..so haywire genes already. Dh is tall more than 1.8 and his sis is so small size. Unless my mil gave all the good food to dh but no leh the youngest one very sayang also. The girls at my maternal side, yes few at 1.7x

Remind me when I first met MIL - I really got a shock. She is less than 1.5m and DH is about 1.78m. I thought she is not the biological mother.

MrsKiasu:

I find that in mine and dh family..if have more kids, can see the shorter and taller than average..so haywire genes already. Dh is tall more than 1.8 and his sis is so small size. Unless my mil gave all the good food to dh but no leh the youngest one very sayang also. The girls at my maternal side, yes few at 1.7x

Imp75:

so if short but grow 2cm every year it should be fine? We are talking about pre-puberty here.

laughingcat:

MrsKiasu:

Wait the tall hunky ones like smaller size ones coz more cuddly

but the shortie smell armpit leh..... :rotflmao:

MrsKiasu:

Wait the tall hunky ones like smaller size ones coz more cuddly

ImMeeMee:

ammonite:

They probably just want to make sure it is not hyperpituitarism. Normal growth spurt is not a cause for concern.

What are the symptoms besides being tall for age?

laughingcat:

MrsKiasu:

[quote=\"MyPillow\"]

A colleague dd was like that
Then when she is 12, early this yr, she grew to 172cm - doc said \" giant genes \" dad is 180 cm plus , mum is 167cm

Giant genes :rotflmao: yup think my dd will be 17x..i m just hoping for the low one :nailbite:

MrsKiasu:

MyPillow:

[quote=\"ImMeeMee\"]DD3 has been given a referral to HPB arising from her school health screening exercise. Concern is that she is tall for her age. She is 9 yo and 151cm in height. Her BMI is within normal range.


Any parent here with similar experience in your child? What should we be expecting from the consultation?

A colleague dd was like that
Then when she is 12, early this yr, she grew to 172cm - doc said \" giant genes \" dad is 180 cm plus , mum is 167cm

ammonite:

They probably just want to make sure it is not hyperpituitarism. Normal growth spurt is not a cause for concern.

MyPillow:

ImMeeMee:

DD3 has been given a referral to HPB arising from her school health screening exercise. Concern is that she is tall for her age. She is 9 yo and 151cm in height. Her BMI is within normal range.


Any parent here with similar experience in your child? What should we be expecting from the consultation?

A colleague dd was like that
Then when she is 12, early this yr, she grew to 172cm - doc said \" giant genes \" dad is 180 cm plus , mum is 167cm

ImMeeMee:

MyPillow:

[quote=\"ImMeeMee\"]DD3 has been given a referral to HPB arising from her school health screening exercise. Concern is that she is tall for her age. She is 9 yo and 151cm in height. Her BMI is within normal range.


Any parent here with similar experience in your child? What should we be expecting from the consultation?

A colleague dd was like that
Then when she is 12, early this yr, she grew to 172cm - doc said \" giant genes \" dad is 180 cm plus , mum is 167cm