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Precocious Puberty (Female) - Anyone Gone Thru This?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 515273" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Girls are starting their periods earlier and earlier now. Some ethnic groups start earlier than others, but overall the start of menses has gotten ealrier. No one really knows why though many things including better nutrition are suspected.</p><p></p><p>Do NOT buy the story that she won't grow any more after her period starts. I grew almost a foot, Jess grew more than a foot, and wehn I was a kid NO ONE thought that girls stopped growing when they got their periods. I have NO idea why it is "common knowledge" now, but I have heard it from almost every parent of a girl that I have heard talk about this subject. </p><p></p><p>Given short parental heights, esp if their families all tend to be short, I would attribute her height to that. My family tends to be short. I have a cousin who topped out at 4'10" and was a top gymnast when she was in high school, even though her parents had to go to court to get her to be allowed to compete because at the time their state said that you had to be taller than 4'10" or you were disabled (actually classified as a dwarf). Both families are just short, NOT disabled. I was diagnosis'd "failure to thrive" because I was so small and all of my kids were "high risk" because they were under the whatever percentile on the growth charts. Not just as babies, this went on until they were school aged. We got forced to extra doctor appts, etc... until we moved and took them to MY pediatrician who said they were fine, just from small parents. The other docs told all sorts of alarming stories about decreased intelligence due to malnutrition, etc.... . I was offended by that because heck, Wiz though that candy mean frosted mini wheats. He didn't have coke until he was 18 mos and that was just a small sip when most moms of kids we knew were giving their kids soda from happy meals at 9 mos. I was a stickler about healthy foods and not too much sweets, etc... and he ate like a hog. </p><p></p><p>Definitely see the pediatrician endocrinologist, but be careful as to what you actually do. Nature really does know a lot more about growth and development than doctors understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 515273, member: 1233"] Girls are starting their periods earlier and earlier now. Some ethnic groups start earlier than others, but overall the start of menses has gotten ealrier. No one really knows why though many things including better nutrition are suspected. Do NOT buy the story that she won't grow any more after her period starts. I grew almost a foot, Jess grew more than a foot, and wehn I was a kid NO ONE thought that girls stopped growing when they got their periods. I have NO idea why it is "common knowledge" now, but I have heard it from almost every parent of a girl that I have heard talk about this subject. Given short parental heights, esp if their families all tend to be short, I would attribute her height to that. My family tends to be short. I have a cousin who topped out at 4'10" and was a top gymnast when she was in high school, even though her parents had to go to court to get her to be allowed to compete because at the time their state said that you had to be taller than 4'10" or you were disabled (actually classified as a dwarf). Both families are just short, NOT disabled. I was diagnosis'd "failure to thrive" because I was so small and all of my kids were "high risk" because they were under the whatever percentile on the growth charts. Not just as babies, this went on until they were school aged. We got forced to extra doctor appts, etc... until we moved and took them to MY pediatrician who said they were fine, just from small parents. The other docs told all sorts of alarming stories about decreased intelligence due to malnutrition, etc.... . I was offended by that because heck, Wiz though that candy mean frosted mini wheats. He didn't have coke until he was 18 mos and that was just a small sip when most moms of kids we knew were giving their kids soda from happy meals at 9 mos. I was a stickler about healthy foods and not too much sweets, etc... and he ate like a hog. Definitely see the pediatrician endocrinologist, but be careful as to what you actually do. Nature really does know a lot more about growth and development than doctors understand. [/QUOTE]
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