Re: average height for 12 yrs old boy?
- From: Jeff <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:36:34 GMT
Vickie wrote:
On Jun 29, 2:17 pm, Sushi Fish <yellowtail_2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:when my son was born, I just knew he will be a tall boy. 12 yrs later,
he is around 5'6 and by the end of this summer he will be as tall as I
am. This month alone, he grows 4/10 of an inch, his growth is
sporadic, calm in few months, storming in others. he eats as much as
he wants, always hungry, can eat 24'' thin pizza in few hours but
looks thin.
My son was 22 inches when born. Has a tall dad. He is now 11 and one
of the shortest. He can not wait to grow taller. He has huge feet.
I wonder if that is any indicator?
When kids start puberty, their greatest growth is from outside in: feet and hands, then lower legs and forearms, then upper legs and and upper arms, finally trunks. A lot of kids about this age also feel really awkward because they have relatively big hands and feet.
He will eat a ton for a few days, then slows way down. Back and
forth. His weight is fine and he is healthy.
I think the puberty ages for boys and girls makes charting height and
weight differences near impossible.
Yeah, but you can tell when puberty is hitting. Early in puberty there is growth of hair where there hasn't been much hair before, and also, in males, testes start to increase is size before this (I suspect ovaries do as well, but this is much harder to test).
One problem with early puberty is that by the end of puberty, the body is nearly done growing (a kid might grow one to three inches after high school). If puberty occurs prematurely for a kid, his or her height may be permanently affected. If there is an issue with this, docs can take x-rays of hand bones to examine how the bones are growing (stages of bone growth is well characterized in the hands and visible in x-rays). (This might happen if a child shows signs up puberty say at the age of six.)
In both cases mentioned here, the growth seems like it might be perfectly fine for the kid.
The other thing is that growth and puberty tends to be early in some families and later in others. So if dad and mom and had (late or early) puberty, the child will likely have (late or early) puberty as well.
Like Jeff said, if you are concerned check with your family.
practitioner.
Vickie
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