Ds just turned 9 and pediatrician found a few pubic hairs at his check up. He is 65 lbs, average height. Ped recommended getting a bone scan to determine bone age and a blood...
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test to make sure he hasn't started puberty. This is the absolute last thing I expected with him. Dh went through puberty late in high school and was still growing in college. I got my period at 11 but was overweight. Do you think we should also go to an endocrinologist? Anyone have any experience with this?
posted June 8th, 2012 at 4:13pm in
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- i'd ask your doctor first. No need to be alarmed yet 6-8-2012 4:13pm
- do they look that closely? or does dc have black/brown hair? 6-8-2012 4:15pm
- op: DS has brown hair, and he is very hairy (soft light hair on his neck and back, soft light hair on his arms). Dh is very hairy. Ped looked closely (and measured his testes...(more) 6-8-2012 4:16pm
which he said were normal).
- hmmm -- i think boys can be all over the board with this. my ds is 10yo and off the charts in height and weight and he has no pubes but his friend who is that size does according...(more) 6-8-2012 4:15pm
to the mother and his dr said he was going early puberty
- Op; Ped said they would want to stop early puberty because he would end up short. He said it might just be an early maturation of adrenal glands which causes early pubic hair...(more) 6-8-2012 4:19pm
and some minor acne, and body oder but is not actually the beginning of puberty.
- 10 yo DS brought home a paper that said 10 was normal age for onset (10-16). 9 doesnt seem like a major outlier 6-8-2012 4:20pm
- What age did you start developing any puberty symptoms? 6-8-2012 4:16pm
- Op: I think I was 10 1/2 when I got underarm hair (remember shaving before camp started that summer). 6-8-2012 4:18pm
- what about breast buds? 6-8-2012 4:21pm
- Op: Not sure. I was overweight. I remember being 105 lbs in 4th grade so I'm sure I had them just due to being fat. 6-8-2012 4:22pm
- you may have had early puberty regardless and it's in your genes. I did, and i was not overweight 6-8-2012 4:24pm
- op: Maybe. My mom said she was also 11 but my sister was 14. 6-8-2012 4:26pm
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