“My son does not seem to be growing at the same rate as his classmates”
Even though my husband and I are both taller than average, our 6 year old son is not growing at the same rate as his classmates. He is always the smallest and shortest child in class. What could be the reasons for this?
3 Answers
Endocronologist(Pediatric)Pediatrics
Could be a medical condition and would require a careful work up. It could also be normal. Read about constitutional growth delay. It’s a normal variant of growth (aka “late bloomer syndrome”).
There are several reasons for a kid to have low growth rate. He deserves to be seen by an endocrinologist to have a complete evaluation
Most children grow close to thier genetic background (roughly 85%of the time). There are several reasons why children may be growing either below biological background, below normal growth channel, or falling off the growth chart(shifting growth centiles down word.
