To take dd to dr

[Purplesky2]

Dd age 5.6 is very tall - approx 126cm. DH is tall 6ft 4cm. I'm a little above average height 5ft 6. I want to take her to the dr but DH think I'm crazy, he thinks I will influence her feelings from being proud she is tall to feeling it is not normal. I think I do mainly agree with DH but the comments from others and a little niggle make me want to see the GP to see if a referral is necessary. She had her reception meausring and nothing was said but I would hate for something to be wrong and there is something I could have done but in reality she is likely to just be a very tall woman.

Erm, no, don't take her to the GP.

If you have any concern (although I can't see what that would be with having a tall DH and a tall child) I would either go in without her andwasteagpappointment or phone them. Whatever you do don't take her and let her think it's a problem to be tall. If there is any action to be taken due to her being perfectlynormal tall, then take her in at that point.

God the quality of responses on MN has nosedived. Squashing, nuts, 'heightician'? FFS - there are endocrinological problems worth looking at and this mother just wanted some intelligent responses. She evidently came to the wrong place.

GP here, I actually would not feel seeing a child over parental concerns re height being a waste of my time, there are various conditions to be ruled out.

Seriously? What else within the OP gives you grounds for clinical suspicion?

Iam - the op should have perhaps posted in children's health if she wanted to be taken a little more seriously. Come on - I can't get a GP appointment for 3 weeks over something urgent and the op would be taking a perfectly healthy child because she's tall?! School nurses and health visitors might be a better place to raise an initial concern. Also I'm sure the child has seen a dr in her 5 years ahd if they were concerned she or they could have mentioned it then if it was a major worry - it's not like they couldn't see her height!
The health service is so overstretched and people with genuine life threatening conditions are unable to get seen for weeks at a time, leave an otherwise healthy child to be at home.

Rather then speak to your GP. Chat to your health visitor

My dd is 6.2 years old and the tallest girl in her class at 122cm but there are very tall
Girls in reception ( she's in year 1) but come on take 30 kids and you're going to have massive variations.

My ds is 14 and is in a size 13 shoe and growing, should I take him to the doctors? ( maybe get his toes chopped off? )
Unless there are other concerns op I would not take her to the doctors, she will end up with a complex over her height.

She's just above the 97th percentile. That means 3% of girls her age are also that tall i.e. it's normal. Height is a concern if it's related to obesity (obese children are tall) or if growth is accelerating due to precocious puberty. If she's neither of those it's normal.

There is an issue with the medicalisation of tall girls/women, just like boys are more likely to be referred for being short. There was an interesting study which looked at women who had undergone oestrogen therapy or been offered it to restrict their height. Of the women who underwent the treatment, close to half regretted it. Of those that didn't 98% were happy they didn't and were glad they were tall.

FFS - there are endocrinological problems worth looking at Are there? The OP has give NO indication of any reason for concern. In fact the only signs she has given are...tall father, tall child. Sorry but the I would say that's pretty self explanatory. The hysteria on this site is ridiculous.

I agree I'm being a little hysterical. She is 126.5cm and 26kg (just measured) so overall is a big girl. I don't overfeed her I try to keep her active. I am going to park the thoughts....... for now!

I think she hasn't had much health visitor or GP input. In fact I think the health visitor saw her once at new birth visit and Gp at six week check so apart from immunisations and brief weighing at clinic she hasn't seen a HCP.

Keep monitoring DD's rate of development and other physical signs of growth that seem advanced for her age as I mentioned earlier. Disproportionately big hands, feet, and lower jaw that overlooks the upper would indicate that medical advice be sought.

Oh feet are actually smallish is for her height size 11.5/12. I'll be reassured about that

'There is an issue with the medicalisation of tall girls/women, just like boys are more likely to be referred for being short.'
This exactly. It's the perpetuation of a very fundamental and really quite damaging sexism.

A friend of mine growing up was put through various horrible treatments to restrict her height and ended up very, very messed up indeed.

I have short boys. In our case it is very obviously genetic. Dh and I both markedly short, my dad short, MIL one of the shortest adults I've ever met. NFW am I putting their healthy bodies and minds through onerous treatments for the sake of other people's lazy and damaging ideas.

I'm a GP. I have never and would never laugh at a parent with a genuine concern about their child. And I am always happiest when I can reassure someone that there is nothing to worry about.

I think this thread has provided adequate assurance given the history presented. There are no red flags here.

Although I do agree parental instinct could be taken more seriously by some.

Dd was 150cm at 9.

Some people are tall, theres nothing wrong with them!

I wish I could give you a list of all the things that I see that do waste my time though!

Oh please do, it would be my favourite new thread.

I cannot believe how many people are dismissing your concerns. Of course you should take her to the GP. She is probably just tall but there are some rare growth conditions that are best diagnosed as early as possible (they usually go hand in hand with endocrinological imbalances). If I read the chart right your DD is over the 99.6 percentile, that is cause for a check up just to make sure.

I've got a short nearly 10 year old who is only a few cms taller (130), only a kilo heavier and only a shoe size bigger! He's on the 9th centile.

But I've got no concerns. We're a short family and only XP was tall at 6ft. If you're both tall I can see why she would be too.

If you are still concerned speak to the school nurse who did her reception height check. Ignore the posters saying to speak to the health visitor - they don't see kids once they start reception and all care is passed to the school nurses.

i cannot believe how many people are dismissing your concerns. You have misread the OP. There are no concerns.

Are all these people who said there is nothing drs can do for height health care professionals? If not please don't advise on things you don't understand.

If people are looking for the advice of a health care professional then they should see one. As it happens this person posted here, to see what a random group of MNers thought.

There do not need to be other concerns empire. The OP's DD is probably just tall but do you want to guarantee this? Are you a metabolic disease specialist? Do you often diagnose on the internet? There are some, very rare, conditions that present this way, eventually there will be other symptoms but wouldn't be nice of the OP either had her mind put to rest or caught this early?

Here is the NHS guidance at GOSH that clearly states that children over the 99.6 centile for height should be referred. This is standard practice but just not very common as not many children fall in this category (obviously!).

www.gosh.nhs.uk/health-professionals/clinical-guidelines/height-measuring-childyoung-person