Anyone have small kids?

[SparklyGothKat]

Firstly I am only 4ft 11ins myself and I know Ds1 may just take after me. But he is 127cms at 12.5 years, showing no signs at all of pubety (sp?) and his consultant at the hospital (he has modarate cerebral palsy)
has referred him back to GOSH to have his hormore levels checked. His predicted adult height is 4ft 10in which is tiny for a male.

Should I be worried, as his dad is 5ft 7in and he started pubety at 11, so really Ds1 should be showing some signs, but he isn't even growing, he has followed the 0.4th percentile most of his life but has dropped off the chart now.

whats worrying me the most is looking back over his baby book, he has always been between the 0.4th and 9th percentile, then at aged 7 he started to drop through the lines and now he is off the chart

Genitically he should be between you and your partner height wise so more than 4'10". CP children need about 20% more calories so does he eat well or is he skinny, if so may not be getting adequate nutrition to grow upwards!

he is skinny, his weight is on the 9th percentile, where he has been most of his life. He doesn't look ill, just small.

Some kids are just skinny and not big eaters, both mine were small and skinny, just not interested in food, but they did grow taller than me (I'm 4'11")
DGS (with CP) is not on wt charts yet for age (21mo) but is for height, we can never get enough food in him - whenever he starts to look like he has cheeks he shoots up and is skinny as a whippet.
Def get the hormone deficiency looked at as it can be treated, but maybe a dietician can give you hints on nutritional supplements - we do cream in EVERYTHING!