What to Expect From a Pediatric Endocrinologist

pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Sarah Brawley joins the podcast to talk about height trajectory and growth velocity for children. She says babies grow 20 inches in their first year of life but then it slows down until puberty when they hit a "growth spurt" The bump is going to depend on the child and when puberty hits - gender, family history and more. But she's big on monitoring height making sure that we're not over evaluating if a child is not meeting certain height trajectory.

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