Is Your Child A Late Bloomer?

When a child takes too much time in going through puberty stage then he/she child is known as a late bloomer. A late bloomer’s skills and abilities are not as developed as others. The experts says that if the breast development does not happen in a girl or the testicular development does not happen in a boy by the age of 14 then this may be concerned with late bloomer stage.


The term late bloomer define a child whose catching power is little slower as compare to normal children, hence develops little slower. Sometimes the parents get worried about their child for late blooming. Those parents can clear their worries by evaluating their child from an experienced doctor to make sure whether the child is normal or not.

Why some children become late bloomer as compare to other children?

The constitutional growth delay is the basic reason for a child being late bloomer. Although heredity

plays a vital role for a child to become late bloomer. If a child’s mother or father was a late bloomer in his/her childhood then the chances are there for the child becoming late bloomer.

If your child is behind his/her classmates then it does not mean that you will make a perception that your child is a late bloomer. It is just a situation that your child needs little more time to develop as compare to his/her classmates.

What parents should do to make sure that their child is normal?

Well, a great idea to make sure the normality of your child is to take him/her to a doctor. The doctor will completely examine to assure you about the normality of your child by doing some simple tests.

Generally the paediatricians perform “bone age test” to determine the age of bone. In this test the doctor take an X-ray of the hands of your child to get the actual bone age. For example- if a child is 14 years old and is a late bloomer then the “bone age test” will show his/her bone age like a 12 years old child. It means the child has much growth to develop.Many times it happens that the late bloomers will start growing whereas their classmates having normal bone age stop growing.

What should parents do if they are worried about their kid’s development?

If you are also worried about your child’s development then fix an appointment with your doctor. Although there is nothing to worry (almost like 9 times out of 10), at last your child will grow. If

something goes wrong (such as thyroid problem or hormonal issues) the doctor will pick it up and do the treatment accordingly.

Mostly the late bloomer issue is concerned with the hormonal problems. Hence, it is very important that parents also take good care of their own growth and development. When you take your child to doctor who is a late bloomer, the doctor will assess him/her at very first step in terms of heredity issues.

The diet also plays an important role in your child’s growth and development. It is very important that your child have healthy diet everyday which includes vegetable, grains, milk, leafy vegetables, eggs etc.

What are the realities about being late bloomers?

v  The late bloomers feel awkward in taking compliments from anyone. It happens because they have never learned that how to respond on compliments.

v  Mostly if anyone stares at you for much time, you start assuming that there is something definitely wrong in your face.

v  Generally the late bloomers avoid people who make comment about their improvement.

v  Sometimes people whisper with their friend looking at you, you start assuming that they are making fun of you.

v  If you accept anyone’s invitation for hanging out and eventually get surprised that it’s a date.

v  The late bloomers gets very aggrieved when they listen people are criticizing a person’s looks and personality.

v  The late bloomers take less time in dressing up as compare to normal children because they have not saw the point in taking much time in dressing up.

v  The late bloomers can easily recognize the people who are also late bloomers like you and they have immediate empathy with them.

v  If a late bloomer have transformed in terms of losing weight then everyone would grant to discuss about how they admire her/him for being healthy. The late bloomer might feel quite freaked out to see how everyone is behaving so nice with him/her.

v  Slowly everyone starts behaving nice with late bloomer staring from his/her maid to strangers and even the family as well. In this way the late bloomer will feel more cynical than his/her friends who were not unattractive.

v  The most important thing about late bloomers is that they give preference to inner beauty than looks and also appreciate other people as well.