Doctor Discussion Guide
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Doctor Discussion Guide Be prepared to talk with a doctor about CPP and your child. Take our Doctor Discussion Guide with you to your pediatrician visit to help you get the answers you need.
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Growth Comparison Tool How does your child compare to other children of the same age? Use our Growth Comparison Tool to track one observable aspect of your child's growth—his or her height.
Childhood Growth and Development
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Understanding Your Child's Development

Becoming familiar with the normal developmental milestones in children can help you better understand your own child's development. Below, we have outlined basic information about childhood growth and development, including contributory factors and growth rates.

Growth and development

Growth can be defined in a literal manner, for example as the increase in size of your child's body, or as an increase in size of certain parts of his or her body. Growth can be measured in inches or in pounds.

Development, on the other hand, can be defined not only physically, but psychologically. More specifically, it is seen as learning, reasoning and thinking skills.

Factors influencing growth and development

Growth and development are complex, interdependent processes that occur during childhood, and each is influenced by a number of factors. They include a child's genes, background, diet, family, and caretaking environment. Genetics, nutrition, and the control of certain serious childhood diseases can also play a role in a child's growth and development.

Growth and development begin at conception. Physical growth ends at a certain point, while development is a lifelong process.

Rates of growth in children

While some growth patterns are seen as more "normal" than others, these should never be regarded as absolute standards or ideals. Growing children of the same age may develop at distinctly different rates, and even large differences may be completely normal.

Learn more about the changes that occur during puberty with our chart,
Signs of Puberty.

Track your child's height using our Growth Comparison Tool.
See below for important safety and other information on Lupron Depot-PED.
All photos are of models and not of users of Lupron Depot-PED or persons suffering symptoms described.
    

Important Safety and Other Information:

Lupron Depot-PED (7.5 mg, 11.25 mg, and 15 mg) is used for the treatment of central precocious puberty. In clinical studies, the most frequent adverse event related to therapy with Lupron Depot-PED was an injection site reaction, seen in 5% of children in the combined studies. The recommended starting dose of Lupron Depot-PED is 0.3 mg/kg/4 weeks (minimum 7.5 mg). Inadequate dosing may result in poor control of the pubertal process.

For further information about Lupron Depot-PED, please see the complete Prescribing Information, as well as the
Patient Product Information.
  
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