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KillahPriest:
I doubt there's anything wrong with your son, at most you or your wife come from a family with tall people. Just take him to a good hospital for complete medical evaluation to clear all doubts then I'll suggest you look up Tom Brown then be preparing it like custard for him to drink regularly. You can add dried dates to the other ingredients before grinding as a sweetener. I'm sure you give him multivitamins regularly so if the hospital says he's okay, you'll just have to channel his stature into sports like basketball.

Ps, have you consulted a dietician/nutritionist ?

Thanks a lot...we haven't visited one yet, just regular Doctors, GPs.

Yampotatocarrot:
It's a grinded mixture of soybeans, maize, millet, crayfish, groundnut and some other grains... It's common in the North

Na for people wey wan fat... You can check children wards of any general Hospital around you... I used to buy it at the children ward of General Hospital, Lafia... Although now, my sister prepares it and waybills to me

If you no wan fat, no take am o... The thing be like booster, you go just dey fat, that kind well rounded, healthy fat

Thanks a lot for this...I will look into it

HeightsKE:
When last did you deworm him?
The egg regimen is ok but try mixing alot of raw egg in the grounded beans to make moi moi. Do the first like 6 months. Don't boil the eggs and cut,just mix the raw egg in the grounded beans before steaming/ boiling.
If you can afford it,give a lot of rich tea with enough milk. Then again,he's not too young to try doing some little power exercises like pushups and lifting some little weights under your guidance,o...that will make him build muscles and bones. Try these.

Thanks a lot

waice6571:
There may be influx of parasite in his system.... Check online for the kind parasite that may have such negative effects on human.

It may also be hormonal issue or some kinds of allergy..... Get w doctor that can study him over a period time. Have close watch on him and document his daily activities over a period of time maybe you will notice a n unusual pattern of behaviour or reactions.

I understand your pains. God will intervene.

For seven years I was carrying my son from one place to the othe but thank God today, he's a delight.

Thanks a lot for your input. Will do again

Godwins4:
Op try preparing Tom Brown for him and thank me later

What is Tom Brown please?

BelieveAfrica:
Desperate father, stop asking for what is not lost.
From all you have said nothing is wrong with your boy. I have a boy like that, and he is healthy and rarely fall sick. But no one dare question why he is skinny. Is he their son? I protect him from harassment, embarrassment and bully from his mates and adults alike.
It is your responsibility to love him. And let him know you are proud of his stature and you are happy with him.
Let me ask you, which will you prefer, a boy that is overnight and you go to hospital every month or your lanky that rarely fall sick.
My son is 9 years old now and we have never slept a night in an hospital from his birth.
There are medical diagnosis to check if there is any issue with his organs or systems. And if there is no issue , medically, at aleast for now, what are you worried?
Please I beg you, don't let that boy lose his self esteem. Its bad that he will go to school daily and meet his mates trying to bully him. If you as his father is ashamed to post his picture, you are killing the young man for no just cause.
Go home. Stop making him become fat. Just live hi for who he is. Stop pressurising him to eat Love him for who he is
He may become fatter, he may not, but he is not less human. Treat him with respect and dignity he deserves.
God bless your family.

Amen
Thank you very much for your input.

Omoawoke:
Hmmm, do all the tests necessary including genotype. What you described is not normal

Okay, thanks.

Fryx:
Na by force?

Leave the guy alone. The only concern I see here is the opening mouth something.

I was lanky from birth that friends give me different names to corroborate that.


Being lanky free you from many bodily diseases. No matter how I eat, I don’t go fatter than normal, which makes me learn to just eat as my body needs.

I am sure the guy will grow well into a fine handsome man. (Just focus on the teeth)

Me for example, regardless of my lanky look, I never struggle to get female attention. (I feel it’s strange that people are complaining about how hard it’s for them to get women)

And I am currently in my mid twenties. I am just developing more manly features which gives me the look of a giant. I am sure I will clock thirty before I fully develop.

If he maintain an healthy habit, he will live longer before experiencing old age diseases. Because his body grow slowly.

This case makes me remember my cousin sister that looks just like me. Her mum had a similar worry and started pumping her with drugs. She grew one funny shape like that. lol.

But see her now, a very beautiful girl with the right shape.

Why worry about the shape of a kid? Don’t you have better things to do with your time?

Well, you won't understand, it's just that I can't share his pictures. Thanks for the contribution though

christejames:



Just call 7UP to come and use him for live advert




On a serious note, there is nothing much to worry about, the so called depreciation I believe started immediately he became a pubescent. It's one of the attributes... The way you pictured him here, I think your son will grow up to become brawny and physically 'huge', he is still growing abeit scratching the surface for now

Where I find issue is with his mouth opening , make sure he doesn't grow with that because it's a bad habit, I will suggest, you keep his mouth busy by giving him bubble gum to chew quarterly every day



My humble submissions, I hope it helps to allay your worries

Thanks alot, we will try that too

enumerica:
Dewarm him first.

We have done that multiple times, no changes whatsoever

Kemyliciouss:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@OP as long as he's healthy, please allow the boy grow the way God intended.

Same thing my parents are saying, but bring his father, I am not happy of the way he looks. He's so different from his peers, and I am afraid if he reaches his teenage years like that, he might have problems with friends .

illicit:
It's that 'keeps his mouth open' dat worries me

Maybe he's skinny cos he breaths too much

😶

Is that even a thing, breathing too much makes one skinny?

chigoziri2403:
What are you scared of?

He doesn't look good at all

codemaniacs:
Take him for genotype test.

He may be SS.

Really?

But I, the father is AA and the mum, AS. And like I mentioned, he rarely falls sick.

Hi guys, please I really need your help.

I have a twelve years old son who is very lanky, he looks d*mn too malnourished for comfort. He was very robust from birth till around the age of 8, when all of a sudden he started depreciating, initially, we thought it was a normal thing, as he was growing taller too, but now, I can't even bring myself to post his pictures on my status. He looks just like 7up's Fido Dido.

Now, this is a boy who eats whatever he wants, he's well fed, and lacks nothing. But with his looks, you will doubt that he's even fed at all. Although he looks far from being healthy, but he rarely falls sick. He's so skiny that whoever sees him, asks us what's wrong with him. Another thing, he always leaves his mouth opened, something that has now affected his teeth. We tried every tricks in the book to stop this, but to no avail, he can hardly keep his lips shut for more than 30 seconds.

Now, he's is a very hyperactive boy and finds it difficult concentrating atimes, but he's well above average in school.

Kindly help with solutions to this problem, it brings tears to my eyes as we have done everything we can think of to reverse this. Recently, a doctor suggested we place him on egg regimen, he now eats 3 eggs daily, but there seems to be no changes whatsoever.
Recommended medications, specialist or hospital we can take him to, preferably in the South West would be highly appreciated.

He's my only child, please help a desperate father!!!🥺

Godsage:
Make dem de rejoice say dem see am sell sef for 40m to balance the books.

He hasnt really contributed to arsenal and surely they wont regret anything.

To be candid, he came thru for Arsenal last season in many instances...as for me, considering his age and obvious room for improvement, i would have preferred an Ozil or a Mkhitaryan exit.

legitnow:
After this move, na retirement move remain.(one possible major move and then retirement move or just retirement move about.)


Football is a Short term career.


So he made the right decision to move at that cost now.

Hmm...i concur

So so sad...Arsenal will regret this

Kenneth10110:
Look at his old pictures looking cool and good unlike now his dreads are so rough he has lost the form and the man Arsenal dreamt of in him. He should check his mirror at home.

Shebi him get mama and papa

I still do not know what can stop huge surges from wrecking havoc there....and when u think about what developed nations are going thru with our oceans and seas, u but wonder if this wall can actually withstand the current strength of the waters due to global warming.

Water will always find its way around...so I pray it doesn't lead to major disaster in other parts of the State in d long run.

How Greece won the 2004 UEFA Euro comes to mind.

How Greece won the 2004 Euros comes to mind.

Good development ...A first lady did this under her husband's 60 days in office, while some Governors are still chasing the shadows of their predecessors.

Instead of them to hit d ground running, some of them don turn probing to achievement.


Whether u used ur money or d govt's, kudos jare

Wahala wa o.


Why must they bend the rules of d sch for u and ur daughter because u lecture in UI? If u and urs can't adhere to their rules, move ur daughter to a Muslim college.

I thought these hijab parents just lost a court case to enforce hijab wearing in Oyo State schools...then what's d fuss again

Or better still let her go to ile kewu

AMC's d Crawling Dead

Chewdren of d world...see the old man trying to hold things together...she haf want to send the old man to d great beyond...wicked lady.

englishmart:
Reminds me of the movie 'Dan Andreas.

Denique:
San

My brother probably watched the Kano version of it

PaChukwudi44:
THE APC WILL NEED 2/3 MAJORITY OF THE NASS TO TAKE OVER THE EDO STATE HOA.GOV OBASEKI SHOULD QUICKLY STRIKE A DEAL WITH THE PDP TO SAVE HIM

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I don't think PDP won any election into the Edo HOA

In South Korea for example, when political office holders err, they stand while addressing the people and bow down multiple times while apologising for crimes not even as grievous as this ...some even go on their knees...but this mofo is sitting down there deceiving his ancestors

Fake man