Danny you are right about the breast bud thing that it can be part of normal puberty, the problem we were facing was my sons age, as he was maybe 8 or 9 so we did not want him to start puberty. He put on an increased dose of cortef and is doing fine and is 10 1/2. Showing no signs of puberty. He is quite slim so weight was not part of the picture for us.MarthaM