Did your son grow taller past 16?

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Anonymous wrote:My oldest was a competitive swimmer (6 days, 18 hours a week) and he grew considerably when he stopped swimming at 17. I don’t know how much exactly but 2-3 inches.

So swimming stunted his growth interesting

Any sort of sport where you’re working that hard for that many hours would do it. Look at Dominique MoceanU in gymnastics. She was not even 5 feet at 14 and most girls are supposed to be done growing around then. When she stopped competitive gymnastics she shot up to 5’7.

That doesn’t make much sense to me because swimmers are tall. Many of them are anyway.

She was starved and abused by her coaches and told she was fat all the time. She did not experience a normal puberty.

Oops, this was supposed to be in response to the previous post about Dominique moceanu. Yes, most successful swimmers are tall. But swimming doesn’t make you tall just like rowing crew doesn’t make you tall. It selects for tall people.

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Anonymous wrote:It has to do with when your son hits puberty.

+1 DS is a late bloomer (so were us parents). He was 5'5.5" at 16 and really hit puberty around 16. He's now 19 and about 5'11". I think he grew an inch while away at college the first year. He was always the shortest in his friend group until around 16, and now he's almost the tallest.

DH said he grew till about 20/21. Pediatrician thinks DS will be about 6', which tracks if he grows another 1" in the next year or so.

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Anonymous wrote:It has to do with when your son hits puberty.

+1 DS is a late bloomer (so were us parents). He was 5'5.5" at 16 and really hit puberty around 16. He's now 19 and about 5'11". I think he grew an inch while away at college the first year. He was always the shortest in his friend group until around 16, and now he's almost the tallest.

DH said he grew till about 20/21. Pediatrician thinks DS will be about 6', which tracks if he grows another 1" in the next year or so.

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Just depends when your DS hits puberty. Most boys will be done growing height wise by 16 but not all. My older DS didn’t even start his growth spurt until he was almost 15. He just turned 16 and is still growing rapidly (an inch every 2-3 months). My younger DS, on the either hand, started his growth spurt on time at 12-13. Is currently 14 and growth already slowing down- he will almost certainly be done growing at 16.

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DS had his first growth spurt at 15. Has added another inch or two since turning 16 and is expected to continue to grow, possibly into college, according to doctor. He’s a very late bloomer and still on the earlier side of puberty.

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17, 6 ft, and still growing.

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My sons didn’t really start growth spurts until 16. Yes.

My 19-year old in college. 5’11” when he left in August just grew another inch. If he’s like my brother, he will grow until 20.

My 16-year old has a 12-year molar just coming in. He’s also a late grower, even later than his brother. He’s 5’8” now with zero facial hair, very skinny and baby face. He has a lot of growing left and growth plates wide open (xray for an injury).

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Anonymous wrote:My oldest was a competitive swimmer (6 days, 18 hours a week) and he grew considerably when he stopped swimming at 17. I don’t know how much exactly but 2-3 inches.

So swimming stunted his growth interesting

Any sort of sport where you’re working that hard for that many hours would do it. Look at Dominique MoceanU in gymnastics. She was not even 5 feet at 14 and most girls are supposed to be done growing around then. When she stopped competitive gymnastics she shot up to 5’7.

I never considered the correlation but it tracks in our extended family among nieces and nephews, and my own twin boys. The kids in our extended family who grew tallest did minimal sports, if any. The twin who did not do a daily sport grew taller by inches. But, I also saw plenty in club sports shooting up in height so I doubt it can be that much of a factor.