Parents with Older Teens/Adults

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was short all through K-10, then at 16 started passing his friends. Late bloomer. He's about 5'11" now at 19, and possibly still growing. Pediatrician thinks he will reach 6'.

My DD also hit puberty late and is now 5'6" and also passed most of her friends. She was 20" at birth, so not really on the tall side.

IMO, it will depend on when your kid hits puberty.

I don't really understand the puberty affecting growth. Wouldn't you grow the same expected amount whether you started on time vs late? Sorry, I am confused by that. I mean maybe a really early puberty, I would understand. But who knows lol.

I never understood that part. Like

Basically, the later the start of puberty the longer the person has time to grow. For those who have an earlier or "on time" puberty onset, even if they have their growth spurt, they would have had a shorter pre/post growth period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am just curious if your older kiddos/adults followed their same growth curve till now? Again, I am only curious. Or was the double the height at 2 accurate?

The growth curve was always accurate for our boys...don't remember what the height calculation was at 2 though.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is fully developed, 5 ft 5 inches, 12.5 years old and still doesn’t have her period. I understand it’s supposed to follow this body development but it’s been over a year.

Does anyone have experience with this? It’s making me a little nervous.

[Anonymous]

I don't remember their height at 2.

But both boys have wiggled up and down a bit relative to the curves as they hit their growth spurts a bit earlier or later than the norm, but have always ended up back on the curve they've been following since toddlerhood, around 70th percentile.

[Anonymous]

Nope - DS projected to be btw 6’1” and 6’2” . Age 20-6’4”, and that last 1/2 inch came last year.

[Anonymous]

They are still juveniles until age 26.

[Anonymous]

DS 19 is a hair under 5' 8''. DH is 5' 11'' and I'm 5'. He was always among the smallest in his class, 5' 9'' is his predicted final height but you never know. His girlfriend is taller than him by about an inch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is fully developed, 5 ft 5 inches, 12.5 years old and still doesn’t have her period. I understand it’s supposed to follow this body development but it’s been over a year.

Does anyone have experience with this? It’s making me a little nervous.

12.5 is not late. My DD was around that height and began her period at 12.5. This was a similar growth pattern to what I experienced as a kid.
Maybe consider how you grew and when you got your period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is fully developed, 5 ft 5 inches, 12.5 years old and still doesn’t have her period. I understand it’s supposed to follow this body development but it’s been over a year.

Does anyone have experience with this? It’s making me a little nervous.

My daughter just turned 14 and same situation. 14 seems so late even though I know it’s in normal range. But my oldest was kinda like this too and got hers at 13.5. Like the timeline ran way longer than other girls did (and how mine did).

There’s no signs of hormonal issues over here (like Pcos can delay a period) - for my oldest she’s slim with a tiny waist/bigger bust and right when she got her period she got slightly pudgy looking for the first and last time of her life. So if a similar pattern I’d look for that.

In short, it was a 2.5 year timeline for us from breastbuds to period for a very normal healthy teen and this is why I’m thinking any day now for her sister who started a few months older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was short all through K-10, then at 16 started passing his friends. Late bloomer. He's about 5'11" now at 19, and possibly still growing. Pediatrician thinks he will reach 6'.

My DD also hit puberty late and is now 5'6" and also passed most of her friends. She was 20" at birth, so not really on the tall side.

IMO, it will depend on when your kid hits puberty.

I don't really understand the puberty affecting growth. Wouldn't you grow the same expected amount whether you started on time vs late? Sorry, I am confused by that. I mean maybe a really early puberty, I would understand. But who knows lol.

I never understood that part. Like

Basically, the later the start of puberty the longer the person has time to grow. For those who have an earlier or "on time" puberty onset, even if they have their growth spurt, they would have had a shorter pre/post growth period.

Well, I guess that's not good for my son then lol. He started puberty at 12 and is around 5'0. We will have to see if that holds true.