When did your son hit his growth spurt?

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Anonymous wrote:We're in it now - he grew 4" between 12 and 13 and is on track to grow another 4" before 14. He's hoping for another few inches though because he's still quite short.

My son grew 7 inches in 9 months.

BS

NP but this actually happens. We are the ones who don’t limit pasta salad, etc. mine grew about 6 inches during 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're in it now - he grew 4" between 12 and 13 and is on track to grow another 4" before 14. He's hoping for another few inches though because he's still quite short.

My son grew 7 inches in 9 months.

BS

NP but this actually happens. We are the ones who don’t limit pasta salad, etc. mine grew about 6 inches during 9th grade.

LOL! We also don’t limit the pasta salad, and while our teen has never had a massive growth spurt like this, he has grown 3-4 inches per year pretty steadily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My cousin grew from 5 10 to 6 3 in his 20s. In his high school graduation picture he still looked like a smooth faced boy. It's kind of unfair that boys get to stay childlike for so much longer than girls. The girls in my sons 4th grade class are already looking like young women.

This is my family—brothers, uncles and my own sons. They all leave HS around 5’10”-5’11” at 18 and leave college 6’-6’3” at 22. My two were only 5’4” start of Freshmen year of HS. They did most of their growing between 16 and 17 and then continued to add about 0.5 inch to an inch until about 20-21. Oldest left HS at 5’11”, younger one (younger for the grade) graduated 5’10”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're in it now - he grew 4" between 12 and 13 and is on track to grow another 4" before 14. He's hoping for another few inches though because he's still quite short.

My son grew 7 inches in 9 months.

BS

NP but this actually happens. We are the ones who don’t limit pasta salad, etc. mine grew about 6 inches during 9th grade.

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I don’t think it has much to do with eating habits, but some boys do grow in such a way. My older DS (later bloomer) grew 8-9 inches in 18 months during puberty. It all seemed to come at once. Documented by our pediatrician and on our doorframe at home. It was crazy. My younger DS has had more steady growth during puberty (3 inches per year over a few years) rather than a big burst. Just different growth patterns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're in it now - he grew 4" between 12 and 13 and is on track to grow another 4" before 14. He's hoping for another few inches though because he's still quite short.

My son grew 7 inches in 9 months.

BS

NP but this actually happens. We are the ones who don’t limit pasta salad, etc. mine grew about 6 inches during 9th grade.

+1

I don’t think it has much to do with eating habits, but some boys do grow in such a way. My older DS (later bloomer) grew 8-9 inches in 18 months during puberty. It all seemed to come at once. Documented by our pediatrician and on our doorframe at home. It was crazy. My younger DS has had more steady growth during puberty (3 inches per year over a few years) rather than a big burst. Just different growth patterns.

Of course it’s not from eating habits. I wrote that because of the WH pasta salad thread that’s taken on a life of its own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8th grade son is still small but younger for grade with summer birthday. He keeps asking when he will grow. Curious-when others hit their growth spurts?

Exercise and increase fat and protein intake.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is an August birthday (so on the younger side of grade) and didn’t really start growing until about 14.5. This was in the spring of 9th grade. He is still growing steadily in 11th grade. I am not sure how much they grow, but I heard about 8-9 inches total from the start of their growth spurt until they finish puberty.

I’ve never heard 8-9 inches but that’s great. My 12 year old is not even 5 feet tall yet but obv hasn’t started puberty. I’d love him to get 9 more inches!

Hmm. Not sure that’s entirely accurate. My 13 year old is pretty much exactly 5 feet tall and they predict him to be around 5’ 11”. His growth spurt hadn’t happened yet. But predictions can be wrong too… just hoping he ends up taller than 5’ 8” with two above average height parents.

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People that predict the OPs son growth spurt based on anecdotal personal experience are so dumb. Seriously how much stupidity exists in the world to have no concept of independent events and statistics?

The are published growth charts like this one:
https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set1clinical/cj41c021.pdf

On average growth rate is constant up until 15 years old at 2-2.5 inches per year. After that it tapers.

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For a number of kids, growth rates aren’t nice steady climbs, like the chart seems to indicate. They can be jagged and they can flatten out for a while and then resume. People want to know what’s possible.

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Anonymous wrote:For a number of kids, growth rates aren’t nice steady climbs, like the chart seems to indicate. They can be jagged and they can flatten out for a while and then resume. People want to know what’s possible.

That's my son. He had a huge spurt which seemed to surprise his pediatrician. Four inches in one year when he was 10. Then nothing for a couple years. Then 1-2 inches a year. Then another four inch spurt before 11 th grade and then grew two more inches senior year. It was really weird (and expensive) to watch.