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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my son is nearly 15 and just started a growth spurt in the last two or three months.  His pediatrician said not to worry as he was only in the very early stages of puberty.  He's grown about two inches in the last two or three months and his voice has suddenly deepened.  He was only about 5'2 at his 14 year old appointment, and the doctor told me that he'd probably end up being taller than my husband (who is 5'9") given how late he was starting puberty.  I wouldn't worry at 14.[/quote]

My oldest son started Covid age 14.5 (March 2020) shorter than me (barely 5'5"...I think he was 5'3"), but September 20 he was 5'7".  He's 16 and 5'10.5" now.  My brother who is 6'2" grew two of those inches in college and I (female!) grew an inch in college.

My 13.5" year old son (8th grade) is even tinier and very, very skinny...maybe 5'1-5'2".  But, his voice is still very young.  He has an x-ray on his heel this Fall for a sports injury and growth plates were wide open.  He is going to start high school soooo small.   His arms are very long.  His feet have not taken off yet.  With my older son, the year or so before he grew---his feet kept going up a size every other month from like an 8 to an 11.5 over a very short amount of time.  But, he didn't go up vertically until a year later.[/quote]

The other weird thing is my younger son still has baby teeth.  Older one was done with Invisalign when high school started, but the younger one hasn't been able to start it yet because he still has baby teeth.  I think he is closer to 2 years behind in growth.

On his soccer team there are at least 5 kids his same build and height, then a few that are already 5'9-5'10" and filled out.  I find the 8th grade year so crazy in sports.  You have boys that look like 6th graders and some that look like 11th graders :lol: [/quote]

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