Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 15:29     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I ever had a growth spurt (I’m 5’3”) and my daughter definitely has not. She’s very small. Just hit 5 ft at 14.5. Grew an inch this year. Probably about done got period a year ago.

By contrast my son grew 3 inches this year from 11-12.


That is a really early growth spurt for a boy! He will probably be an early developer/done growing young.


3 inches in a year is not a growth spurt. Between 2 and 3 is normal. My kids (12 yo boy and 9 yo girl) have grown 2-3 inches every year of their lives to date.


I agree I’m the one who posted my son grew 3 inches. The dr didn’t treat it as a growth spurt. She commented that he was growing at a steady pace. He’s still in the same percentile as last year (75%).

He does have friends who have shot up 5-6 inches over the year though. Their voices have started to change too. His has not.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 21:25     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I ever had a growth spurt (I’m 5’3”) and my daughter definitely has not. She’s very small. Just hit 5 ft at 14.5. Grew an inch this year. Probably about done got period a year ago.

By contrast my son grew 3 inches this year from 11-12.


That is a really early growth spurt for a boy! He will probably be an early developer/done growing young.


3 inches in a year is not a growth spurt. Between 2 and 3 is normal. My kids (12 yo boy and 9 yo girl) have grown 2-3 inches every year of their lives to date.


PP said it was a growth spurt for him (in contrast to her daughter). 3 inches is a lot pre-puberty (and probably means puberty growth spurt is under way).
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:43     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:Why do people here obsess over this stuff? Whatever happens, happens. You'll go to hug her one day and realize she grew. Then you'll know.


Totally agree. If there was a magic pill to ensure tall kids, all the parents would get their kids on it. What will be will be.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:38     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I ever had a growth spurt (I’m 5’3”) and my daughter definitely has not. She’s very small. Just hit 5 ft at 14.5. Grew an inch this year. Probably about done got period a year ago.

By contrast my son grew 3 inches this year from 11-12.


That is a really early growth spurt for a boy! He will probably be an early developer/done growing young.


3 inches in a year is not a growth spurt. Between 2 and 3 is normal. My kids (12 yo boy and 9 yo girl) have grown 2-3 inches every year of their lives to date.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 20:07     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I ever had a growth spurt (I’m 5’3”) and my daughter definitely has not. She’s very small. Just hit 5 ft at 14.5. Grew an inch this year. Probably about done got period a year ago.

By contrast my son grew 3 inches this year from 11-12.


That is a really early growth spurt for a boy! He will probably be an early developer/done growing young.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 18:16     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
I don’t think I ever had a growth spurt (I’m 5’3”) and my daughter definitely has not. She’s very small. Just hit 5 ft at 14.5. Grew an inch this year. Probably about done got period a year ago.

By contrast my son grew 3 inches this year from 11-12.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 14:54     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Is 5’0 tall for an 11 yr old ? I reached my adult height around that age but I had my first period right before I turned 11


I don't remember when my daughter hit 5', but probably by 11 because she was 5'8" between 13 and 14 and never had a crazy spurt, she just always grew several inches per year. She was a head taller than most of her friends through elementary, so yes, I would say 5' at 11 is tall.

It's interesting because her and I are the exact same height, and I wasn't 5' until I was almost 14, but I grew 2" my first year of college.


My daughter is 5’0” now. She is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She is one of the shortest girls in the class. She hasn’t yet had her first period but many in her class, if not most, have.


5' at 12 isn't particularly short (being in 7th just makes it seem more dramatic)


My 12 year old 7th grader is 5' and just got her period (she's not the shortest kid but probably in the bottom 25%). From what I've read, that means will grow maybe 2 more inches. I'm surprised - I'm 5'2", but my husband is 5'11". I thought she'd be taller.


Mid parental height for the two of you (for a daughter) would be 5’4, +/- 3 inches. Sounds like she’ll be right in the mix.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 14:48     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is 5’0 tall for an 11 yr old ? I reached my adult height around that age but I had my first period right before I turned 11


I don't remember when my daughter hit 5', but probably by 11 because she was 5'8" between 13 and 14 and never had a crazy spurt, she just always grew several inches per year. She was a head taller than most of her friends through elementary, so yes, I would say 5' at 11 is tall.

It's interesting because her and I are the exact same height, and I wasn't 5' until I was almost 14, but I grew 2" my first year of college.


My daughter is 5’0” now. She is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She is one of the shortest girls in the class. She hasn’t yet had her first period but many in her class, if not most, have.


5' at 12 isn't particularly short (being in 7th just makes it seem more dramatic)


My 12 year old 7th grader is 5' and just got her period (she's not the shortest kid but probably in the bottom 25%). From what I've read, that means will grow maybe 2 more inches. I'm surprised - I'm 5'2", but my husband is 5'11". I thought she'd be taller.


Fine, I'll give you data - CDC growth chart for girls 5'0 at 12 is 50% and 5'2 1/2 at 13 is 50%


Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 14:28     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is 5’0 tall for an 11 yr old ? I reached my adult height around that age but I had my first period right before I turned 11


I don't remember when my daughter hit 5', but probably by 11 because she was 5'8" between 13 and 14 and never had a crazy spurt, she just always grew several inches per year. She was a head taller than most of her friends through elementary, so yes, I would say 5' at 11 is tall.

It's interesting because her and I are the exact same height, and I wasn't 5' until I was almost 14, but I grew 2" my first year of college.


My daughter is 5’0” now. She is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She is one of the shortest girls in the class. She hasn’t yet had her first period but many in her class, if not most, have.


5' at 12 isn't particularly short (being in 7th just makes it seem more dramatic)


My 12 year old 7th grader is 5' and just got her period (she's not the shortest kid but probably in the bottom 25%). From what I've read, that means will grow maybe 2 more inches. I'm surprised - I'm 5'2", but my husband is 5'11". I thought she'd be taller.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 14:15     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
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Anonymous wrote:I grew almost a foot in… 7th grade? 8th grade? I forget which. By the end of that year I was 5’9”, just one inch shy of my eventual full-grown height of 5’10”.

What I remember most about that time is just being SO HUNGRY. Always. I’d eat two huge servings at dinner and polish off a sleeve of Oreos and then 20 mins later be hungry again. I was a total beanpole and just could not get enough calories.


So you were 4'9 in 7th grade and grew a foot in 8th? That seems highly unlikely. Are your parents tall? You must have been under the 10th percentile before the growth spurt.


Yeah, this sounds more like a case where a large growth spurt got massively exaggerated and became family legend that grew every year.

I have a 5th grader who is already 5’1” Kids who are 4’9” are pretty short by comparison. In 7th grade a kid who is 4’9” would be in 10th percentile. Jumping growth curves to the 97th percentile in one year is pretty much unheard of.

Even 6’5” boys don’t grow 12 inches in one year.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 13:54     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is 5’0 tall for an 11 yr old ? I reached my adult height around that age but I had my first period right before I turned 11


I don't remember when my daughter hit 5', but probably by 11 because she was 5'8" between 13 and 14 and never had a crazy spurt, she just always grew several inches per year. She was a head taller than most of her friends through elementary, so yes, I would say 5' at 11 is tall.

It's interesting because her and I are the exact same height, and I wasn't 5' until I was almost 14, but I grew 2" my first year of college.


My daughter is 5’0” now. She is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She is one of the shortest girls in the class. She hasn’t yet had her first period but many in her class, if not most, have.


5' at 12 isn't particularly short (being in 7th just makes it seem more dramatic)
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 13:28     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is 5’0 tall for an 11 yr old ? I reached my adult height around that age but I had my first period right before I turned 11


I don't remember when my daughter hit 5', but probably by 11 because she was 5'8" between 13 and 14 and never had a crazy spurt, she just always grew several inches per year. She was a head taller than most of her friends through elementary, so yes, I would say 5' at 11 is tall.

It's interesting because her and I are the exact same height, and I wasn't 5' until I was almost 14, but I grew 2" my first year of college.


My daughter is 5’0” now. She is 12 years old and in 7th grade. She is one of the shortest girls in the class. She hasn’t yet had her first period but many in her class, if not most, have.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 11:55     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
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Anonymous wrote:yes it's usually around 11 to 13 years old and 3 to 4" in a year when it happes it;s typically just one big sputt and maybe a couple of smaller ones for 1-2 years after. People typically don't obsess over growth spurts in girls because, broadly speaking, girls aren't penalized for their heights the same way boys are.

BTW growth spurts function the same way for boys, too, though it's generally a little later, 13 to 15. Most children are completely done by 16. Those who grow significantly after thinking 2 inches generally start puberty later. It's not common to have huge growth sports in college despite what popular culture claims. Sidenote here, it's also common to give college athletes that extra quarter of an inch because it looks better on reports /


extra 1/4 inch - LOL - sometimes as bad as 2-3 inches especially near thresholds for certain positions - see diego pavia listed vs actual measurements at the combine


very true!
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 11:50     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
Anonymous wrote:yes it's usually around 11 to 13 years old and 3 to 4" in a year when it happes it;s typically just one big sputt and maybe a couple of smaller ones for 1-2 years after. People typically don't obsess over growth spurts in girls because, broadly speaking, girls aren't penalized for their heights the same way boys are.

BTW growth spurts function the same way for boys, too, though it's generally a little later, 13 to 15. Most children are completely done by 16. Those who grow significantly after thinking 2 inches generally start puberty later. It's not common to have huge growth sports in college despite what popular culture claims. Sidenote here, it's also common to give college athletes that extra quarter of an inch because it looks better on reports /


extra 1/4 inch - LOL - sometimes as bad as 2-3 inches especially near thresholds for certain positions - see diego pavia listed vs actual measurements at the combine
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 11:32     Subject: Do girls have big growth spurts ?
yes it's usually around 11 to 13 years old and 3 to 4" in a year when it happes it;s typically just one big sputt and maybe a couple of smaller ones for 1-2 years after. People typically don't obsess over growth spurts in girls because, broadly speaking, girls aren't penalized for their heights the same way boys are.

BTW growth spurts function the same way for boys, too, though it's generally a little later, 13 to 15. Most children are completely done by 16. Those who grow significantly after thinking 2 inches generally start puberty later. It's not common to have huge growth sports in college despite what popular culture claims. Sidenote here, it's also common to give college athletes that extra quarter of an inch because it looks better on reports /