<p>Hello parents,
I have a daughter in 9th grade so I have been lurking in this forum. However, today I have a question that I would like some parents to help and it’s not college related. My daughter seems to stop growing lately, either because of lack of sleep, or because she is in honor classes on all subject(except French) at a very competitive high school in Southern California. I worry that she seems to study too much or is it the heavy back pack she is carrying, any suggestions or advices.
Thanks</p>
<p>Maybe she’s just done growing…I stopped growing in 8th grade lol</p>
<p>Girls usually stop growing about 2 years after they begin menstruation.</p>
<p>I have had two reasons to be interested in this topic. First my child has to have surgery but can’t have it until she stops growing. And two, she plays the post position at basketball and needs to be 6’3" or better to have a reasonable D1 shot. While all girls are different it appears to be the norm that most are at full height or near it by 9th or 10th grade. D was told her growth plates were still “wide open” in the 9th grade leaving them to project 6’5" by (supposedly) the best modalities available. She is a 5’11" junior and appears to be done.</p>
<p>I recently met a 6’6" girl (couldn’t play a lick) -a junior whose mother said she had grown 9 inches in 18 months. I guess there are exceptions. LOL.</p>
<p>A pediatric endocrinologist, or pediatrician for that matter, should be able to determine ultimate height with great accuracy based upon a few pieces of information- bone age, current height, parental heights, and date of onset of menstruation…of course there is always a margin of error…but with this information, it should be sufficient for basketball planning purposes, at least…</p>
<p>uhhh, it was the surgery that caused the testing. Not the basketball. Although if I had thought that insurance would have paid, hmmm…</p>
<p>An xray can tell you if the growth plates have closed. If so, growth is finished.</p>
<p>I kept growing ( height not feet) till I was 20.
My older daughter stopped growing at 19, but her feet seem to have stopped a few years before that.
My younger daughter appears to still be growing in height at 14.5 but I am hoping her feet have stopped!
Although we all had different nutrition and health backgrounds
( I was a premie and my mother only bought stuff like powdered milk to save money blech!-
my oldest was a tiny premie and her sister was term), we all began our periods at the same time, age 14.
I have heard that generally females stop growing then, but we appear to keep growing a bit longer.</p>
<p>Any exceptions? How many parents have kids that are still growing 2 years after the begining of menstruation? I used to think this is true, however kids in develop countries seem to have their period sooner, confirmed by a friend who is a pediatrist. Nowaday,some kids have their period around 9 or 10-year old, is that mean they really stop growing around 11? How sad! In Southern California, I see more giants(exaggeration here) above 6-2 and up.
Genetic inheritance sometimes does not explain everything, for example my nephew is 6’2 while his sister is 5’1, yet they both share the same set of parents.
Actually, they will be what they will be, but I was hoping there is a slight chance that she will be taller than where she is today.(5’4). I don’t want to go through the extreme of measuring growth plates, I only want to go to doctor when I really need to.</p>
<p>One formula used in guesstimating a child’s height is to take the average of the parents’ heights and add two inches for boys and deduct two inches for girls. Again, this is just an estimate, not an accurate predictor.</p>
<p>One of my kids broke a growth plate, practically shattered it which meant some montioring until the plates closed. The estimate of final height was off since there is really no way to predict how much growth will occur while the plates are open. One of mine really had a growth spurt right before the plates closed (another broken bone situation) and another hardly grew at all, his growth had always been consistent and measured, no big spurts. Since I am small and H is tall, the kids run the gambit but none of them so far are as small as I am nor as tall as H.</p>
<p>curmudgeon, UConn has won championships with starting forwards at 6’0-6’2"</p>
<p>It might also depend on country of origin. Boys in Australasia seem to grow right through college whereas my S1 was finished at 6-2 by the age of 17. (A throwback to Grandfathers and great grandfathers). </p>
<p>Curious to see how S2 will grow, whether the non-hormone dairy will affect rate or eventual size. Seemingly, he has developed at a much slower rate–along the same wave as his Australasia mates. </p>
<p>Forget who told me this, but in general, the growth pattern is genetic. That is, if your dad continued to grow after high school, the son is likely to grow through college too. If the mother stopped growing in the 8th grade, the daughter wis likely to stop at eighth grade as well–though this generation is, in general, much taller.</p>
<p>Anyone see the stats on the Danes? The average 18 year old Danish man is now something like 6 feet tall! That’s the average!</p>
<p>They reckon it’s the huge consumption of high quality dairy…</p>
<p>“That is, if your dad continued to grow after high school, the son will too.”</p>
<p>Eeeek! My poor sons!</p>
<p>I am 5’4", my H is 6’9" (yes, you read that correctly). Both my Ss (ages 17 and 15) are now 6’4", and my H’s brother told me last week that H had continued growing through college. Eeek. </p>
<p>Tall is OK, but too-tall can be a difficult challenge. (And no, unfortunately, neither S plays basketball.)</p>
<p>MD in the house says girls will not grow more than 2 inches after their period begins. Has nothing to do with age.</p>
<p>Had to laugh because when I was in 7th grade I sprained my knee - doctor who did x-rays said I had the biggest growth potential he had ever seen. At 5’2", I’m still waiting.</p>
<p>I work in a junior high, and it’s fascinating to see the variety in height for boys. It’s quite easy to tell a 7th grade boy from an 8th grade boy.</p>
<p>MD missed the call with me. I would be about 4’10 if that were true. I grew throughout highschool. So did D. She should also be about 2 inches shorter. She also grew about an inch after the plates were allegedly closed-apparently she got that last spurt in. She is about 5’9", and 5’5" to 5’5" was the range predicted for her.</p>
<p>The generalities are correct most of the time, but there are always the exceptions and they are not that unusual. I have always been curious about Michael Jordan. In reading his mother’s book and perusing the family photographs therein, for him to be 6’6" is truly a phenomon considering the size of his parents and siblings. I think the males in family are only about 5’7".</p>
<p>Kirmum - you are mistaken - the 2 inches after menstruation is an average or rule of thumb, not an absolute. Thank god. My daughter was always very short and started her period at age 14, when she was barely 5 feet tall – she started crying inconsolably because of that 2-inch “rule”. Fortunately she called a close friend who had been growing like a weed and started mentruating at age 11 – the friend assured her that she had grown at least 4 inches since the time of her period. My D’s friend is at least 5’6" now. My d. is now 16 and at least 5’3" … actually, I’d swear she has grown another 1/2 inch over the past 4 months while she was away – but she won’t let me measure her… plus it’s possible that I’m shrinking, and I’m judging her height by comparing it to mine. (I started menstruating at age 15, when I was 5’5" – and I never grew at all after that … but according to my doctor, I am now 5’4 1/2".</p>
<p>OK, I’ve put the doctor in his place!</p>
<p>“It’s quite easy to tell a 7th grade boy from an 8th grade boy.”</p>
<p>Doubt it. My oldest was 4 ft 10 and 72 lbs as a freshman in high school. Doubt you would have thought he was in the 8th grade. Most people thought he was a little genius. He is now 5 ft 8 and 145 lbs. Might even still be growing. He’s 23.</p>