AIBU to tell dd she is likely to grow more?

My DD13 had her first period at 12 and is still growing. She is 5ft 8 now with size 8 feet. Always been the tallest in her class. I’m interested to see how much more she will grow as I’m only 5ft 7 but my sister is 6ft!

I’m sure it’s been said by now, but I read somewhere that girls reach their adult height approx 2 years after their periods start.

I’m not sure though if you definitely grow taller throughout, just that you won’t grow much re after that.

At 13, my daughter was taken for an 8 year old as she was very short and her figure was completely undeveloped.

She started growing at 14 and her periods started at 15. She is now 5’8”. She obviously takes after her father who was also a late developer (so short at 16 that his mother took him to the doctor, but 6’3” by the time he was 18).

I was the other way round. Periods started early and I am 5’2.

Virtue signalling? Explain how I'm virtue signalling when I'm 5ft myself. Why is it that most women don't want to be this height? I'd love for you to explain that to me.

It’s directly linked to periods. Growth plates close ~2 years after they start, hence this is typically a period of rapid growth.

Girls typically stop growing at 14 but don't think it's period related although my youngest did have a spurt around time she started at 13.

Speaking as a mum of a late bloomer DD and a HCP, it would be incredibly unusual for her not to grow more - all of the evidence (girls don’t finish growth until 2 years post menarche!) points to the fact that she very likely will. I didn’t say that it would be an issue, however I don’t think that it’s controversial to say that most women/girls don’t want to end up at 5’1’’ when fully grown. Some strange virtue signalling going on.

You can't say she absolutely will grow more. She might not. Why would it be an issue if she didn't?

Another way of estimating height; Mid-Parental Method: Add the mother's height and father's height (in inches or cm). Divide by 2. Add 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) for boys, or subtract 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) for girls.
Not always accurate 🙂

I was always told you carried on growing til roughly 18 months after your periods start. Certainly true in my case and also both my DDs.

This is very unusual. Typically the two years following the start of periods equate to significant growth in height. DD needed scoliosis surgery - they were hesitant to operate until she reached this mark as didn’t want her to miss out on any final growth spurts.

I stopped growing at about 14, which I when I started my period. 5’1 isn’t abnormally short. There are plenty of people about who are much shorter.

DD is still growing like a weed three years after starting her periods (11, now 14). I started at 14 and key growing until 18 or so, albeit increasingly slowly.

She absolutely will grow more - give it time! DD was one of the smallest girls in her year group until she was about 14 and a half. As well as this she was very skinny, no boobs/curves etc so she really did look young in comparison to most of her peers.

Once she started her periods she very quickly had a massive growth spurt and within ~6 months she looked much more like a young woman than a little girl - the difference in her at 14 compared to 15 was honestly huge. She continued to have smaller growth spurts up until she was 18 and has now ended up at a very average 5’6’’.

I was average height throughout my childhood, may be until I was 11. I had my period at 14 and I don’t think I’ve grown since tbh - I’m 5’ tall. But that’s my genes. The shortest girl in my class grew up to be taller than average when in secondary.
I think it’s fine to be short (having lived it for forty plus years) although I’d worry a bit if dc was a son.

My DD started periods at 10 and kept growing until 15.

I was one of the shortest in my class, until I had a growth spurt / started my period at 16 and am now 5'7". I wasn't skinny or fat, just late developer.

That’s why it’s called a predictor.

Genetics plays the biggest role in a person's final adult height. The best predictor of height is parents' height or, more specifically, midparental height. You can calculate midparental height by adding the mother's and father's height in inches. Add 5 more inches for boys or subtract 5 inches for girls. Divide by two. Most children will reach an adult height within 2 inches of mid-parental height.

It is normal for girls to grow another 2-4 inches after they get their period. It is also normal to stop growing (my DD grew less than an inch, stopping at 5’ 6.5”). It is likely your DD will grow a bit, but you can’t promise she will. My DD is several inches shorter than me.

My sister and I have the same parents but she is about 7 inches taller than me and started her period about 4 years later 🤔

I started my periods at 12 and then continued to grow until about 18.

Yabu. Girls grow until around age 16, it doesn’t matter when their first period is ffs as girls get their period between 8 and 18.

I was always tall. Throughout the entirety of my 4 years in junior school I was the tallest child, including the boys. By the time I reached secondary school I had size 9 feet. My feet stopped at that but I just kept growing upwards. I was just over 6ft by the time my periods started, shortly before I turned 15. I eventually stopped just shy of 6'2". I was very, very thin before puberty and I think my low BMI was probably the reason I started relatively late. After that my hips just got bigger and bigger and bigger!

It's a myth. The biggest predictor of height is your and and her dad's height.

Same for my DD. She’s 14 now and people keep telling me she’ll still grow, but I don’t think so. She seems tiny.

I’m only 5 foot 2 so didnt expect her to be huge, but didnt expect her to be shorter than me either.