My child has such big feet!! Anyone else?

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Before anyone jumps down my throat for giving her body image issues, this is light hearted and I never say anything to her! But, I have an 8.5 year old DD and she has officially reached an adult size 4 in shoes - she is quite tall (91st centile - currently about 137/138cm tall) but even so these are big feet aren't they ? I'm a foot taller than her and only a size 5!
She's relatively likely to be an earlyish developer but hasn't yet had a giant growth spurt. So, can feet have a growth spurt before the rest of the child? Is she going to end up with gigantic feet? None of it matters of course, other than the endless cost of her growing out of shoes, but I'm interested to know if anyone else's kid has such big feet at such a tender age (on the plus size she's an outstanding swimmer - perhaps it's because she has natural flippers ;-) )

My DD is 12 with size 9 feet. I hope she doesn't grow to 6'2" but she do with growing a bit more to balance her feet out! (She's 5'6" now)

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow

my mother has a theory that all these new shoes every three months just encourages big feet and TALL children, like when you put plants in bigger pots and they go wild!

Like the opposite of foot binding.

As the owner of size 9s (since I was 12) I have a running joke with my mother about why didn’t she start binding my feet when they got to a 7.... she then had the audacity to complain that I don’t wear very feminine shoes, or my shoes are wrong for my outfit. It is true I live in flat chunky DM/Birkenstock/Blundstone type shoes, but that’s evolved from lack of choice.

@Temp023

I cried the day my DD grew out of her size 9s (not in front of her) I have size 10 feet and it has been miserable, although now it is mainly just expensive. I do feel guilty for us both being over 6ft, it made me very unhappy as a teen and I can tell she is struggling. I love it now, but that really isn’t helping her at the moment.

Gosh it's always hard to be outside of the norm for kids isn't it. I would absolutely love to be 6 foot I think being tall is lovely, but I understand that it's hard for a kid or a teenager. I hope she is comfortable with her height soon.

@CHiSOCG

My 9 year old is in a size 1.5! Now I’m worried she has tiny feet!

All my DDs classmates have feet size 1-2, that's why I perceive hers as big! I think your DD probably has very normal sized feet!

@BikeRunSki

^DD, 9.5, 149 cm tall, went off the top of height charts when she was 2, size 6. DS, 1.5, 165 cm, size 8-9.^

Ahem, DS is 12.5.... he would be very big for 18 months!

Haha I laughed out loud at your first post - I assumed you meant he was 11 or 12, I'd be very astounded by a 5'5 toddler!!

My 10 year old DD has size7/8 feet and she has for about a year. I think she may have stopped growing now. She's also 5'7

My feet were a size 7 at 11yo. They still are. I went up roughly a size a year, so presumably I was around a 3 or 4 at age 8.

Just bought my 12yo DS new trainers and they are a size 8. Eek! He has a couple of pairs of very cool size 7 trainers though, which are now MINE!!

@Weenurse

Get her swimming. DD1 had big flipper feet (as she called them). Very fast in a pool, bit clumsy on land. Totally in proportion now she is grown.

I know a 14 year old girl with size 9.5’s... swim squad superstar! Feel for her with shoe choices though.

OP my DC is around the same height as yours (bit older) but feet only around size 13.5. Feels really embarrassed about it and shoe choice quite limited. I guess they all just want to fit in. I'd say most classmates are anywhere between size 4-7.

I’m really surprised about some of the sizes of your kids here.
My DS is 12, 146 cm and a size 3,5 in shoes. Ok he is not a giant but reading all these big footed kids of yours I’m getting worried.
It does not sound right he got smaller feet than 8/9 years old, even the girls

@trellis1

I’m really surprised about some of the sizes of your kids here. My DS is 12, 146 cm and a size 3,5 in shoes. Ok he is not a giant but reading all these big footed kids of yours I’m getting worried. It does not sound right he got smaller feet than 8/9 years old, even the girls

You should not be worried, kids come in all shapes and sizes! In my observation, some just grow later than others.

@flyingbee88 you are right, however I believe that new generations are taller.
10 years ago, when my daughter went to primary, I did not see such big kids.
Now in my neighborhood there is this 10 years old girl who is as tall as me (5’3) and like a 6 in shoes. When she comes closer to my DS you would say she is 3 years older than him. Instead he is 2 years older!

[quote trellis1]@flyingbee88 you are right, however I believe that new generations are taller.
10 years ago, when my daughter went to primary, I did not see such big kids.
Now in my neighborhood there is this 10 years old girl who is as tall as me (5’3) and like a 6 in shoes. When she comes closer to my DS you would say she is 3 years older than him. Instead he is 2 years older![/quote]
I tend to agree that new generation are taller and bigger.
She may come very tall and your son shortish or the other way round, how knows!
But keep in mind that girls usually stop growing earlier than boys.

@thetall

In my case too, my feet grew much earlier than the rest of the body. I guess I was around size 4 at 9 yo. But they stopped at 7 (I’m 5’10”).

As concerning predicting the size, there is just no way.
However - just for fun! - you can try this site heights.altervista.org/

It worked very well with my height but guessed wrong by 1.5 size for shoe size

This calculator is cool thanks for sharing! I would have never thought adult shoe size can be predicted.

It gives a decent adult height and shoe size for my son 😀

My DS2 is a children's size 12 which seems about average for his year 3 class, but his 12 year old brother is an adult 6 and towers over most of his classmates. They are both happy, healthy and fairly unconcerned about their size at the moment.

DS is 13 with adult size 12 shoes. I am hoping he stopped growing his feet. DH loves it because he hopes to inherit DS's shoes. 🤦‍♀️
DS is quite tall for his age, but the others will soon catch up.

My 6 year old has size 3 feet so I imagine by the time he's 8 they will be the same size as your dd's.
My 10 year old has bigger feet than his 20 year old sister with size 6!
My DH and I have fairly average size feet so no idea where they get there huge hooves from. Maybe they will stop growing sooner?

My 8 1/2 year old DD has adult size 4.5 which seems huge to me compared with others in her class, year 3. She is tall too, I’m buying age 12 leggings for length. Reading these comparable posts on here is helping me realise there are other girls with these big feet! My DD also enjoys being a strong swimmer!

Dd 11 years ladies size 6
Dd 8 years size 2
Ds 9 months already a size 4 (for context my 8 year old started nursery in size 4 trainers at 3 years old) my boys gunna have massive feet lol

@Needawantaholiday

I find this thread really sad. I know lots of women who wear size 44/45 - it’s hard enough being a teen girl as it is, without not fitting into standardised clothing and shoe sizes. There will be at least a couple of girls in an average school who are going through this silent struggle.

Gosh it wasn't meant to make anyone feel sad! I like to help my DD feel confident whatever her shape and size, including her feet. As I said, I was light heartedly wondering whether she was in good company with feet that seem a little large for her size! In terms of what you aresaying, I think teens will often find something they feel uncomfortable about- being tall, being small, big boobs, small boobs, teeth, skin, feet. It's a shame but most of us have been teen girls and will know there is always something they conceive as imperfect about themselves. If my DD worries about her feet, which I hope she wont, I will tell her that they are as perfect as the rest of her and everyone is a different shape and size.

i was always very small and short for my age and skinny.
at age 10 i had size 6 feet.
i was even told off by the teacher for wearing such large plimsolls.
she said it was ridiculous as even the big tall boys did not have that size feet. she also berated me for not copying down quickly enough from the blackboard; i couldn't see it, but she accepted no excuses.
i eventually grew a little in height, to 5' 2", and got a bit bigger all round, but the feet remained size 6. which was a relief really.
just recently, that i have become old and flabby i take a 40 european.

My feet were size 1 to start school age 4. I had a friend whose feet were size 1 to start secondary. I ended up size 9.

My daughter remembers a teaching assistant laughing at size 7 trainers in the corridor and saying to the year 5s, well none of you could have feet that big (they were at a prep school up to age 13). They were hers. But she still takes 7 / 7.5 as an adult, feet definitely grow first and she probably reached her adult height around 11.

Her brother's feet must have been size 4 by the age of 7, because I remember him being in size 4-5 for AGES. Then suddenly his feet started growing again and he needed size 11 school shoes when he was barely 12. 12 in trainers. But again, he stopped there, height kept going somewhat longer.

My sons are 9.5 and 7.5 years old respectively and both currently wearing a size 4 shoe. I'm only a size 6 myself!

Big expensive feet. Spent almost 100 quid yesterday on new trainers for sons, age 10 and 11.
Size 6 and 7 feet!!!!!!
Im only a 5!!!!!