Toddlers feet not growing

[glamourcats]

When my ds started walking at 11 months we got him measured for shoes at clarks who told us he was 4f. They told us he would need to be measured every six weeks as children outgrow their shows quite fast. However my son turns three next month and is still only a size 5F which means he has gone up only one size in nearky two years. I am worried about his growth. I am only 5foot 3 and his dad is 5 foot 6 so we are not tall people but my son just seems so much smaller than other children his age and he just does not seem to be growing. Is this normal??

shoes not shows obviously

I was told that children's feet tend to stick to the same size for ages when they're around size 22 (in Europe around a 4.5 in the UK I think) DS is 23 mo and he's had the same shoes for ten months although we have had his feet remeasured several times. He's grown a fair bit in height during that time but I'm 5 11" and DH is taller so we're expecting a strapping six footer at a minimum.

It might be worth getting him measured by the HV to check his progress on the centiles but foot growth is a pretty poor indicator of general growth IMO

DDs feet stuck at size 5 for ages.

She's now gone from a 6 to a 7 in about 2 weeks & I'm dreading how much more they will grow before they slow down again. She will be 3 next month.

I vaguely remember the DS's feet growing rapidly at a similar age.

If you're worried about his growth then get HV to weigh and measure him. His feet sound fairly small but my daughter grew a size from 6.5 to 7.5 practically overnight at just past 3, so probably he's just coming up to a spurt. Also with your heights it would be more surprising if he was as tall as the others surely?

DD1's feet were size 7 for 2 years. (age 4-6)She then went up a size and a half in 3 months. She's still got small feet.

Dd2's feet grow constantly.

I had size 13 feet when I went to secondary school. Dd2 had size 13 in year R.

My son wore the same pair of shoes for 6 months, he's 29 months old & has only recently gone up half a size. Am going to get his height/weight measured shortly again as he's at the very bottom percentile height-wise but about 50% weight-wise so am a bit paranoid about him getting overweight.

Thanks for all your replies. I did mention to the health visitor that I was slightly concerned about his height at his two and a half year check, but unfortunately he has never been measured for height so has no record of centile (although he has remained constant on his weight centile). I suppose he was always going to be short with parents of our height! To be honest his lack of foot growth never crossed my mind until recently after ANOTHER visit to clarks for a measure. They seem to drum it into you that children of his age need new shoes ever 3 months which was why I was a bit worried, but i'm glad to see that ds is not alone!

Hi @glamourcats, appreciate this thread is very old but I am in exactly the same position (one shoe size in two years). What happened with your little man in the end? Thanks x

Re height, our son has five. Us some concerns with this as he has some funny measurements. They must have measured his length in cms at birth and plotted it in the red book, even if it hasn't been done since. It will be in the front birth pages if not marked on the graph, and will give you a starting centile to look at. You can use the instructions in the red book to calculate the 'mean parental height' which is a ballpark measure to predict how tall your child is likely to be in adulthood, and therefore which centile they 'should' follow. We are both quite short and our son's prediction is 5 foot 6. From what I understand the NHS doesn't get worried about height alone before the age of 5 as they can have many growth spurts before that age, so it can vary quite a bit. The one thing to monitor is if their actual height centile is way off the mean parental height prediction, if that makes sense.