What Age Do They Stop Growing?

[londonscalling]

Literally as the titles suggests.

What age did your children (both girls and boys) COMPLETELY stop growing please?

Thanks

Dd1 (17) has just about stopped at 5' 9". DD2 (15) is still going at 5' 9.5". DS (11) is 5' 5.5" already and hasn't hit puberty yet. Both DDs started their periods fairly late.

This is worrying me! Ds is only just 14 and nearly 6 foot, has grown over 10 cm this last year.

If he carries on like this for years he’s going to be huge!

My son seems to have stopped growing now. He's 17 and a half.

DD stopped at around age 14 I think.

When did they start the adolescent growth spurt? Just wondering when boys really kick in?

@imjackieweaver

My dd was told by her consultant that she could stop worrying about damaging the growth plates in her bones at 15/16.

what does this mean?

My dd started periods at 11 does that mean she will stop growing earlier? Her feet are already bigger than mine! Do they stop at a similar time?

I am surprised by people's dds saying 18 +. I always think look at the year 10s, 11s, 12s and 13s. Not much difference in heights from year 11 up for the girls.

My 20 year old grew half an inch in his firstcerm at uni when he was 19/20

He's coming up to 21 now and has started to bulk up and broaden a bit and look mire like a man iyswim.

@CatherinedeBourgh my ds is 6 foot 8!!

But he was already 6 foot 3 at 14

I remember being horrified when my ds had size10 feet at the age of 10.....I had visions. Expensive visions. But his feet haven't grown since then.

At 19 however he's still growing. This time last year he was the same as me at 5,10. He now towers over me at well over 6foot

@JackieweaverhasALLtheauthority that’s what I’m worried about!

My half brother is that tall too, I was hoping that came from the other side of his family!

@CaledonianMacBrayne ds started going nuts at 11, grew 10 cm between 10 and 12, then 10cm a year for the next two years, so 30 cm in 4 years...

DD is 15 and hasn't grown since she was 11. Her feet are still the same size as when she was 9.

DS had a massive growth spurt at age 15 and hasn't grown for about a year, but I'm thinking there may be more to come.

Girls, 2 years after their first period.
Boys - very variable can be from 15 up to 19.

Wow so if they start periods at 11 may stop growing at 13?!

@TryingNotToPanicOverCovid

Wow so if they start periods at 11 may stop growing at 13?!

No! not all of "them". Children are individuals.

Dd had period at 13. She is 15 now and has stopped I think She was 5.5 for ages but has suddenly grown another 1/2 inch. Think that's it now.

Chicci - I did say "may"! I have a daughter who started at 11, so hadn't thought she might stop growing at 13.

I Always thought it was 21 for boys. Younger for girls. I hope Ds1 grows just a bit more. I am very short so was glad he's already a reasonable 5'9 and he wants to get to 5'10.

My dh was on the taller side of average all through school but it was at about 16/17 that he shot up above everyone else and is now 6ft4.

I think I stopped growing about 15/16 not that I grew very much 😆 I'm 5ft1.

Dd was about 13/14, she hasn't grown or changed shoe size since then.
She's still only just 5ft ( in thick socks! ) Smaller than me 5'2 and her dad 5'10

I think DD was 13.5/14 looking back at photos. Our height difference didn’t change. She started periods at 13 / main growth spurt between 12-13.
DS is nearly 17 and I think he’s stopped. Only grown about 3cm this year!!! He’s nearly 6ft4. Main spurt was between 13-15 - - he grew 20cm in two years 😆

I stopped growing at 20 (6'1" male), DD stopped growing at 17 (5'9") DW stopped at 14 (5'10").

My ds stopped growing at about 15. He is 5 foot eight and very disappointed.

My 17yo is taller every time I see him. He was the same height as DH aged 16. The chart in his red book didn't predict he would be so tall

For years he was exactly the same height as DD who is two years younger. She doesn't seem to have grown much in the last year, but I expected her to be a couple of inches taller as an adult so maybe she'll still grow a bit. I hope her feet don't grow any bigger though (they seemed to have a massive spurt when she was 13, to the point my best friend and my DSis both found it acceptable to point and laugh

Thank you for all your responses. Much appreciated!