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Teenagers

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Should my teenager DD be taller?

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Moonsey123 · 15/12/2021 20:45

Looking for advice as I think my teenager DD is too small for her age. Smallest of all her friends. She is 14 and only got her period 4 months before she turned 14, will be 15 in 6 months. She is not very developed so perhaps she is a late developer. She is 154cm.

I am not very tall (157cm) and both my parents are small; but my husband is much taller and so are his parents so I was hoping that she will grow a bit taller than me. I measured her and she is only 3 or 4 cm smaller than me but somehow seems smaller, maybe because she is not very developed yet.

She is not good with breakfast and stopped drinking milk when she was 3. She eats cheese, vegetables and is in general a good eater; however she doesn't drink milk, doesn't eat eggs, or bananas.

I got the GP to send her some blood tests and everything was fine apart from folid acid which she is taking now. She also takes a child supplement of vitamin D & Calcium. Perhaps I should give her one for teenagers.

Should I check for anything else? or just wait, perhaps she will grow in the next year or 2.

Thanks for any advice

OP posts:
CornedBeef451 · 18/12/2021 13:30

She's taller than me!

My DD is 13 and started periods at 11. She is 4'10" and even her short friends are now over 5" so I am hoping she will continue to grow for a while.

The women in DH's family are all tiny though so maybe not, I feel like a giant compared to them and I'm 5'1".

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