https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:05:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1288287 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:09:48 +0000 Mamaof2 1288287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha! I wish!</p> <p>Both of my kids are short - its genetics!</p> <p>I think my DD will be fine being short but I do worry about my DS - I feel like the smaller boys get teased :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1288165 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:36:48 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1288165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: growing up, my sister was always the shortest in her class (we know this because they always like to line kids up by height)… she was a shorty all the way up until 7th grade, then between 8-9th grade she had a major growth spurt and is 2 inches taller than me now! she's 5'7", which is considered tall for an Asian girl. </p> <p>i also remember all the shortest boys in my classes growing up ended up being some of the tallest ones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1288147 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:11:57 +0000 shopaholic 1288147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Ah! Sucks about your FIL's complaints. Grrr. FWIW, I was always such a shorty until about H.S. I had one tiny growth spurt Sophomore year. I also grew up with a super short and chubby boy from elementary school - h.s. Well, I saw him AFTER H.S. and he had a sudden, major growth spurt! Like 6" and thinned out like a bean pole! That made me always believe in the possibility of late bloomers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1277358 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:34:02 +0000 sunny 1277358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a short girl and as a kid I always wondered if there were something I could eat to help with my height! </p> <p>I remember reading somewhere that iron supplements or cod oil might help with growth? I don't know how true it is... </p> <p>I think in my case, I was doomed by genetics. My parents are 5'0 and 5'4 and I'm 5'0! My hubs thinks that making sure the kids get enough protein is key only because my youngest brother is 5'6 and he ate a ton of protein as a kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1277340 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:32:13 +0000 irene 1277340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Or, maybe the growth hormone worked? haha. Did he end up to be 7 feet tall? Strange - if I were him I would NOT tell anyone at all...! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1277318 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:28:00 +0000 T-Mom 1277318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Yeah, he was a short guy, and I guess his parents want to boost his self esteem, so they took him to the doctor and got him a growth hormone. I think he actually also had a natural growth spurt on top of that so who knows if that was even necessary. The irony is that once people found out he did that, they made more fun of him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1277304 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:25:34 +0000 irene 1277304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Someone actually took growth hormone?? Did he really have growth problems, or were his parents borderline crazy like I am? (To clarify, I will not consider that unless there is a growth problem and doc recommends it)</p> <p>I think being tall is overrated too, but that's not the case for the rest of the people on this planet.... :happy:</p> <p>@ValentineMommy: How funny!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275688 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:03:50 +0000 ValentineMommy 1275688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think you can do much about it! He'll grow when he's ready!</p> <p>My DH is short (for a guy) at 5'7. I'm taller at 5'9....and DS is in the 100th percentile for height. He's 10 months old and 34.5'' tall. Where the heck did he come from!?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275677 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:00:53 +0000 T-Mom 1275677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think there is a whole lot you can do to fight genetics, short of the growth hormone (there was a kid in my high school who got this and he was totally ridiculed for doing it). I'm sure you are feeding him well enough for him to reach his max potential. Plus, I think being tall is overrated. Really! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275629 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:52:20 +0000 Alivoo01 1275629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is measuring short for his age also, but he's still young (4.5months). He was also born small (4lbs 13oz). His pedi said 2+ years old is a better benchmark for height. I sure hope he takes after his dad and is tall!! So I can totally commiserate with you on this concern!!</p> <p>My cousin was short and didn't hit his growth spurt until late middle/early HS!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275516 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:23:16 +0000 autumnlove 1275516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of anything! I'm sure your son will have a big growth spurt soon.</p> <p>My almost 2 year is short too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275419 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:35:32 +0000 irene 1275419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: ROFL You crack me up!!! Dang, Why didn't I marry a 6'4" back then....!?</p> <p>@mediagirl: Thanks for some reassurance.... I hope you are right! Just that before puberty, I will occasionally see a lot of FIL's frowning and complaining to his slave (ie. me) about why is his grandson so short and why am I doing such a poor job raising him. Grrrr I want to strangle him some times, for real.</p> <p>@SugarplumsMom: :) Thanks... And he did have a growth spurt earlier, and he's still shorter than his peers!! LOL. OK I will try not to think and worry about it and keep doing what I am doing.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275381 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:02:39 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1275381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just the fact that you're thinking about this shows you're trying - you're a good mom! Don't let other people convince you otherwise.</p> <p>My father was always concerned about my brother being short. He had him take some Chinese growth pills as a kid. I cringe to think what was in them! It didn't help, he got my mom's genes :happy: He isn't exactly short, just not as tall.</p> <p>Your son may just have a huge growth spurt soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275377 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:56:13 +0000 mediagirl 1275377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: lol! I don't think there is something out there , it's all up to genetics. But remember, kids all grow at their own rate. Some kids stay shrimpy until they hit puberty and then WATCH OUT, while other kids grow like weeds from a very early age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275375 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:54:33 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1275375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Besides an injection of a growth hormone I don't know of anything to help him become taller. </p> <p>My dating minimum was 5'10" because I'm short 5'2" and didn't want a short son. Hopefully my 6' husband pays off. My kids will surely blame me for genetic acne. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275367 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:46:59 +0000 irene 1275367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I guess I am really crazy..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275015 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:10:05 +0000 irene 1275015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I know..! I just wanted to make sure there isn't something that I am not doing right which caused him to be "shorter". I am super thankful for the way he is, just that I don't want him to end up to be 5 feet tall and blame me then for not feeding him properly! :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1275000 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:05:46 +0000 stargal 1275000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of anything that will make them grow taller but i'm sure he will have a growth spurt soon :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lame-nutrition-question-any-food-that-will-help-a-child-grow-taller#post-1274989 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:02:21 +0000 irene 1274989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a lame question, I hate myself for asking it, but are there any foods that will help a child grow taller?</p> <p>LO is a healthy, happy boy. He is 22 months. He loves eating too when he is hungry. However, he seems to be shorter than a lot of same age kids. Our neighbor is 4 months older, and he is shorter than him by almost a head...!</p> <p>As for us, we are not SUPER short. Husband is 5'9" and I am 5'4". </p> <p>I know that this depends on genetics and all. I even got into a fight with FIL because of that (he was whining how LO wasn't as chubby as he was when he was a baby, hinting that it was my fault for not feeding him properly). However I do wonder if I could do better in the food (or any other) department. I offer a lot of pasta with parmesan cheese, baked chicken, steamed broccoli / carrots, string beans at times (which he doesn't really eat, maybe a few bites), yobaby yogurt. Recently I puree spinach and mix it into pasta and it has some success. Sometimes we also make baked salmon, and sometimes a meatloaf. For carbs, other than pasta, I offer rice or cheese sandwiches. For the fruit department, he likes bananas, blue berries, in the summer we offer a lot of water melon and other melons, which he gobbles all up. Apples he eats occasionally, so is avocado. We eat out usually during the weekend and he eats a variety of things other than the typical ones I offer at home.</p> <p>So... any Nutritionist bees out there? Are there any food that can help a child grow taller? Or is that such a thing? Any other things I could do to help him grow taller? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933639 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:25:09 +0000 MrsMccarthy 933639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know it's silly but when my boy went from 80th percentile to 60th I started getting worried he would be 5'8" like my dad instead of 6'1" like my husband. I know height can be a thing for men and being shorter than his dad might be hard but I also know that my son is perfect no matter what his height is. Try to do as I am and focus on making him feel so good about himself that he will feel 10 feet tall no matter how little or big he is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933596 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:09:07 +0000 cranberryapple 933596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Hahahaha, it's probably because my family is Asian and therefore more hypercritical? DH's family would never say stuff like that! Plus, my family would probably be okay with a girl that was short, but not a boy! </p> <p>@rachiecakes: I'd rather people tell me LO was skinny rather than being short! It's a sore spot for me! =P</p> <p>@Sammyfab: Yay for your LO's growth! I hope I get to say that too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933364 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:54:11 +0000 ShootingStar 933364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother was pretty small his entire childhood, then as a teenager he shot up and as an adult he's about 6'1. Of course my mom and dad are both tall, so he did have genes on his side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933354 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:51:26 +0000 loveisstrange 933354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell, C is crazy tall and still wears some 12m onesies. Lol. I wouldnt use that as a standard of measurement. </p> <p>Likely, hes just small because youre small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933265 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:24:30 +0000 Sammyfab 933265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was on the shorter side at 12 months (28-29") and he fit into Carter's 12 month clothing and 6-12 month clothing at The Gap and Old Navy. We always got comments on how short he was. In the last couple of months though he had a growth spurt and shot up 2-3" and now people comment on how he's tall! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933206 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:08:25 +0000 Weagle 933206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry. LO is 14 months and just now fitting into 12m in Carter's. Our pediatrician has never been concerned, and neither have we. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933157 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:52:44 +0000 brownie 933157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 2 years old and 3 months old. He just moved out of 12m clothes about a month ago and still wears 12m shorts on a regular basis. Typically he is fitting in the 12-18m level right now. Clothes aren't the best way to do this. Just tell them the doctor says that she is right on track. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933136 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:47:10 +0000 googly-eyes 933136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really think its fine! My LO is in the 96th % for height and still fts some of her Carter's 9 month stuff, just not the tighter bottoms. She's also in the 63rd % for weight. We get stopped and told "she's tall!" so I don't think you can base it off of that! :) I wouldn't worry unless it was a lower weight, especially since you said you're short. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933061 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:29:14 +0000 babynumber1 933061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, dont' worry about it! LO is in 4% for height. There is nothing you can do to change it. LO is 14 months and still in some 12m stuff. She actually has a pair of 6-9m pants on the other day and they were fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933022 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:21:10 +0000 rachiecakes 933022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: if your pediatrician isn't worried, I wouldn't be! some kids are just shorter than others.<br /> I breastfed and DS was always in the very low percentiles for weight - though he was a little above average for height - and I got all sorts of comments about how skinny he was. I even doubted myself and supplemented. I thought it was my fault. Both DH and I are pretty thin and as soon as DS started to eat things like pasta and pizza and cheese he remained a thinner boy. It was pretty obvious it was just his genes at that point.</p> <p>ETA He's 19 months this week and still wears 12-18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-worry-about-los-height#post-933017 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:20:40 +0000 MamaMoose 933017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO always moves into the Carter's clothes about a month behind. So she just moved in to the 9 month (6-9m) clothing at 7 months. And she's 50th percentile for height and perfectly healthy. I wouldn't worry a bit. </p>