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My oldest daughter and I are the same height and have the same size feet.  Since she's been in the 7th grade, her feet have not grown.
 
So, I always assumed that my middle daughter would be around 5'6 or so and have feet somewhere around a size 8 or 9.
 
Instead, her feet have grown almost non-stop every year that I can remember -- to the point where last year i told her that i was SURE that her feet wouldn't grow any bigger.  Surely size 10 was the abolute biggest her feet would get.
 
Imagine my reaction when she informed me that her jazz shoes didn't fit.  And oh by-the-way, i'd just spent $50 on the size 10's 6 months before-
size 11?
surely you jest?
 
At the start of the summer I noticed she'd had a growth spurt too-
so not only did her feet grow again, but she is now about 2 inches taller than my oldest
and I....just a few inches shy of my husband.
 
i look at it like this - if she keeps growing, she will grow into those big feet!
but where oh where am i going to find girl shoes in size 11? (*shudder* or bigger?)


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  • hillbillygirl said on Sep 11, 2007....
    Well...I myself am 5'8 and wear a size 10 and in some shoes I have to get a size 11....I get made fun of by my friends all the time about my big feet....but i do own lots of cute shoes ....so dont fret there are plenty of places to buy cute shoes for your daughter  :)
  • gingersoul said on Sep 11, 2007....

    Secret....again......there must be something in the milk....

    My daughter has a scary 10 and she is my height (5'5') and only 12.......goodness precious.....she too had a growth spurt this summer so we had to buy new pair of anything....

    Sometimes she looks at her feet and she complains about how long they are. Plus, she has the same incredible flat feet her father has...

    "They look like a boy's feet, mom" she says.

    So i have to remind her that first of all, since she plays soccer, big feet means better padronance of the ball. She likes that.

    Then i remind her that big feet at 12 means she will be even taller when she grows up. She likes that too.

    Third i remind her that she can now wear all my sandals...and she definetely likes that.....well, i am actually a 9 but its ok..

    Cute girl shoes in size 11?....i dont think its a problem to find them....at least not for my daughter...unfortunately.....lol...

  • Actorguy said on Sep 12, 2007....
    My mother would say:  She has good under-standing!
  • quietone said on Sep 12, 2007....
    She's a growin' girl...  :)  and by the looks, shoes can be found  -  at a price of course!! 
  • uniquely-ironic said on Sep 12, 2007....
    At least she's getting the height to carry off those feet! 
     
    I'm blessed to have smallish feet for my height (5'6").  I run between a 6.5 to 7 in most shoes.  My daughter is just about 14 and has feet that are pushing size 7.  She is almost my height, but I expect that she is far from done growing since my family typically has a growth spurt at about 15 or 16 years old.
     
    You may find that you are able to get cute shoes in her size and cheaply since not a lot of women have that size and they probably will be plentiful on the sales rack.
  • secretlife said on Sep 12, 2007....
    hillbilly:  my mom says that if you're tall, you need the big feet to support your height, so i just kept praying that she'd grow into her feet.
     
    we're terrible because we've always made fun of her long, thin feet!  We just can't get over how BIG they are!  lol
     
    ginger: omg 10 already!  oh boy!
    and flat too?  that's hard.  my daughter has beautiful arches, but just these amazingly long feet! 
     
    i'm sure your daughter is going to be taller than you and one day before you know it you'll be looking up to her (yikes!)
     
    where are you both finding these shoes in large sizes? 
     
    Actor: har har har!  smarty pants!
     
    quiet:  yes, that's the thing - you can't just walk into payless and find shoes with her feet - it makes the hunt harder....and more expensive!
     
    i ordered her a pair of black heels for her concert outfit that cost $65.  I told her i was wishing they might last her a few years!
     
    unique:  we did school shopping a few weeks back, and i had a helluva time finding sneakers in size 11!...well sneakers she wanted -
    i wish i could find that sale rack!
  • hillbillygirl said on Sep 12, 2007....
    I have always been able to find size 10 shoes anywhere....I do alot of shoping at places like Wal-mart and Target ....both of them carry size 10 and 11.I am wearing a pair today(size 11) that I got at Walmart cute black sandal for I think like $15!! Payless and Shoestop both carry that size as well. Atleast I have always been able to find them there. Good luck :)~
  • PassionTraveler said on Sep 12, 2007....
    She's gonna be tall! I'm guessing with those feet possibly up to 6 feet tall!

    I come from tall stock, although I'm a shortie! 5'5" size 9s

    PT
  • kruuyai said on Sep 13, 2007....
    Wow!  I thought I had big feet!  I'm 5'7" and wear size 7's.  Damn.  I guess those girls will never lose their balance!
  • mobil said on Sep 15, 2007....
    When she hits size13 mens, let me know, I'll send her some of my old work boots haha..........
  • jimidean said on Sep 15, 2007....
    The truth is that shoes vary so much in sizes between manufacturers that her fee may not have grown at all, but the board they changed the board they were building them on.  This happens all the time.
    And in clothes... don't get me started.  Because Americans are getting so over weight they have actually started making all clothes bigger.  I went from wearing a Large, to a medium and now i am wearing a men's small in almost everything, and I haven't lost any weight.  In fact I am bigger than I was when I wore a size Large.  The other day i was at a high school event where they were handing out free t shirts.  They actually ran out of XLs, and they brought several boxes of them.  scary!
  • UnknownUser said on Sep 24, 2007....
    My baby sister is 6' and wears a size 11 shoe.  We thought she would never stop growing too!  Since I'm only 5'2", I jokingly call her my baby Amazon.  haha  I don't go shoe shopping with her since I'm not much for shopping.  I do know, however, that she shops at Footlocker, and some of the smaller shoe stores in the malls.  She also buys them online at Victoria Secret.

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