Why did I get shorter?

Did you measure yourself at different times in the day? Everyones height varies by an inch or so during the day.

my mom did it each time. um, i had no shoes on either time i was messured, and both times my hair was down. Um, i do have pains in my legs all the time, na dhave for as long as i can remeber into my child hood, with i can remebr up to age 4. I did see a dr. about that and they told me i have a lack of calcium or something. would that be a cause of it?

both times were in the evening

try measuring in the morning i think u gonna be ur full length in the mornin cause in the evening u gonna be a liitle short cause of the gravtiy. if u notice a shrinkage then u better see the doc.

okay :s i hope i am back up to normal hight :(

Yeah best wishes. but u know what don’t let ur short stature let u down. i’m short too so i kinda know how u feel.

As you are 16 years old it is unlikely that you got shorter. You need to check the tape measure - also, if you use a soft, cloth tape measure it could have stretched. If so, that tape measure would make it appear that you are shorter than you actually are. Use a rigid rule or steel measure.

it was steel