Hi girly_girl, and welcome!
I started with very short, spiky hair myself (2" all over) and really the very best couple of things you can do are:
1. Have patience.
2. No heat styling.
3. Have more patience.
4. Find creative things to do with your hair that don't involve heat. Nice clips, maybe some aloe-vera gel to scrunch it with to max out your waves?
5. Treat your hair like it's made of antique lace. Be really gentle with it.
Oh, and have LOTS more patience! Growing out from really short means you're going to go through some seriously awful awkward stages and you'll be tempted to cut at every turn. Don't. If you really want long hair, it's a time thing and you just have to take really good care of your hair and wait it out.
Good luck to you!
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