padolsey/jQuery.fn.autoResize — pull request #50 by dpashkevich (2012-02-17 15:20:56+00:00)
Title: Possible fix for Issue #44 and more

*Attempt to solve Issue #44
*Always set textarea to minHeight when it's empty
*Better behaviour when there are few lines initially present in textarea

I didn't test the solution thoroughly but seems to help for my situation.