Height
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Anonymous
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I am short (below 5') and DH is tall (above 6'). DD is tall for her age at age 2, and she looks like 4 year old. DS is average height for his age at 7, and he has been like that throughout years. Both kids are skinny.
What is the chance that DD will be on the taller side like DH, and DS will be on the shorter side like me. |
Anonymous
| What is her actual height at 2? |
Anonymous
| I don't think you'll really know until she stops growing. If she sprouts up and gets her period early she could be the tallest kid in 5th grade but end up only 5'4. |
Anonymous
| No way to know. |
Anonymous
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There is really no way to know until the kids stop growing. Anecdotally, I have seen height trend to the maternal grandfather.
In the families I have known with heights similar to yours, the kids skew average. In one case, there were two sons and one ended up at around 6' like dad and the other ended up at around 5'5". In another cases, DDs both ended up at average height (around 5'4") and DS was around 5'6" or 5'7". |
Anonymous
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No way to know.
But keep in mind that biological sex is a strong indicator of height. The average American man is 5'10". The average American woman is 5'4". So, your husband is, what, 3 inches above average, and you are 5 inches below. So if your son gets your genes and ends up pretty short, he's still likely to be 5'5" or 5'6". While your daughter could get your husband's genes and be tall, but not super tall, maybe around 5'6" or 5'7". It's very unlikely your daughter would end up anywhere close to as tall as your husband or that your son would end up anywhere close to as short as you in raw inches. |
Anonymous
Anecodtally, me too. DH is very tall; his dad is not, but his maternal grandfather wass very tall. We are like you, OP. Kids are late bloomers, hit puberty very late. so they stayed short for a while. DS 16 (hit puberty at 15) is like 5'8, and still growing. His dad grew in college, so we suspect that DS will as well. Probably won't reach 6', but will be around 5'10"ish. I think DD will be around 5'4 to 5'5. Your DD could be in the 70%ile for most of her childhood, but then hit puberty at 11, and stop growing at 13. You just don't know. |
Anonymous
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Yeah, no way to know. My aunt is short 5’3” (like me). Her husband is 5’11”. Their grown children are DD 5’10” and DS 6’1”. Go figure…
I also have examples of children that ended up right in the middle between mom and dad. It’s really hard to know (especially at 2). My husband is 6’2. My son is almost 3 and 95th in height, but I am sure he will lose some. My DDs were both in the 90th+ percentiles at that age too and are not in the 65-75th percentiles at 8 and 6. The baby center calculator put my son at 6 feet abs daughters at 5’6”. Only time will tell… |
Anonymous
| Why is height at age 2 the magic number? just curious. |
Anonymous
| I have a tall Dad (6'2'') and a short mom (5'1''). We're all over the place, my one brother is 5'6'' and my sister 6' with my other brother and in the middle. You can't predict from parent height alone. |
Anonymous
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Mom 5'8
Dad 5'10 Me and my sister 5'3" My spouse is over 6 feet Son - 6' Daughter 5'5 My sister's 2 girls are both under 5'3, her spouse is about 5'8 |
Anonymous
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My MIL is 4’11” and FIL was 6’2”. They have 3 sons, ranging in height from 5’9” to 6’1”.
I’m 5’3” and my husband is the 6’1” son. We have an 11 year son who is 5’3”. No signs of puberty yet but I think he’s supposed to be 6’1”’as well. |
Anonymous
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I'm 5'11" and female, husband is 5'8". My daughter is 5'2" and son 6'3". No matter what height your kids end up being, they'll be fine. I had some issues being tall as a teenager (and being really skinny didn't help) but I now love being tall.
If your daughter ends up tall and your son short, don't make a big deal out of it. Other things are much more important in life. |
Anonymous
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I'm 5'7" and my husband is 5'8".
Our kids are all young adults now, and our daughters are both 5'4"-5'5". Our son is 6'1". No man in either family that we can think of (other than my cousins who get their height from their dad who is not related to me) has ever been taller than 5'10. It's a mystery. No way of predicting. |
Anonymous
| Using a growth chart is the closest you’ll get to knowing. |