When did your 99th percentile kid stop growing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS was 99th percentile at birth and is still there at 13, currently 5’11”. DH is 6’4” so we won’t be surprised is he ends up at his height or taller. I’m 5’5”

He will almost certainly be shorter than your DH, given your height. Both parents’ genes matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was 99th percentile at birth and is still there at 13, currently 5’11”. DH is 6’4” so we won’t be surprised is he ends up at his height or taller. I’m 5’5”

He will almost certainly be shorter than your DH, given your height. Both parents’ genes matter.

if you say so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS was 99th percentile at birth and is still there at 13, currently 5’11”. DH is 6’4” so we won’t be surprised is he ends up at his height or taller. I’m 5’5”

He will almost certainly be shorter than your DH, given your height. Both parents’ genes matter.

NP: of course both parents’ genes matter but it isn’t an even distribution, so to speak. Plenty of full siblings differ quite a bit in height- with one taking after a taller parent and the other taking after a shorter parent. One of our sons is average (like me) and the other is tall (like DH).

Who knows how tall their son will end up. Not many boys are done growing at age 13.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD1 - is 6.5 and so far has been between 95% 99+% (off the chart) for height her entire life. Weight constant at around 75%. I am curious if she will stay 95%+ because mom is short (5'2") and dad is tall (6'3").

DD2 - 4 and has vacillated between 25% and 75% for height. Weight ranges between 25% and 50% roughly in sync with height %.

Your daughter is 6’5”? That sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD1 - is 6.5 and so far has been between 95% 99+% (off the chart) for height her entire life. Weight constant at around 75%. I am curious if she will stay 95%+ because mom is short (5'2") and dad is tall (6'3").

DD2 - 4 and has vacillated between 25% and 75% for height. Weight ranges between 25% and 50% roughly in sync with height %.

Your daughter is 6’5”? That sucks.

You dumb

[Anonymous]

Lol - DS added another inch the first year of college. Now 6’4”+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS hit 99th percentile at about one month an has remained there ever since. Almost 16 now.

Same, my DS hit 99% by a month old and at 14 and 6-3” will remain that way. A few years of big growth spurts but mostly he started big and stayed big.

[Anonymous]

Mine stopped at 21 6 foot 7

[Anonymous]

DD is 9 and still in the 99th percentile. I cannot imagine her actually growing to be 6’ tall, but we shall see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Parents are biggest indicators of height.

+1

Try having a kid in tackle football or basketball and seeing the craziness and obsession with kid's size and height. I knew so many parents who were average or below average in size who had large elementary school kids and they went all in on their kid's stardom because they were taller than everyone else at age 11. Every single one had a kid who peaked early and stopped growing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Parents are biggest indicators of height.

+1

Try having a kid in tackle football or basketball and seeing the craziness and obsession with kid's size and height. I knew so many parents who were average or below average in size who had large elementary school kids and they went all in on their kid's stardom because they were taller than everyone else at age 11. Every single one had a kid who peaked early and stopped growing.

Try having a kid who is super tall but has no interest in team sports. My nephew is 6’6” and doesn’t play basketball. Some kids are off the chart tall because they have a genetic mutation with other symptoms including heart defects. My nephew can’t play contact sports. I can only imagine the high school basketball coach seeing him walk down the hall trying to figure a way to make it work.

Not all tall kids are interested in sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is 9 and still in the 99th percentile. I cannot imagine her actually growing to be 6’ tall, but we shall see.

My middle school daughter has been in the 85% to 99% every year. She’s done at 5’7” or 5’8”” I’m not sure exactly. My niece was tiny growing up and is now 5’8”. I don’t think it’s worth trying to predict but keep in mind that very few girls are 6’.

[Anonymous]

99% DS since birth. Hit 6’3” at age 14. Still growing.

[Anonymous]

My 99th percentile kid was super tall through about age 11, then started dropping. Puberty was on the earlier side and he topped out at 5’10 (now 19).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is 9 and still in the 99th percentile. I cannot imagine her actually growing to be 6’ tall, but we shall see.

My middle school daughter has been in the 85% to 99% every year. She’s done at 5’7” or 5’8”” I’m not sure exactly. My niece was tiny growing up and is now 5’8”. I don’t think it’s worth trying to predict but keep in mind that very few girls are 6’.

I also think the 99% for women starts at more like 5’10 (which is me). Agree that it’s unusual with 6’ being even more so.