Estimating kids height

[Anonymous]

My brother who is now 6”5 surpassed me in height when he was 6 and in first grade and I was 10 and in 5th grade! He’s 4 years younger but people constantly referred to him as my older brother since he was taller/bigger. I’m now 5”6. Genetics and height are weird!

[Anonymous]

Add the mother's height to the father's height in either inches or centimeters.
Add 5 inches (13 centimeters) for boys or subtract 5 inches (13 centimeters) for girls.
Divide by 2.

Mayo clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/expert-answers/child-growth/faq-20057990

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a fine population-wide estimate, but may not be accurate for all kids. Mine was at the 75th percentile until she shot up between age 2.5-3, and has been at the 95th percentile since. She hasn't hit puberty yet, so time will tell, but likely she'll be closer to the 95th percentile range as an adult (5'8"-5'10").

These were my stats as a kid. I stayed 95% until puberty and then topped out at 5' 5". Mom is 5' 10", dad is 5' 8". My sister is 5' 2". You never know.

[Anonymous]

My daughter was 35.75 at 2 years, which would mean 5’11.5”. She’s 5’9” at 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the formula is actually double height at age 2 for boys and age 18 months for girls.

My first is 7 and has been consistently chugging along the 90% percentile line since an infant. Should put him around 6'1" if it continues, which was also double his age 2 height.

PP here. This would predict a height of 5’10” for my daughter, which is not far off from 5’9”. I don’t think she’ll grow much more.

[Anonymous]

Alot of measurements at pediatrician offices aren't accurate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so fixated with height? Admittedly, I am only 5’4” and I often wished I had a couple of inches more, but taller is not always better. Personally, think it’s better to be 5’4” than 6’ as a woman. I am sure some people disagree, but it’s not like taller is always better.

A PP above said her husband at 6’5” hit the genetic lottery. I hope he feels that way, but I personally prefer my son to be 6’2 max… there is a happy medium too.

I don’t understand this obsession with height. Being proportioned, muscular, fit, is important too (if not more)

I'm only 5'8" and wish I was at least two inches taller. In my family, I just feel so short.

My DH is 6'5", our older children are both at least 5'6" and are nowhere close to being finished growing, and the rest of my family towers over me, as well. One of my sisters is 5'11", and the other is 6'0", and they carry themselves so beautifully at their heights, always looking so regal. My brothers are all at least 6'2", so I am definitely the short one in my family.

That’s great that you like being tall (and wish you were taller). My whole point is that many people don’t think that as a woman being 6’ is better than being 6’4”. Or that as a man is better to be 6’5” than 6’1”.

My DH is tall 6’2” (not by your standard maybe) and his whole family is very tall. His sisters are 5’10 and 6’ and his dad was/is 6’3”. The sisters might look elegant with a certain type of clothes, but I would not trade my 5’4” for 6’… for many reasons.

While I hope my son takes after his dad, I hope my girls will be more like me than DH’s sisters (and so does my DH)

And what if they don't? It's too bad you and your husband didn't desl with your issues before having kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH is 6’5”. His mom is 5’8”, his dad is 5’11” and everyone else in both families is SHORTER than that. His sister is 5’5”.

He literally came out of nowhere in the genetic lottery.

Height can be strange!

Height can depend on many things for example a genetic defect that may not be otherwise obvious or your mil cheating and getting pregnant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a fine population-wide estimate, but may not be accurate for all kids. Mine was at the 75th percentile until she shot up between age 2.5-3, and has been at the 95th percentile since. She hasn't hit puberty yet, so time will tell, but likely she'll be closer to the 95th percentile range as an adult (5'8"-5'10").

These were my stats as a kid. I stayed 95% until puberty and then topped out at 5' 5". Mom is 5' 10", dad is 5' 8". My sister is 5' 2". You never know.

Yep, my daughter was always 95th percentile but stopped growing at 5'6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was 35.75 at 2 years, which would mean 5’11.5”. She’s 5’9” at 12.

Many girls are done growing in height by 12 or younger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a fine population-wide estimate, but may not be accurate for all kids. Mine was at the 75th percentile until she shot up between age 2.5-3, and has been at the 95th percentile since. She hasn't hit puberty yet, so time will tell, but likely she'll be closer to the 95th percentile range as an adult (5'8"-5'10").

These were my stats as a kid. I stayed 95% until puberty and then topped out at 5' 5". Mom is 5' 10", dad is 5' 8". My sister is 5' 2". You never know.

Yep, my daughter was always 95th percentile but stopped growing at 5'6.

An adult woman at 95th percentile is about 5-8.5 inches. I think what people forget is that most people are really clustered very close together in height. It’s only a couple inches more above average and you’re at 95th percentile.

If you have a true outlier child (off the chart) then likely to be an outlier adult and if your kid is on the chart they’ll probably be in the mix of regular sized people and blend in. Percentiles and genetics are better indicator than some doubling formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Add the mother's height to the father's height in either inches or centimeters.
Add 5 inches (13 centimeters) for boys or subtract 5 inches (13 centimeters) for girls.
Divide by 2.

Mayo clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/expert-answers/child-growth/faq-20057990

I think the poster with Johnny Carson as Carnac has it right but it's weird that I remember doing the toddler prediction for height and its exactly the height as this formula for both my kids. I don't understand what possesses people to shame others about height discussions. Why wouldn't you be curious about that?

[Anonymous]

What would cause a kid to not grow as tall as their parents? Obviously other relatives’ genetics come into play. My daughter was 5’.75” at her 14th birthday (so I suspect she’s done growing as she got her period when she was 12.5). Her birth mom is 5’3” and her birth dad is 5’5”. Is it the dad’s height, which is short for a man but not overly short for their race and age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would cause a kid to not grow as tall as their parents? Obviously other relatives’ genetics come into play. My daughter was 5’.75” at her 14th birthday (so I suspect she’s done growing as she got her period when she was 12.5). Her birth mom is 5’3” and her birth dad is 5’5”. Is it the dad’s height, which is short for a man but not overly short for their race and age.

genetics and diet

I'm Korean American. 50 years ago, most Koreans were pretty short. Today, Korean young adults are relatively tall (compared to older Koreans). It's the diet. They have more abundant food, especially meat, today than years past. But, along with that, come obesity. There's more obesity in Korea than before. There's a height difference between North Koreans and South Koreans. Same ethnicity, similar gene pool, but a measurable height difference. It's the diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter? Nothing you or your child can change. Obsessing with how tall they will be is as weird as obsessing with how big their penis will be.

It would be sad if you kids stayed short.