For those of you who had a tall baby...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I have kids on both ends (one very small, one very tall) and have been seeing an endocrinologist for the small one. The best science they have to predict adult stature is the parents height - average of heights plus or minus 2” - not growth charts, which most endocrinologists and GI doctors will tell you are meaningless for prediction reasons.

How does this work for girls vs boys, particularly if there’s a height discrepancy between the parents?

I agree with others that you need to wait until about 2-3 years old to see where they land on the child percentiles. Then that can shift again with puberty. For girls in particular, getting her period early or late can impact when the growth plates close. My DD was in the 75th percentile until somewhere around 2.5, then shot up to the 98th percentile and is still there at age 7. She towers above most of her classmates and looks a few years older than her actual age. I expect her to be 5’7” to 5’9” depending on how early she hits puberty. There are tall women on both sides of the family, but none above 5’10”.

There’s no difference in how they calculate boys v girls (they being medical professionals). And there’s always a height discrepancy, that’s why it’s the average of them. If I had to guess, girls probably err on -2” and boys +2”. Obviously there are outliers but, I’ve seen the studies, and vast majority of people fall in these ranges.

[Anonymous]

Both my DDs and I were very very long at birth. They have remained in the high percentile - now in late ES - but we will see. I was always the tallest kid in my class until 7th grade, when I stopped growing completely. I am 5'3.

[Anonymous]

6’ is the 84th percentile for adult men.

The top percentiles include a wider range of heights because of the shape of a bell curve.

[Anonymous]

No, not at all. My kids were both long babies, my son in particular. He was also very heavy. Now at 6 and 8 they are not even 40th percentile in height (and my once chunky son is maybe 40th percentile in weight).

Neither I nor their dad is tall. I was always small for my age but ended up average height by high school.

[Anonymous]

My son was 95-98 at birth and through toddlerhood, he's 12 now at 91%.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'8" and hubby is 6'4".

First child (girl) was always at 50th percentile, stayed on that curve, and ended up at 5'6".

First son (2nd child) was almost always in 90th percentile from birth. Pretty much stayed on that curve and ended up being 6'4".

Second son, was always at 60th or so percentile, and is almost 18 now and 6' tall.

4th child (girl) was always at 75th percentile for height and is 13 now and 5'8" tall. (Adopted, so genetics not a factor)

Long story short....they all turned out a height that matched their curve/percentile they had been on since babies. I believe that is pretty accurate for most people I know.