Pediatrician told my son he will be 6 feet tall!

[Anonymous]

He just started puberty. Boys grow 6 to 9 inches during puberty.

Some grow more, but few grow less.

He’s 5’4”

At a minimum he’s gonna be 5’10”
He could even be 6’1”

So unless something stunts his growth, he’s most likely gonna be 6 feet tall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He just started puberty. Boys grow 6 to 9 inches during puberty.

Some grow more, but few grow less.

He’s 5’4”

At a minimum he’s gonna be 5’10”
He could even be 6’1”

So unless something stunts his growth, he’s most likely gonna be 6 feet tall

OP didn’t say he just started puberty, she said he was on the earlier side, which means he probably started a while ago and is well into it.

Also, I’m pretty sure boys grow more than 6-9 inches during the total course of puberty, I’ve always understood it to be more like 10-12 inches. Puberty growth can last 5+ years though.

OP, the biggest question is whether or not he has had a growth spurt yet. If he has, and he has other changes like body hair and voice changes, he is unlikely to be 6 feet. If he has had no growth spurt and still looks and sounds like a little kid, it’s possible, though still extremely unlikely based on parents’ heights unless you have other really tall family members.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'4" DH is 5'9" and DS20 is almost 6'3"

He was shorter than me going into 7th grade and grew 6" between 13 and 14.

My girls are 16 and 14 and right at my height.

[Anonymous]

Ped told me daughter she would be 5’2”. She is now 5’7” at 17. Told my son he would be 5’8” currently 5’11” at 15 and doesn’t seem to be close to done

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He just started puberty. Boys grow 6 to 9 inches during puberty.

Some grow more, but few grow less.

He’s 5’4”

At a minimum he’s gonna be 5’10”
He could even be 6’1”

So unless something stunts his growth, he’s most likely gonna be 6 feet tall

OP didn’t say he just started puberty, she said he was on the earlier side, which means he probably started a while ago and is well into it.

Also, I’m pretty sure boys grow more than 6-9 inches during the total course of puberty, I’ve always understood it to be more like 10-12 inches. Puberty growth can last 5+ years though.

OP, the biggest question is whether or not he has had a growth spurt yet. If he has, and he has other changes like body hair and voice changes, he is unlikely to be 6 feet. If he has had no growth spurt and still looks and sounds like a little kid, it’s possible, though still extremely unlikely based on parents’ heights unless you have other really tall family members.

+1

There will be exceptions but for both of my sons (who are totally different body types, hit puberty at different ages and are several inches apart in height), the general pattern has been more or less the same. 10-12 inches total, from around the time I noticed growth rate starting to accelerate (lasting 2-3 years). And once growth slows back to a low rate, height growth is almost done. Maybe 1-2 inches more. Body hair and voice changes somewhere in the middle to latter part of the growth spurt (but I think those things can vary a bit).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any validity to the 'double the 2 year old height' as a predictor? Never heard of one in puberty...

No idea if it’s valid but I remember doing this for my daughters and one was going to be around 5’3” and the other around 5’4”. I’m just short of 5’3” and my husband is around 5’8” so those heights seem possible. My older daughter is 12.5 yrs and still growing and is getting very close to my height - she’s probably right around 5’2”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Annoying. My kid was told that and is 5 7 so yeah.

Same. He was disappointed because of the expectation.

Or he is just disappointed in general because he’s short. Normal and not the doctor’s fault.

He never would have had the expectation otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Is there a formula for when feet stop growing for girls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a formula for when feet stop growing for girls?

Probably not?

My DD’s feet grew very quickly right before she started her growth spurt, and then didn’t grow much more. She grew for years after her feet were pretty much done growing.