When did you know your son was going to be super tall?

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Anonymous wrote:From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too.

Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wife and I are both tall, and the charts pegged DS at 6'2" when fully grown based on that. He is about to turn 15, and has already hit his projected adult height. Oh yea, he was also always the tallest in his class, but he grew ALOT in the past 12-18 months.

Most boys are done growing by 15. I wouldn't say 6'2 is "super tall" though.

Slightly more than 95% of men are under 6’2”. Less than 5% of men in the US are 6’2” or over. It’s a lot taller than the average guy.

Yes but its not "super tall". Its just "regular tall".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too.

Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis.

Yep, even Shaq was a completely normal sized baby.

[Anonymous]

Parent height matters most.

We knew a kid who was a giant his whole life. Felt like he was a foot taller than everyone in elementary school. He slowed down in middle school when everyone caught up and ended up only being 5’11”.

We know a current freshman with very tall parents. He is like 5’4”. I would expect him to end high school 6’3”+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too.

Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis.

Is this scientifically true?

My 10 1/2 pound, 24 inch long baby is my biggest kid. My 7 1/2 pounder is average sized.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wife and I are both tall, and the charts pegged DS at 6'2" when fully grown based on that. He is about to turn 15, and has already hit his projected adult height. Oh yea, he was also always the tallest in his class, but he grew ALOT in the past 12-18 months.

Most boys are done growing by 15. I wouldn't say 6'2 is "super tall" though.

Slightly more than 95% of men are under 6’2”. Less than 5% of men in the US are 6’2” or over. It’s a lot taller than the average guy.

I feel so sorry for all those short men!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always in the 99th percentile. 6'6" at 15

This was my kid. My kid was always tall. Well off the chart tall from the minute he was born until his full grown height. (He is now 18.) Not oh my kid is 90th percentile.

I have another kid who is going to end up kinda regular tall. On the growth chart and always was. If you look at the growth chart, most people are really lumped in at a pretty close range. As an example for adult women, 5th percentile to 95th percentile covers women 5 feet tall to about 5-8.5 feet tall. You are probably really not noticing any women in this height range or remarking on their height. They all kind of blend in even if some identify more as short or tall. You're going to really probably notice the woman who is 4-10 or 4-11 or 5-10 or 5-11 (or less or more).

Point being if your kid is on the growth chart, they're not super anything.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I believe it's considered average stature if you're 5th to 95th percentile.

[Anonymous]

When he hit 6’6”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I believe it's considered average stature if you're 5th to 95th percentile.

Tell me you failed statistics without telling me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When he hit 6’6”?

kewl story, welcome to lake wobegon

[Anonymous]

By about 5th grade. My son had these enormous feet, and was wearing my size shoes. My daughter, now in 5th grade has giraffe legs. They are both going to tower over me. I'm 5'5 and my husband is 6'4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When he hit 6’6”?

This is consistent with what I was going to say, which is that you don't know your kid is going to be super tall until they ARE super tall. You can suspect it, but my son's close friend was 5'11" in 5th grade. He is 24 now. And 6' flat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always in the 99th percentile. 6'6" at 15

This was my kid. My kid was always tall. Well off the chart tall from the minute he was born until his full grown height. (He is now 18.) Not oh my kid is 90th percentile.

I have another kid who is going to end up kinda regular tall. On the growth chart and always was. If you look at the growth chart, most people are really lumped in at a pretty close range. As an example for adult women, 5th percentile to 95th percentile covers women 5 feet tall to about 5-8.5 feet tall. You are probably really not noticing any women in this height range or remarking on their height. They all kind of blend in even if some identify more as short or tall. You're going to really probably notice the woman who is 4-10 or 4-11 or 5-10 or 5-11 (or less or more).

[/b]Point being if your kid is on the growth chart, they're not super anything.[b]

Yes they are, they are super perfect!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too.

Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis.

I’m the previous poster. I’m also 5’ 3” so it was also really funny to be the petite mom with the enormous baby.

The question was when I knew he’d be tall. And the answer was since birth.

In the delivery room they tried to put newborn diapers on him, but he was already too big. They sent out a nurse to get size 1s. He was born big and he remained big all his life.

It’s a weird take to insist that my son who has always been bigger than other kids his age wasn’t “actually” big as an infant. Or maybe I should have been “surprised” at some point that my huge baby turned into a huge toddler, then a super tall kid, then a super tall teen. He pretty much stayed on the same growth curve his whole life. To me, that feels like being “surprised” that my brown haired son continued to have brown hair as a kid and teen. According to you, when should I have known?