Moms what age did your son surpass you in height?

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Anonymous wrote:When they pass mom’s height early like 10 or 11, generally they will be shorter as adults (early growth spurt and generally stops growing early as well. That was the case with my oldest son, younger one is later to puberty and will probably end up with the taller genes (5’1-5’2 in sixth grade with zero signs of puberty and always has tracked 85th-ish percentile). We have a mix of genes/heights in the family.

Or they’re going to be really tall and have always been really tall… or mom is short… this is a silly take, PP.

I mean it’s pretty general knowledge in pediatrics that earlier puberty generally equates to shorter adult height, so I wouldn’t say it’s a “silly take.” Of course there are always going to be exceptions.

I guess you missed my point that a son surpassing his mother in height at a relatively young age is not necessarily a reliable indicator of early puberty.

NP here. I was also surprised at the implication that a son surpassing his mother at a relatively young age meant early puberty. My son was my height at his 12th birthday and at his 13th (3” taller than I am), the doctor said he was in early Tanner stage 2.

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Anonymous wrote:When they pass mom’s height early like 10 or 11, generally they will be shorter as adults (early growth spurt and generally stops growing early as well. That was the case with my oldest son, younger one is later to puberty and will probably end up with the taller genes (5’1-5’2 in sixth grade with zero signs of puberty and always has tracked 85th-ish percentile). We have a mix of genes/heights in the family.

Or they’re going to be really tall and have always been really tall… or mom is short… this is a silly take, PP.

I mean it’s pretty general knowledge in pediatrics that earlier puberty generally equates to shorter adult height, so I wouldn’t say it’s a “silly take.” Of course there are always going to be exceptions.

I guess you missed my point that a son surpassing his mother in height at a relatively young age is not necessarily a reliable indicator of early puberty.

Sure, there are kids who just have always been/will always be super tall (generally with two excessively tall parents). But if a boy is taller than 5’4 or so (average female height) at 10 or 11, he almost always has started a pubertal growth spurt (especially since in the cases we’re discussing mom is not tall - even if dad might be). Despite some people’s misunderstanding, boys do not get their “height genes” strictly from their father’s side. Just telling you what we see in practice quite reliably.

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My son was 13 when he caught me (I’m 5’6), and at the time had no signs of puberty - he was a late bloomer. He was always tall relative to peers and high on the percentile chart. His dad is 6’1 so we figured that made sense. However, he reached his full height by about 15.5 and stopped growing height wise (although he continued to put on muscle for several more years). He is in college now and topped out at almost 5’10.

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I'm 5'8" and my 12 year old nephew passed me this winter. I told him I was using shoes on for the time being, but at this rate I'm gonna need 4 inch heels soon!

I have 2 more nephews who will pass me. Thankfully I my son is only 6 so I have some time!!!

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My son is 11 years old and 5 foot 7.
I’m 5 foot 5.
Husband 6 foot 3.

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I'm 5'4". DS just turned 11 and is probably half an inch shorter than me, so I expect any day now. We wear the same shoe size.

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Anonymous wrote:When they pass mom’s height early like 10 or 11, generally they will be shorter as adults (early growth spurt and generally stops growing early as well. That was the case with my oldest son, younger one is later to puberty and will probably end up with the taller genes (5’1-5’2 in sixth grade with zero signs of puberty and always has tracked 85th-ish percentile). We have a mix of genes/heights in the family.

Or they’re going to be really tall and have always been really tall… or mom is short… this is a silly take, PP.

I mean it’s pretty general knowledge in pediatrics that earlier puberty generally equates to shorter adult height, so I wouldn’t say it’s a “silly take.” Of course there are always going to be exceptions.

I guess you missed my point that a son surpassing his mother in height at a relatively young age is not necessarily a reliable indicator of early puberty.

Sure, there are kids who just have always been/will always be super tall (generally with two excessively tall parents). But if a boy is taller than 5’4 or so (average female height) at 10 or 11, he almost always has started a pubertal growth spurt (especially since in the cases we’re discussing mom is not tall - even if dad might be). Despite some people’s misunderstanding, boys do not get their “height genes” strictly from their father’s side. Just telling you what we see in practice quite reliably.

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A 5’4” 11.0 year old boy is over 95th percentile for height.

Either the kid is going to be VERY tall (unlikely, if he is already taller than his mom…most very tall boys have tall moms), or he has started his growth spurt already.

Nothing controversial about it, just a numbers thing.

And sure- there will be outliers. Some kids take after extended family members or have a very odd growth pattern- or sometimes it is just unexplained. Happens in the other direction too.

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Anonymous wrote:When they pass mom’s height early like 10 or 11, generally they will be shorter as adults (early growth spurt and generally stops growing early as well. That was the case with my oldest son, younger one is later to puberty and will probably end up with the taller genes (5’1-5’2 in sixth grade with zero signs of puberty and always has tracked 85th-ish percentile). We have a mix of genes/heights in the family.

Or they’re going to be really tall and have always been really tall… or mom is short… this is a silly take, PP.

I mean it’s pretty general knowledge in pediatrics that earlier puberty generally equates to shorter adult height, so I wouldn’t say it’s a “silly take.” Of course there are always going to be exceptions.

I guess you missed my point that a son surpassing his mother in height at a relatively young age is not necessarily a reliable indicator of early puberty.

Sure, there are kids who just have always been/will always be super tall (generally with two excessively tall parents). But if a boy is taller than 5’4 or so (average female height) at 10 or 11, he almost always has started a pubertal growth spurt (especially since in the cases we’re discussing mom is not tall - even if dad might be). Despite some people’s misunderstanding, boys do not get their “height genes” strictly from their father’s side. Just telling you what we see in practice quite reliably.

Internist here, so I know little about puberty, but I have a foggy memory that kids experience a larger magnitude growth spurt if they have a more prolonged duration of puberty - is that right? As a parent, my observation is that late onset puberty tends correlate with longer duration puberty than early onset, but that might not be reality.

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Anonymous wrote:When they pass mom’s height early like 10 or 11, generally they will be shorter as adults (early growth spurt and generally stops growing early as well. That was the case with my oldest son, younger one is later to puberty and will probably end up with the taller genes (5’1-5’2 in sixth grade with zero signs of puberty and always has tracked 85th-ish percentile). We have a mix of genes/heights in the family.

Or they’re going to be really tall and have always been really tall… or mom is short… this is a silly take, PP.

I mean it’s pretty general knowledge in pediatrics that earlier puberty generally equates to shorter adult height, so I wouldn’t say it’s a “silly take.” Of course there are always going to be exceptions.

I guess you missed my point that a son surpassing his mother in height at a relatively young age is not necessarily a reliable indicator of early puberty.

Sure, there are kids who just have always been/will always be super tall (generally with two excessively tall parents). But if a boy is taller than 5’4 or so (average female height) at 10 or 11, he almost always has started a pubertal growth spurt (especially since in the cases we’re discussing mom is not tall - even if dad might be). Despite some people’s misunderstanding, boys do not get their “height genes” strictly from their father’s side. Just telling you what we see in practice quite reliably.

Okay, understood. Thanks for the clarification.

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’4 and DS just passed me a couple months ago at 11. He’s now 5’ 5 1/2 and still 11. Dh is 6’4 so we’ll see where this height situation ends up for DS.

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I have been curious about the early growth/ puberty and when it then stops. My son hit my height, 5’6” just after his 11th bday and now at 13 is a bit over 6’. His dad is 6’3” but I wonder if he is getting close to done

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is 11 years old and 5 foot 7.
I’m 5 foot 5.
Husband 6 foot 3.

Sure he is

[Anonymous]

Early growth spurt is not a good thing . FYI

[Anonymous]

Traditionally boys are taller than their mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'4". DS just turned 11 and is probably half an inch shorter than me, so I expect any day now. We wear the same shoe size.

My son barely wore his snow boots. I got to inherit the pair he didn't wear much when his feet were my size.