If you have a big nose, at what age could you tell it would be big?

[Anonymous]

Trying to figure out if DC will have a large schnoz like DH. DH's nose is so big that DC likes to grab it

[Anonymous]

You mean for the kids? It seems to take several years. They all start with little button noses.

[Anonymous]

My dad has a big nose and has since he was a baby. As kids we used to laugh at his baby pictures because he didn't have that cute button nose after about six months of age.

[Anonymous]

The nose and ears on a person keep growing his/her entire life.

[Anonymous]

Starting around 3rd grade for me. I had it done in high school.

[Anonymous]

I have a larger nose but am overall pretty attractive. (Think Meryl Streep--unique nose but still good looking...) I was very self-conscious of it growing up in school, hated certain profile pics of me, and it was worst in middle school b/c it seemed my nose was bigger than the whole rest of my face at that point. Also, I have learned not to have a center part in my hair, etc.

Now I'm used to it and I wouldn't want a little button nose. My husband calls it Roman and he thinks it's cool.

My kids seem to have my husband's nose, which I'm happy about though.

[Anonymous]

My husband has a pretty big nose (more width than length) and I think my older son is going to have something similar (he is now 4). For awhile his nose seemed really big compared to his face, but lately he seems to have grown into it somewhat. I didn't really notice how wide my older son's nose was until I had a second son and I noticed a big difference between them.

[Anonymous]

Kids go through phases. Like puppies and foals, their proportions change and get out of whack over time. A child could be leggy at one point, then less so. It's really hard to tell.

My mother was sure I had the paternal side's schnoz when I was around 14 and started encouraging me to have my nose "refined," which is a euphemism for nose job. By 17 my nose was not large at all relative to my face. My first cousin (dad's side) had the same experience, and grew into her nose in college.

Whatever you do, don't let your children see that you're focused on their noses. Adolescents already have an unrealistically negative view of their appearance.

[Anonymous]

You can basically tell the shape by 2 or 3 years old. When my daughter yawns, her button nose stretches around the underlying bone structure and I see she is going to be blessed with my big hawk shape nose.

I remember I was aware of my nose size and shape in 4th grade, meaning I knew it wasn't cute. I was self conscious of it during juniro high and high school. Began to appreciate it in college and beyond.

[Anonymous]

big nose here
You could tell from birth.

I see my nose in my son, unfortunately. Lucky for him, however, unusual noses on men = character.

I'm just grateful my daughter has her father's nose.

[Anonymous]

My nose started showing its beakiness around 3d or 4th grade. Up to then I had a little kid's button nose. It was at its worst when I was around 13 or 14, when the nose seemed to grow faster than the rest of the face. It balanced out a little by the time I was 15 or 16. It's big, but not really ugly, and it hasn't bothered me since I grew out of the awkward, early-teens phase.

[Anonymous]

I have a decent nose, DH had his fixed when in his 20's due to its crookedness from several broken nose incidents in his childhood. His mom has a fat, lumpy nose and his dad has a skinny, but hooked nose. DH had his mom's nose, and I started noticing DD's nose being larger than it should be around age 9. Now she's 15 and is dying to have it fixed, and I think we're going to go for it in the next couple of years. Unfortunately, it's really noticeable from all angles, and it's definitley my MIL's!
Bummer.

[Anonymous]

Kids go through phases. Like puppies and foals, their proportions change and get out of whack over time. A child could be leggy at one point, then less so. It's really hard to tell.

"My mother was sure I had the paternal side's schnoz when I was around 14 and started encouraging me to have my nose "refined," which is a euphemism for nose job. By 17 my nose was not large at all relative to my face. My first cousin (dad's side) had the same experience, and grew into her nose in college.

Whatever you do, don't let your children see that you're focused on their noses. Adolescents already have an unrealistically negative view of their appearance. "

THIS IS SO TRUE.

[Anonymous]

OP, please get off this subject. For your kid's sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OP, please get off this subject. For your kid's sake.

coming from one with a button nose, I'm certain