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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on when puberty hits.

Mine was average until 18 months, then dropped to 35%ile.  He's now almost 5'11", at 18, still growing. Late bloomer. Growth spurt around 15/16.  At 17, he passed all but one of his friends in height.  He might even pass this one friend, if said friend has topped growing.[/quote]
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My girl was always 50th percentile until about age 8 and has dropped down the growth percentiles since then.  At 10.5 yo at lot of her friends have started puberty and sprouted many inches, but she's nowhere close and now around 10th percentile.  I'm assuming she'll catch back up when she starts puberty, but that may be a few years from now when she's 13/14 yo.[/quote]

I have one who has bounced around a lot but seemed to settle around the 80th (12), one that's dropped steadily from toddlerhood (80th) until now (9) into the 30th, and one that stays constant around the 40th-50th (7). Not sure you can predict a pattern. Parents are on wildly different ends of the growth chart, which may contribute to the instability.[/quote]
You can't tell a pattern from just a chart, but the timing of puberty is absolutely linked to growth spurts.

Several of the tallest 5th grade girls right now have short parents, but they're also already into puberty and will likely stop growing first.  Others are further from puberty and will likely keep growing for longer.[/quote]

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