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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I have kids on both ends (one very small, one very tall) and have been seeing an endocrinologist for the small one. The best science they have to predict adult stature is the parents height - average of heights plus or minus 2” - not growth charts, which most endocrinologists and GI doctors will tell you are meaningless  for prediction reasons. [/quote]

How does this work for girls vs boys, particularly if there’s a height discrepancy between the parents?

I agree with others that you need to wait until about 2-3 years old to see where they land on the child percentiles. Then that can shift again with puberty. For girls in particular, getting her period early or late can impact when the growth plates close. My DD was in the 75th percentile until somewhere around 2.5, then shot up to the 98th percentile and is still there at age 7. She towers above most of her classmates and looks a few years older than her actual age. I expect her to be 5’7” to 5’9” depending on how early she hits puberty. There are tall women on both sides of the family, but none above 5’10”. [/quote]

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