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[quote=Anonymous]Our pediatrician said that the best predictor of whether a child would be tall was the height of their parents.  I point this out because my family's experience has not been the same as other posters -- at least not for boys.

My son was 95 percentile when he was born and kept 80 percent above for height until he was about 9 months old.  He's now 2.5 and has ranged from 40-60 percentile in the last year.  However, I am certain he will be a tall adult.  I am 5'11" and my husband is 6'4".  My brothers and brother in law are all 6'4".  My sister-in-law is also 5'11".  Everyone in our family is tall.  I was a tall kid (5'8" at age 12 - tallest in my class all through school) but my brothers, my husband and his brother and my dad were all small to average as kids.  They didn't become tall until they hit puberty.

With my brothers it was strange to see all the kids who had towered over them throughout their childhood turn into 5' 8" adults while my brothers became exceptionally tall around 16 or so.  My guess is that my average height son will go teh same way -- if not as tall as his dad or uncles he'll certainly top 6'.[/quote]

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