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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a very tall child (96th to 98th percentile consistently). [b]My pediatrician said that the height percentile would be stable from about 2 years old until puberty,[/b] then final height could vary depending on when DD hit puberty. I am average height with some tall relatives, but my DH's family is tall though nobody is above 6'4". DD is around 49 inches right at her 6th birthday, and I'm guessing she'll be 5'8" or 5'9", maybe 5'7" if she hits puberty early. The "double height at 2" and mid parental height formulas estimate her at 5'5", but she jumped percentiles between 2 and 2.5 y/o, so I think that's HIGHLY unlikely unless her growth slows way down. OP's kids seem pretty average height now and I doubt they'll end up at 5'8".[/quote]

The bolded part hasn’t held true for my kids at all. My daughter was tiny (<10% weight, <20% height) until she was about 4, and since then has steadily moved up the charts. Now at 10 she’s 75th percentile for height. 
My son was born tall (80%), steadily dropped down to 45-50th over the next few years, and is now back up to 60th percentile at age 7. [/quote]

It hasn’t held true for me either. I was in the 99th percentile until age 3-4, then maybe 90th until middle school. Doctors said I would be 6foot which was a bit ridiculous considering my parents are average height. I stopped growing at 13 and am 5’8”[/quote]

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