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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loads of dairy and meat, like loads and loads.
DS had the potential to be 6'2", we know because of the x-ray, but his eating was non-existent until 13 years old. He never touched milk, had ice cream a bit, we do not know if he has an allergy, but I do, DH is lactose intolerant and after Forumla he refused. The pediatrician said, eh, let him be.
All his friend who chugged milk and ate food and protein like there is a cow farm behind their houses made it past 6 feet.
Even if their parents were barely 5'3 or 5'4 both.[/quote]

How did an x-ray predict height?    Was it the hand X-ray?

According to the NIH “ Height is a polygenic trait with a high degree of heritability.”
It’s also related to ethnicity.   It’s easier to tell who is from Guatemala because they are among the shortest ethnic group in Central and South America.   When they move out of that culture though and move into a place like America they tend to gain inches and weight.   Same with certain Asian countries.

But it’s still overwhelmingly genetic.  And some children can get their height from grandparents or great grandparents while their siblings get their parents height.  [/quote]

Yes, hand x-ray at 13. Showed constitutional growth delay. We were given a harsh lecture by both Georgetown's pediatric endocrinologist and nutritionist about providing food to our child. You see he did not want to eat and was in a high calorie-burning sports daily.

My grandpas on both sides were very tall, grandmas not so much. DH is tall, I am not too tall, 5'5".
DS' paternal grandma was almost 6 feet tall. As was DS' paternal great-grandpa and paternal grandpa was of average male height. I am of Balkan ethnicity. DH tends to have Genetics. Though my parents were short, that was due to my dad being born in 1938 and my mom(premie who survived in a shoe box next to the wooden stove) in 1947 and having basically no nourishment during and in the aftermath of WWII in devastated Yugoslavia. It was not the case of, hey parents are short, so there is that. It was a case of DS being FTT completely. He did not eat. You can google the height of Balkan Yugoslavs, freakishly tall people. I am considered a hobbit there.

Hence, if OP's kids are eating sufficient calories, I do not have advice for her.[/quote]

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