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[quote=Anonymous]I am 5'4" and DH is 5'10", but my father is tall, and DH is much the shortest of his siblings (BILs are 6'3" and 6'4" and SIL is 5'10").

My DS1 was above the 97th percentile at birth (the CDC height chart that the pediatrician gave me doesn't have a 99th curve on it) and remained there until age 8, when he was 56" tall. Then he began a slow decline down to the 75th percentile at age 14.5 (5'8"). After that, his height percentile started to climb, back to the 95th at age 19. He's 6'2".

My DS2 was around the 60th percentile at birth and stayed between the 50th and 75th until age 4, then he stayed at 75th until age 14.5 (5'8", just like DS1). And then, just like DS1, DS2's height percentile started to increase. At 16, he was 90th percentile (6'0"), and at 19, he too was 95th percentile, 6'2" like his brother.

Probably relevant? Both my kids were late to puberty, especially DS2.

(Not sure of these percentiles are the same as current ones-- my kids' growth charts are CDC charts from 2000.[/quote]

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