Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 18:50     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:My kid is 6’2 at early puberty and orthopedist says his growth plates are still open. General doc consensus is 6’6 min, 6’8-6’10 very likely, chance of 7’.

He has always been off the charts and doubled in size (weight) from birth to 4 months. Size of a 3 year old at age 1, and just goes on from there.

We always figured he’d be quite tall but docs were reluctant to give an ending range until his 12 year checkup.


Yikes. Hopefully he at least plays basketball.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 16:57     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
My kid is 6’2 at early puberty and orthopedist says his growth plates are still open. General doc consensus is 6’6 min, 6’8-6’10 very likely, chance of 7’.

He has always been off the charts and doubled in size (weight) from birth to 4 months. Size of a 3 year old at age 1, and just goes on from there.

We always figured he’d be quite tall but docs were reluctant to give an ending range until his 12 year checkup.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2025 14:21     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:I just “knew” he would be tall based on our genes (I am average at 5’4 but my husband is 6’4) and he was born super long and skinny. Then he stayed tall through childhood with huge feet. As an 11 year old he was 5’6 and towered over everyone, but puberty was early and by 8th grade he was pretty much done growing in height. As an 18 year old he is 5’8 and has filled out but not grown in height in years. My DH was a late grower so he still imagines my son will have another growth spurt but I know he is done. My 13 year old daughter is now his height and soon to pass him, so I guess she got the tall genes. It really can’t be predicted based on early childhood or even really parental height. So many genes involved. Timing of puberty plays a big role too.


How do you know your 13 year old daughter isn't done yet? My 13 year old daughter is 5’7”. She’s had her period for about 4 months and I’m hoping she’s done growing. It’s a good height, not too short, not too tall. Clothes fit the best when you’re in the middle range.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:19     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
My oldest kid was always the tall one. Took to basketball and was always the center growing up. But maxed out at about 6'3. By sophomore year, everyone else in AAU basketball was taller, even the guards. And the centers at 16 in competitive AAU basketball, goodness. 6'6, 6'8. Kid was not so tall all of a sudden. End of basketball career.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:09     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:I just “knew” he would be tall based on our genes (I am average at 5’4 but my husband is 6’4) and he was born super long and skinny. Then he stayed tall through childhood with huge feet. As an 11 year old he was 5’6 and towered over everyone, but puberty was early and by 8th grade he was pretty much done growing in height. As an 18 year old he is 5’8 and has filled out but not grown in height in years. My DH was a late grower so he still imagines my son will have another growth spurt but I know he is done. My 13 year old daughter is now his height and soon to pass him, so I guess she got the tall genes. It really can’t be predicted based on early childhood or even really parental height. So many genes involved. Timing of puberty plays a big role too.


Yep. Similar story here. My “tall through childhood” DS is 5’8”. His brother and sister (both were always small for their ages, and then were very late bloomers who grew like crazy during their teen years) are 6’1” and 5’8”. My shorter DS just fizzled out early in terms of growth. Takes after one shorter grandparent, I think!

No way to predict IMHO, so I really wouldn’t put much thought into it. So many different growth patterns and genes factor in.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 17:01     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
I just “knew” he would be tall based on our genes (I am average at 5’4 but my husband is 6’4) and he was born super long and skinny. Then he stayed tall through childhood with huge feet. As an 11 year old he was 5’6 and towered over everyone, but puberty was early and by 8th grade he was pretty much done growing in height. As an 18 year old he is 5’8 and has filled out but not grown in height in years. My DH was a late grower so he still imagines my son will have another growth spurt but I know he is done. My 13 year old daughter is now his height and soon to pass him, so I guess she got the tall genes. It really can’t be predicted based on early childhood or even really parental height. So many genes involved. Timing of puberty plays a big role too.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 16:07     Subject: Re:When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
We knew within 1 month that our son was going to be very tall - his growth took off and only recently slowed down. He's now 15 and 6'4".
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 15:53     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:Super tall men are so off-putting. Anything above 6’2 looks awful. Just hope he slows down OP.


People who make blanket negative statements about others based on their appearance are so off-putting. Just hope your kids don't inherit your awful personality.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 15:52     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
I knew when I found out I was pregnant with a boy, LOL. Just kidding, sort of. My husband and I are both off the charts tall. Have two boys now and they are 95th-97th percentile tall. Not off the charts like we were so I think there is some regression to the mean going on. If I had to guess they will end up tall, but not head turning tall like their parents.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 15:11     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
I knew at the end of 8th grade when he was 5'11" with no signs of stopping. He stopped growing halfway through his freshman year and is 6'0" still at 21 years old.

Obviously I was wrong about his predicted height along with his doctors.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 14:56     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
My sister's middle son was always tall. He was long at birth and just taller than average as a preschooler. By the time he was 6, he was taller than his 8 yo brother. I think he hit 6 feet in 7th grade. Currently at HS senior. He's 6'7 and slowing down on the growth, but not done.

Mom is 5'11 and Dad is 6'2. Older brother is pushing 5'9 at 19 and younger brother (15) is about 5'6.

Genes are a crapshoot.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 14:50     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Super tall men are so off-putting. Anything above 6’2 looks awful. Just hope he slows down OP.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 14:49     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From birth?

I jest, but my son was born at 9 and a half pounds and I don’t remember the length but comparable. I remember when I took him to his first checkup at the pediatrician’s office, they came in a weighed him again because he had somehow managed to gain weight!

He’s always been a head taller than kids his age. The only difference is that he was a super chubby baby/toddler and became a very lanky and skinny kid and teenager. His dad didn’t fill out until his 20’s so I imagine he will probably too.


Birth weight and length has nothing to do with ultimate size. It’s only a function of the size of the mother and space in her pelvis.


I’m the previous poster. I’m also 5’ 3” so it was also really funny to be the petite mom with the enormous baby.

The question was when I knew he’d be tall. And the answer was since birth.

In the delivery room they tried to put newborn diapers on him, but he was already too big. They sent out a nurse to get size 1s. He was born big and he remained big all his life.

It’s a weird take to insist that my son who has always been bigger than other kids his age wasn’t “actually” big as an infant. Or maybe I should have been “surprised” at some point that my huge baby turned into a huge toddler, then a super tall kid, then a super tall teen. He pretty much stayed on the same growth curve his whole life. To me, that feels like being “surprised” that my brown haired son continued to have brown hair as a kid and teen. According to you, when should I have known?


Lol, you sure are defensively proud of your super tall kid! But alas, birth weight does not predict adult size or height, even though some large babies will turn into large adults. As will some small babies, and average sized babies. The fact that he was big at birth just means you have a large pelvic cavity.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 13:11     Subject: When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Always in the 99th percentile. 6'6" at 15


This was my kid. My kid was always tall. Well off the chart tall from the minute he was born until his full grown height. (He is now 18.) Not oh my kid is 90th percentile.

I have another kid who is going to end up kinda regular tall. On the growth chart and always was. If you look at the growth chart, most people are really lumped in at a pretty close range. As an example for adult women, 5th percentile to 95th percentile covers women 5 feet tall to about 5-8.5 feet tall. You are probably really not noticing any women in this height range or remarking on their height. They all kind of blend in even if some identify more as short or tall. You're going to really probably notice the woman who is 4-10 or 4-11 or 5-10 or 5-11 (or less or more).

[/b]Point being if your kid is on the growth chart, they're not super anything.[b]



Yes they are, they are super perfect!


only in your eyes
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2025 12:31     Subject: Re:When did you know your son was going to be super tall?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, I believe it's considered average stature if you're 5th to 95th percentile.


Tell me you failed statistics without telling me


Ok, I said average when I should've said "normal." That's CDC terminology. Short stature, normal stature, and tall stature. Short stature is 5th percentile and under. Tall stature is 95th percentile and above. Everyone else is of normal stature, even if they are on the taller side of things.