"Boys are always taller than their mothers"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5'3 and my husband is 6'2. I wonder how tall my boys will be. I am on the shorter side since I was born premature. My mom is 5'6.

I'm 5'5" and my husband is just a shade under 6.0". Our boys are both 6.0" as teens (14 and 17). When they were younger I used some of the online height predictors (you plug in you and your husband's heights, then plug in your child's current age height/weight) and they have turned out to be pretty accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is 5"0 my dad is 6"2, I am 5"2 (female) my brother is 5"3. So my brother is taller than my mom, but almost a foot shorter than my dad. There is no dominance or recessives when it comes to genes that code for height, so it can always go either way, especially in "mixed" height marriages. BTW there are literally hundreds of genes that influence height and there are even more variants of those genes.

How tall was the mailman?

[Anonymous]

Does a growth spurt mean that they just grow a bunch all at once, or do they grow more than average for that year? Do they grow the same amount each year or does it vary by year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does a growth spurt mean that they just grow a bunch all at once, or do they grow more than average for that year? Do they grow the same amount each year or does it vary by year?

Mine have had steady growth with a couple of spurts a year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are close to the same height. Interestingly enough, DD is projected to be taller than DH by 1". I also know of one short male/medium female couple where the daughter was taller than the father.

What do you mean "projected to be taller than"? How are you projecting this?

Not the pp, but pediatricians will often project a child's expected adult height. I have a child who is in the 1% for height so it's something we discuss with the doctor often. If it's not an issue, your pediatrician may not make a projection. Mine has projected my dc's height to be 5'4"-5'5". It's based on the parents height and the path they're following on the growth chart.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I are close to the same height. Interestingly enough, DD is projected to be taller than DH by 1". I also know of one short male/medium female couple where the daughter was taller than the father.

What do you mean "projected to be taller than"? How are you projecting this?

Not the pp, but pediatricians will often project a child's expected adult height. I have a child who is in the 1% for height so it's something we discuss with the doctor often. If it's not an issue, your pediatrician may not make a projection. Mine has projected my dc's height to be 5'4"-5'5". It's based on the parents height and the path they're following on the growth chart.

Or you can just follow your child's growth on the CDC chart yourself and see if they stay on their growth curve, where they'll be at 18.

[Anonymous]

Projected height for boy rough calculation: average mother and father's height and add 2 inches for boys and subtract 2 in for girls: this is why boys are generally taller than their mothers.

[Anonymous]

That males always grow taller than their mothers is what I learned many years ago. I've yet to find this so called "theory" untrue. Not once have I found a man shorter than his mother at full development at about age 22. I believe this to be true with most mammals. You will notice something very off when Cher and her daughter Chasity (who is now Chas, after undergoing a sex change) stands next to each other.

[Anonymous]

This is an old post and it was probably me who insisted males grow taller than their mothers. This still holds true with me.

[Anonymous]

It’s true boo

[Anonymous]

Let this zombie thread die. Men are taller than women an average. That’s it. That’s all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That males always grow taller than their mothers is what I learned many years ago. I've yet to find this so called "theory" untrue. Not once have I found a man shorter than his mother at full development at about age 22. I believe this to be true with most mammals. You will notice something very off when Cher and her daughter Chasity (who is now Chas, after undergoing a sex change) stands next to each other.

My grandfather was significantly shorter than his mom. She was 6 feet tall, his father was also 6 feet (both were considered very tall for their time), but my grandfather was only 5’6.” He was born two months premature, so maybe that explains it. But it does happen and no she didn’t cheat. Grandpa was the spitting image of his dad, only shorter. He was also incredibly athletic, was a professional athlete for a few years. There are always exceptions to everything.

[Anonymous]

I know a guy who has a very short mom (under 5’) and he is not taller than her.

[Anonymous]

I went to college with a petite guy who was shorter than his several siblings and both parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to college with a petite guy who was shorter than his several siblings and both parents.

Thanks for reviving this