5'7" at 14 years and 4 months old -- is there a way to estimate final height? (doctor, toddler)
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When I was 14 years, 6 months old, I was a bit undersized. But by the time I was 15 years, 6 months old, I'd grown 6 inches and put on 50 pounds. The bullies who had used smaller kids like me as punching bags before, acted very nervous when I was around. Some of them were above average size a year before, but they didn't grow much more and had found that the tables were turned on them.
I found the calculators available at baby websites to be fairly accurate for predicting final height. My kids are all their final height. Despite unusual growth spurts, they all ended up as predicted in the end.
I found the calculators available at baby websites to be fairly accurate for predicting final height. My kids are all their final height. Despite unusual growth spurts, they all ended up as predicted in the end.
Interesting. I remember reading double the height for a girl at 22 months and for a boy at 24 months.
Using that rule, my daughter came out to 5'9" She is an adult now (29) and 5'8". Close enough.
Not sure why your tool shows the parents' height. I am six feet tall and my ex-husband is 6'4". Seems to have had little bearing on my daughter turning out to be relatively short.
My son was 6’2” at 14. He ended up being 6’11.” He all depends on when puberty hits.
I was 6'2" when I was 14, and ended up being 6'2"!
When I think of grow spurts, I always remember the basketball player David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs, he grew from 5'9" to 6'7" between his junior and senior year in high school, then grew another 6 inches in college at the Naval Academy, topping out at 7'1".
Interesting. I remember reading double the height for a girl at 22 months and for a boy at 24 months.
Using that rule, my daughter came out to 5'9" She is an adult now (29) and 5'8". Close enough.
I asked the pediatrician, because at age 2 my son's height doubled had him topping out at 5'8", which seemed short to me. The doc just laughed and said it's an old wives' tale and you can't tell anything from a toddler's height at age 2.
My son will now be 16 in January and is pushing 6'2". When he was 14, he was no more than 5'6". There is no way to predict the OP's son's final height yet.
Just for fun, I ran the calculator for my three kids (two girls, one boy). The predictions were: 5'5", 5'5", and 5'10".
Their actual heights are 5'9" (final), 5'5" (final), and 6'1" (possibly still growing). So, right on for one and way off for the other two.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Not sure why your tool shows the parents' height. I am six feet tall and my ex-husband is 6'4". Seems to have had little bearing on my daughter turning out to be relatively short.
It's regression towards the mean. If both parents are unusually tall, like you and your ex, chances are good that the child will be a little shorter than they are. If both parents are unusually short, chances are good that the child will be a little taller than they are. The calculator must take this into account.
Not sure why your tool shows the parents' height. I am six feet tall and my ex-husband is 6'4". Seems to have had little bearing on my daughter turning out to be relatively short.
I am 5' 4" tall and my ex husband is 5' 7" tall. Our son is 6' 2". We have no idea where he came from.
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