sooo big!

[crisgal]

i read somewhere that if you measure a child at 18 months old, they will be double that measurement in adulthood. My eldest boy was three feet tall, which would make sense because his dad is six foot two. My youngest child is only two foot six at the age of 18 months. Does this mean I'm going to have a tall son and a short one or is it a load of rubbish anyway?

[spudqueen]

I thought it was at 2 years old they were half their adult height and it only applied to boys. My boys are 13 and 10 so I don't know yet if it is true! (By the way my oldest son was also quite a bit taller than his younger brother, but then their father is 6 foot and I'm only five foot one).

[kempie]

From these charts it appears to hold true (within a few inches) if you measure

girls at 18 months... http://pediatrics.about.com/library/growth_charts/ngirlsbirth.htm http://pediatrics.about.com/library/growth_charts/ngirlstwo.htm

and boys at 24 months... http://pediatrics.about.com/library/growth_charts/nboysbirth.htm  http://pediatrics.about.com/library/growth_charts/nboystwo.htm

[Solarjunkie]

I was told that you take the measurement on their second birthday. I measured mine every six months and put it on a graph, which makes quite an interesting record!

From the same height and weight at birth, my sons are now 4" different in height, the younger one overtook the older one around the age of eight, which was correctly predicted by the 2nd birthday measurement.

[secretspirit]

I don't think it's true. I can't remember what I was meant to be but my brother was supposedly going to be 6'2" and he stopped growing at 5'7" (poor lad)!