Anyone ever done a "Height Predictor" for their child?

Lafalum84
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:14:27 +0000

I also heard about the height at age 2 thing, but with a little more detail:

For boys, take height at 2 and again at 2 1/2. Double each of them, this gives you the range the boy should fall into. Girls - same thing, except use age 18 months and age 2. Using this, S should have ended up between 5’ 7" and 5’ 11" and at age 20 he’s 5’ 11 1/2" . D, age 17, should have ended up between 5’ 4" and 5’ 8", and she’s 5’ 5".

Son of Opie (post 13), that method using the parents’ heights wouldn’t have worked for my kids. It would have S at 5’ 8" (3.5 inches too short) and D at 5’3" (2 inches too short). Guess it doesn’t take into account that DH is the shortest male in both his family and mine - there must be some taller genes hiding in there somewhere.