Height
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Topic: Height
Posted By: Shorty
Subject: Height
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:17pm
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I remember being told if you measure your child at a certain age and multiply it you can work out their height as an adult.
Can anyone fill in my blank please? From memory it was 18 months so we may have missed it anyway. TIA |
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:22pm
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2 ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:45pm
2yrs  -------------  |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:45pm
So do you multiply thier height by 2....I know silly question time! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 5:07pm
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yes:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 6:14pm
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Thanks ladies, so at 2 we multiply by 2?I thought boys was 18months?
TIA
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 6:16pm
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Yep at 2 multiply it and that should be their adult height. Andrew at 2 was 93cms tall so his adult height should be 186cm will be interesting to see if he is that. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 10:33pm
| Ha I never knew that, not sure I believe it tho |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:20pm
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I think it is different for girls and boys. My DH's is totally wrong. He was 85cm at 2cm and is now 196cm as an adult. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 5:13am
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my DH was right 3 feet 5 and he's now 5 ft 10.. not sure when you o it though..just as they are two...or halfway through? or at the end of the year.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:24am
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Yeah I thought boys it was 18 months and girls 2 years? Mine and my sisters work out what we are now within a couple of cm! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:31am
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OK just found a couple of websites that said that height measurements under the age of 2 do not correlate with their adult height. It says that once they reach 2 years they have grown to about 50% of their height, so you can multiply it by 2.
So x2 at 2 years old. But I also found this which is cool. It's a formula to predict the height of baby using the heights of the parents. http://www.webhealthcentre.com/general/yc_hwcalc.asp - height calculator ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:07am
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My doc said that with females it can depend on when you get your first period... I am no way near as tall as what was predicted at 2. Hannah was 92cm at her 2 year check, but if she does end up that tall I have no idea where it has come from - we're all shorties on both sides of our family! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:30am
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Goodness, Charlotte is about 90cm already - if that is right, she is going to be a monster! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 11:50am
Seb is only maybe 82cm... I am 175cm, and Mike is taller! poor kid would have to grow 5cm in the next 5 1/2 months to make that  -------------  
 
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:04pm
LOL. Michaela is already well over half my height at nearly 2, it looks like I'm going to get a sore neck when she reaches her full height ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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CuriousG wrote:Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:17pm
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eek ella on the site is therefore going to be either 1/2 cm taller than me, or six foot exactly!! depending on whether my height is right...no real suprise there tho!
i thought it was 2.5 times at a certain age around two or is it at 2.5 years times two? am sure there was a .5 in there somewhere....
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:21pm
Mum did that with us when we were kids, she thought it was ridiculous when she worked out that my brother was going to be 6'5" seeing as her and dad aren't that tall. He's now just a fraction under 6'5" 
Maya will be about 184cm. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:32pm
| I can't wait for T to turn 2! I have my fingers crossed he may have some height....poor bugger has no hope from my side! He has been in the 75th % with Plunket so far.... |
Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:32am
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Okay thats a bit scary reading to be honest..I knew my kids were going to be tall as I am 179cm and my Dad and Mum were very tall as were their parents etc....
But Going on Blakes current measurement which is now 93cm at 19months and he is taller now than Paige was at this age and she is the tallest in her year at school (nearly up to my shoulder and nearly out of URBAN ANGEL clothes (my little 8 year old :o( boo hoo) ...Blake will be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well whats 186cm anyway in feet???? -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:33am
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Oh and he is a big huge Boy....16kg...very heavy but not fat just solid...getting bit hard for me and my bump to carry without difficulty actually :( -------------
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:53am
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When my Mum worked it out for me she didnt believe it cos it said I would be 5ft3, and she is 5ft11 so thought I wouldnt be short, but it worked out exactly, and did for my bro too, who is 6ft1!
I did that calculater thing and says Isla will be 175cm. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 2:20pm
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OMGosh this better be wrong it says Mercedes is going to be 192cm.... Geez she is already the tallest in her class but come on my poor girl ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |