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My MIL swears by the old wives tale of doubling their height at age 2 and that's how tall they will be (worked for her two boys.) If this is the case LO will be 5'9'', I'm guessing she will be closer to 5'7'' or 5'8'' like me and her dad!

It's likely. I'm almost 6' and DH is 6'4".

Nope, we are both shorties, 5'1 and 5'6. She's already in the 2nd percentile for height.

Maybe. I'm 5'7 and my husband is 6'1 but my dad is 5'9" and my grandma is 5'2" so it's hard to know what's what.

I guess LO could go either way, iIm 5'7 and DH is 6'2...but none of our parents were particularly tall and we both have sisters who are only 5'3.

Probably. I'm 5'4" but DH is 6'4" and J seems to take after him (95th percentile for height and weight). It's really hard to tell though - doctors said my one brother was going to be like 6'6" because he was a really tall toddler, and he ended up being 5'10"

I hope so, but I doubt it. I'm 5'2" and DH is 5'6". If I double his height a 2 years old, he'd be about 5'9" or so. I do have a brother who is six foot.

I'm thinking little brother will be short!

They will probably be on the shorter side of average.

@Purpledaisy: I"m not sure for me but MIL said DH was suppose to be 5'7'' (which I woudl say he's close maybe 5'8'' with shoes) and his brother is 6'4'' and he was supposed to be 6'3''.

It's hard to tell. Hubs and I are both average, but we both have tall men in our family (and short), so it's a toss up! At 19 months, he's currently in the 70th percentile for height.

No. lol.

Yes. C is stupid tall. She's been 97-100th percentile her whole life. They estimated her adult height at 5'10-6'0 when she turned 2.

@loveisstrange: Are you tall, too??

Yes. DD1 is wearing 4t at 2.5 years old, and DD2 is wearing all the same clothes at the same times that DD1 did. Girls are unlikely to be taller than their fathers (although it *can* happen), but usually end up somewhere between mom and dad. I'm 5'10" and DH is 6'3," so yeah, they'll most likely be tall. Interestingly, my sister was shorter than I was at 2 years- she's now 6.'

Doubtful. I'm short. DH is over 6 feet tall though.

DH and I are both short, but LO has consistently been in the 50th percentile for height. That's pretty good for an Asian girl! Hoping she'll be average.

@.twist.: Not particularly. Average-slightly above. Im 5'7, DH is 5'11

@loveisstrange: huh! Little string bean!

@loveisstrange: sounds like R.

DD is really tall (95-100th from birth to 21 months) but I'm on the shorter side of average at 5'4" and DH is tall at 6'2".