Is it age 2 that you measure your child to find out their height in adulthood?

[Razzberry]

Hi,

Just wondering if someone can tell me if it is at age 2 that you measure your child to predict how tall they will be as an adult? and what do I do? Just measure her height and double it?

[tarsh1]

Hi, i was always told to measure and double it so we just went of DS height at 2 year check. We are going to have one very tall boy as he was 92.5cm at 2 years.

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[BeautifulMadness]

yup, my bouys r gunna be tall aswell.

[Santosha]

My MCHN told me this is a fallacy. She checked her children's records and it is not the case for any of her 4 children. Of course, it may be a good approximation but so much depends on their diet, health, contact with toxins (such as smoking, drugs and alcohol in adolescence, caffeine or prescription drugs such as steroids for asthma/allergies) in years to come that there is no perfect predictor.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

I was going to say isnt that one of the oldest wives tales??

[Traveller]

yep it's age two but it's not accurate. It's has not worked for anyone I know, apart from my husband who was predicted to be 6'2 and is a very close 6'4.