This all got me thinking about how tall she might be as an adult. I saw online several ways of "predicting" adult height. Now before you get all crazy saying, "There's no possible way to predict adult height!" - I already know that! But this is all in good fun. Hopefully we can come back here in another 20 years and see if it was true!
Some places (ie: Mayo Clinic) say that doubling their
height at age 2 is a good indicator.
Grant was 34.75" at 2 years which = about 5'9 and a half! HA! Natalie was 34" at 2 years which = about
5'8! So apparently Natalie got Todd's height and Grant got mine?!?! They also
said you could try this:
- Add the mother's height and the father's height in
either inches or centimeters.
- Add 5 inches (13 centimeters) for boys or subtract 5
inches (13 centimeters) for girls.
- Divide by two.
Me = 63" and Todd = 76". 63+76 = 139.
For Grant, +5 = 144/2 = 72" or 6' even. For Natalie, 139-5"= 134/2 = 67" which
is 5'7!
It says most children will reach their adult height
within 4" of this estimation (um... 4" either way is a pretty big
differential!) When I was a kid, doctors told my parents I would be 5'6". I'm actually about 5'3" - and although that falls within their threshold... there's a big difference between 5'6" and 5'3"!
Another "calculator" I played around with said
Natalie would be 5'5" and Grant would be a little over 5'10 based on their
current height (or Natalie's current height, I used Grant's 3 year statistics
and said he was only 3 years old). My
short genes are strong!
So, will Natalie be 5'5", 5'7", or 5'8"? And will Grant be 5'9 and a half, 5'10" or 6' tall? Stay tuned!
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