how can you estimate the adult height of your child?

Question

my daughter is two years old. I am 6'2", my wife is 5'2".
I have heard that you double their 2 year old height...

any truth to this?

auntynoall · Accepted Answer

2 years and 2 months to be exact. This doesn't work - my son was suppossed to be 5 7 like his dad but he grew to 6 feet - Hhe was shortest kid in the class till he was about 11 - must have been good food and country air!

more than a hat rack · Answer

i'm not sure if there is any secret formula, but why does it really matter. keep buying the two year old clothes, unless she is 6'3" already.

as she gets gets closer to jr high, the doctor can probably take some xrays and see how much growth potential, or lack of it, she has in her long bones.

Stephanie · Answer

I am not sure if she will double her height, but at two years old if your child is tall now, she will be tall when she is older.  If she is short now, she will be short when she is older.

Hannah&#39;s Grandpa · Answer

no you mesure the foot and mulitply by 7.

Anonymous · Answer

That's what I've always heard too.

how can you estimate the adult height of your child?

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