say if your baby was born 20 inches, will he be a tall adult?
2006-07-12 10:13:52 · 22 answers · asked by grumpy 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
During the preschool and school years, growth in height and weight is steady. The next major growth spurt occurs in early adolescence. During the years of steady growth, most children follow a predictable pattern. The doctor reports how the child is growing in relation to other children his age and monitors the child's weight gain compared to his height. Some children can become obese at an early age. Doubling the child's height at age 24 months fairly accurately predicts his adult height.
2006-07-12 10:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by hiskeet 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no my 3 kids came out at 19 inches and all of them are different height my 16 yr old is 5 feet my other 2 are 12 and 13 my 12 year old daughter is taller than both of her brothers.If you and the baby dad is short the baby may be short.if one of the parents or even a uncle is tall the child may be tall. as the child goes to the Dr the Dr.will be able to tell you.
2006-07-12 10:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you can't tell that way. They say a good prediction is to take the average of the parents' heights and add some for boys and subtract some for girls. In my opinion that's not a great way either because it doesn't really work for anyone I know. Also they say that you can double a baby's height at 18 months for a girl and 24 months for a boy....that seems to be a little more accurate in my experience.
2006-07-12 12:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by all_my_armour_falling_down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a chance, my two oldest boys were roughly the same length at birth just 1/4 inches difference and the oldest is 5 9 and the younger is 6 3, go figure...
2006-07-12 10:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by G-Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only time will tell. i was almost 21 inches long at birth and now as an adult, i'm not even a full 5 ft tall. my hubby was only 18.5 inches and he's 6 ft tall. you never can tell until the baby is grown.
2006-07-12 10:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by buhing513 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Height at birth doesn't matter. I have also been told that if you measure your child on the 2nd birthday and double it, it will be pretty close to the adult height. My biggest child at birth is the shortest as an adult.
2006-07-12 10:47:35 · answer #6 · answered by trish_11763 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this cannot be determined. One has to wait and see. The reasons babies are measured is to see if they come into the normal range and are not physically retarted at the time of birth.
2006-07-12 10:19:32 · answer #7 · answered by Ria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah a 20 inch baby will grow to at least 16 feet! LOL There's no way to tell!
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2006-07-12 10:18:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just from my experiene with my kids and my friends' kids. that I've known since birth and who are now in their twenties, there does not seem to be any correlation between your birth size, or even how big a toddler you were, with how tall you'll be as an adult.
2006-07-12 10:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by browneyedgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot determine height at the time of birth.
2006-07-12 10:17:07 · answer #10 · answered by Camellias 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋