my son is not 93 foot tall. so what?!?!!?

[kennyp]

to cut a hugely long story short - people are often commenting on the fact my son is shorter than most (he's 9).

a woman today said to me "he's just a little dot isn't he" and i said please don't talk about his height - it REALLY annoys me. she was a bit shocked but shut up.

there are lots of super tall/super short people out there. i'd honestly never comment on it!! especially with someone's child ffs. am i being unreasonable??? it really gets on my tits when people think it's okay to make comments to me about him, in front of him. it's not a biggy but i don't think it's necessary to comment on. (it's been going on since he was 4 ish i suppose - when it was obvious he wasn't going to be hugely tall).

or do i just buy him stilts for christmas?

YANBU to find it annoying but it is just something for people to say most of the time. my 3.5 year old DS is short, just under the second percentile, and people always comment on it. People expect less of him and treat him like a 2 year old, which is ok up to a point but not always helpful as he is developmentally a 3.5 year old and is starting school this year! It's ok if people don't make a big deal out of it but some people say they can't believe how small he is every time they see him and others say they think of him as very young when he is perfectly age appropriate in everything he does, just short!

it's not a biggy

Clearly it is!