To be slightly sad that ds is so tall?

[Wideeyedcarrrot]

Ds is 5 and 10 months and currently in age 8 trousers and age 8-9 tops. He's 134cm and has been tall since he was born. Shoe size is now a 1 and a half.
His dad is 6 foot 5 and his grandads are both over 6 foot. His uncles are all 6 foot 5 or 6 foot 4 so I guess he was ever likely to be tall which is nice but I wish he'd slow down a bit. Firstly because it's more expensive to buy larger clothes but secondly and mainly because we are now pushed into the older boys' sections and I've had no time at all in the cuter younger boys' sections! Most of the younger styles stop at 6. Ds was wearing age 6 when he was 4 so effectively he's been two years ahead for a while.

I know his growth will slow down and level out but in Next today I was looking at the nicer stuff he could have if he was in a 5-6 rather than an 8-9. Maybe not nicer, more she appropriate perhaps. Younger styles.

I cannot do much about it I appreciate but I still feel slightly disgruntled every time I go clothes shopping!

Op I hear you. Spent the weekend trying to find some cute outfits for ds2 who like his brother is 99th centile. At 4months old I want to find cute little baby clothes and the things that fit him are all suitable for older children (ie 1 year olds!) and have separate tops/bottoms that gape and show his tummy as he's not upright/mobile yet. I think boys in particular are forced into things that look 'older'/less sweet if they are larger. It makes me sad I can't enjoy dressing my boy in little baby things while he is still, to me, tiny!
I am always being told not to lift up ds1 because he's such a big boy, I have to point out its not his fault he's big, and emotionally he's the same as any other 3year old and still needs cuddles/carrying sometimes

Howcanitbe - I am hoping she will be tall enough to hit petite ranges when the time comes if not then I guess she will be spending her money on make-up and accessories when she is out with friends. Until then I am just thankful for elasticated waists and jeggings

Agree most comments are just lacking in tact and can work both ways, like comingtomyown says height seems something that is ok to comment on.
DD2 especially has heard some really daft things, the one mother kindly pointed out to her in Y2 that she looked more like she belonged in reception than their year group, oddly enough her dd is one who has teased dd2 about her height and teased another girl for her weight.

He'll get kudos from his mates when he is tall enough to ride the big rollercoasters way before them

Ds1 is tall for his age...no idea on actual height but he's 7 and needs age 9 clothes, size 2 feet.

It is a pain...any sort of clothing we have problems with. Trousers that are the right length need to be adjustable and are pulled in so far at the waist and just hang off his legs and bum. Shoes are a nightmare because his feet are so wide and there are lots of styles (especially trainers) that he just can't get his foot into. Hats...he wears an adult baseball cap because the biggest kids size I've seen, age 12-14 is too small.

Compare that to ds2 who has always been the 50th centile - he's 5 and I can pick up any item of clothing, hat, shoes in his current size and it fits perfectly.

I've just come back from a hosp apt for DS2. He is 8 and 115cm, he has a projected adult height of 5ft 3 So to the poster who asked if the OP would rather her son was 6ft 5 or 5ft 5, please think !

Small , tall, whatever- everyone should be valued and respected.

As he had a apt about his heart defect last week, we are just glad he is healthy .

Ds is 12 and in an adult size 12 shoe.
He started reception aged 4 in a size 1. Always the tallest and is also chunky so clothes are difficult but luckily he lives in football kits.

His dad is 6ft 2, my brother is 6ft 7 and I'm 5ft 5, he's bigger than me now:(

I agree it's difficult when people assume they're much older than they are, he's in year 7 and his friends look tiny in comparison. Ds has a baby face but from behind he's like a 14/15 yr old. I don't like having to kiss him by tilting my head up to him, I miss bending down to kiss him!!

I also have a tall 8-year-old. He has perfected a weary tone that he adopts when people say: "Oh I thought you were older..." He sighs heavily and says, sort of fake-patiently, "yes, I'm very tall" It really makes me laugh - he's been doing it since he was about three.

Shortly before the last General Election, a candidate came canvassing. I answered the door with my son at my side. The candidate didn't even say hello, he just looked at my son and said: "Why aren't you at school?" My son was two at the time (to be fair, he was a couple of days off turning three but still). I didn't vote for him.

Yes, I'm the same, enormous husband, enormous dad and now enormous kids. H&m is my tip. Once he went up two foot sizes in a month and I was crying my eyes out in the shop ... Made me feel like he was slipping away from me sob

I think people just have no idea with height. Ive been asked twice this week if DD starts school next yr. (shes 2.11) and average height.
Yes her speech is good
But at 50th centile she would need to be 7-14cm taller to be 4-5yo.
She is however in 3-4 or even now 4-5 trousers though already, so a lot of sizing isnt quite right

Mmm. Sort of get it but as a short mum with a boy that takes after both taller grandparents I am not unhappy. There are so many clothes styles in so many price brackets that unless you live entirely in Boden ...you'll cope. If you live in the UK there is masses of stuff in every style at every price range. Although shoes are tricky as once you get into adult sizes 6 and 7's they are often too wide as made for adult feet not slender younger ones.

I sort of feel for the one child who is shorter than everyone in his year. Constantly gets all the hand me downs that are at least two sizes too big despite everyone being the same age.

Girls do grow quickly and then stop. Very hard to explain to a boy who is behind everyone in their year in height that by senior school they will catch up with at least some of them.

Oh hello lovely parents of tall babies :)
My dh is 6ft 5, our. 5 year 5month dd is 126cm, size 13 feet and looks like a 7 year old. All her uniform and clothes are age 7 or older.
All the time there are comments about her height, all the time the expectation of her being older, comments if she behaves like her age..
It concerns me that expectations are too high, because she has always been the tallest and most mature looking, more is expected of her in terms of better behaviour, achievement etc.

I want my little cherub to be a little cherub for as long as possible, I want her to look like a little girl not a tweenie.

Miaow IKWYM re behavioural expectations.

What with height, hormones (she's hit puberty early due to the height!) and general maturity I often have to remind myself that my DD is 10 not 14!