How tall is your 2 year old?

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Dd is 25months and tall, very tall approx 93-94cms. I'm 5'4 and her dad 5'11 so not huge. I don't want her to keep growing and be teased :( At birth she was the 98th centile. She is skinny and in age appropriate clothes. When do they slow their growth? I haven't had an appointment yet but my LA do a 27month development check.

she sounds like she is fine

kids grow at their own rate and the speed they get there doesn't affect their 'end' height

she is tall for her age but I would doubt she would be the tallest in the class when she starts school

both my DDs are on the 95th+ centile for height and niether has ever been teased for being tall as more and more girls seem to be tall -I think it's time the charts were updated tbh

My DD has been consistently around the 98th centile since she was born - she is now 9, around 5', which I think is the height of an average 12yo, and the tallest in her class. She has never been teased about her height to the best of my knowledge, and she seems to enjoy being bigger and stronger than most of the boys.

I'm not tall either (5'5") but in our family we tend to grow fast and stop early, so I am expecting her to be her adult height by age 11 or 12. Being one of the tallest at primary school certainly doesn't mean your DD will be a very tall adult. People just grow at different paces.

DS was similar - always tall for his age, around 98th centile, he is now 13, and I think has stopped growing at 5'10". At the moment he is still taller than most of his friends, but some who were relatively shrimp-like a year or two ago have now started to put on growth spurts so will soon overtake him.

My dd1 was born on 4th centile grew to 95centile and stayed there from when she was 18 months til she was well over 5. When she was measured on her 8th birthday I realised she's now down just below 50 centile so I really wouldn't worry. Her weight has followed exact same course as wrll

DD has been above the 98th centile for height and weight since birth. She's 23 mo now and in 3-4 yr clothes as 2-3 are just to short for her. Based on her clothes I'd say she's about 98cm.

DD3 is 34 months and 86cm. The problem I see for children at this age who are tall is that everyone thinks that they are 4 or 5 and just behaving strangely for their age. Being short seems to be a better deal all round.

Height at this age is no indicator of how tall they will end up though. My friend whose 2 yo who also very tall, fully expects her to stop growing around 12 like she did. My friend is a perfectly normal 5ft6.

At her 2 year check dd was 93 cm so very tall but over the last year has slowed down a little.

DD is 25mo and 81.5cm. She is short. I'm 5'3 and DH is 5'11, so she's either going to take after me, or have a huge growth spurt at some point.

Duchesse, that's an interesting point re acting their height - I catch myself treating DD like she's much younger/less able than she is because she's so short

I have a shortarse too lol! DS2 is 19 months and is 79.5cm...he was 2 month prem though so I suppose I should technically still correct it but whichever way you look at it he is short! Im tiny though at only 4ft 10 so he's probably going to take after me.

DS1 however was only 2cm taller than him at the same age but now at 7 is 134cm which is roughly the height of a 9 year old. I have the same problem in that people treat DS2 like a much younger baby despite the fact that he he literally running everywhere and they treat DS1 like he's much older. He's actually a very young 7 year old if that makes sense...not cool or streetwise at all so it really confuses people!

My children are teeny toddlers, and DS has shot up this year (he is 5) to be one of the tallest in his class.
My DN is the same age, she towered over the others, literally a head taller, and I think my sis got p'eed off with people thinking she was older than she was, and expecting her to behave above her capability, IYSWIM? Now she is still a little taller, but it's evening out, definitely.

Stetson, my older children have all got away with murder because they look so terribly young. They didn't really "catch up" with their peers unti they hit their teens. DD1 is now 17, still known as "Shorty" by her friends since yr 7 but actually measures 5 ft 5 and is still growing. DD2 is 14, still growing and is about 5ft4. All three older children have gone from being smallest in class or second smallest (there was usually 1 exceptionally short child in every class) to overtaking many of their contemporaries from age 14. DS is now 5ft 11 and seems to have stopped.

OP please try not to worry! You can't make your dd any taller or smaller by worrying about her height! I do understand as both my dds at 27 months and 12 months old are are above the 99th centile. Yes the 27 mo gets mistaken for a 3 or 4 year old (and is in mainly 3-4 with quite a few 4-5 yr clothes, but i think shop sizing is odd!) and we used to have lots of funny looks at the park when she had hardly any words but I had a great tip on here once from a mum saying what they did was say things like 'maybe when you are 2/3/4 years old etc, you'll be able to talk/climb/cycle/scoot etc like that big girl or big boy' - we find that works a treat and the staring parents often say 'oh, how old is your dd, she's very tall..etc' and opens some friendly chat

Also, I am 5 ft 11" therefore as tall as your dh, I come from a tall family with one db who is over 6ft 7" and my dh is over 6ft and perhaps our girls will be tall. I love being tall and genuinely always have sometimes had the occasional tease about it but no more than any other child was teased for any other thing that you can't control like hair colour or wearing glasses or braces and I always felt confident in my height and a lot of that came from my family. So, please be confident in your dd so that she will grow up confident in her appearance and height, whether she is very tall or average at the end of her growing years!

Sorry that was a bit long!