tall babies!!!any one elses seem to big???

[nelix2000]

my son just (literally) turned one he is 2ft 9 inches tall, thats almost 84 cms. He is off the chart on the percentile thing the HV gives you. I see threads on small children and wondered if anyone else was on the opposite end of the spectrum like me, with a very very very tall lad!

my ds has always looked bigger than his age was always very tall and being mistaken to being yr older than he is it slowed down when he reached two but still one of the tallest at nursery and one of the youngest he's 2.7 not sure how tall 3ft something i think

but your ds sounds taller than my ds at that age

are there tall people in your family, or your partner's family?

DS3 is near the top of the charts (and rising LOL) - at his 8 month check last month he was about 75cm (IIRC) but I know he's grown quite a bit since then as his 12-18 month all-in-ones are fitting quite comfortably now

My son has always been long. He's 3 yrs old now and very tall for his age - the tallest child at his nursery (and the youngest!). I'm 5'11, DH 6'1, so I guess he will be fairly tall.

My DS also fell off the percentile charts. That was many moons ago: have the charts been updated since then because I seem to remember someone saying that they were based on info that was about 30 years out of date (and that was 12 years ago!).
Like most things, it evens out in the end. He is now nothing more spectacular than ?taller than your average? although he is due a pubescent growth spurt.

I remember one time when a shopkeeper tried to get him to calculate how much the change should be, and I had to explain that he might look like a 6 year old but he was only 4!!

I have had this all my sons life.
He was 2ft long at birth .
3ft 2 inches ,on his 2nd birthday .
6ft at 13yrs and now is 6ft 4 inches and isn't 17 yet!!
I don't worry too much about it , i reckon its just the way he's meant to be.
I am 5ft 6 and his dad is 5ft 8,so its not our height causing it.

hey all thanks for the replies....yes tutter ds dad is 6ft 5 which explains it....i jsut wondered if there wer more out there! lol I do feel for ds tho, he looks like a child more than twice his age and people look at him funny because he cant walk yet! bless him lol

Yes, I have this as well. DD is 2.1y and is 3'2'' tall. My DH is 6'4'' and I 5'6'' so neither are small. She had a 12-18mth bridesmaid dress at 8mths.

My nephew is very tall - 82cm at 10 months, the same as my son at 19 months! Both parents are tall and he was v long at birth.

My little bro was an enormous baby, and had slight mobility issues so didn't walk until well over 2yrs. People were always commenting on how old/big he was.

He's 6ft 5in now , but we are a fairly tall family, apart from my mum.

Growth charts - someone needs to be at either end, not everyone is average!

Both mine are tall (DD 92cm at 20m and DS in 9-12m clothes at 4 1/2m -- must take him to be measured some time). But DP and I are both tall too (and I was a child). It is starting to be a little hard/odd though for DD as everyone assumes she's older (want to get a t shirt saying she's not ).

And she didn't walk or pull up till a bit later than a lot of other children her age -- further to fall, I think, although she's fine running around now.

I glad I came across this thread, my DS is 10 months old and is really long (his Dad is over 6ft)
I have to buy clothes so much bigger to get the leg length to fit!
People always say 'wow he's big' etc, etc.
At 10 months he still doesn't walk or crawl but has mastered rolling (at 9 months) and pushing himself around on his back using his feet!
I was worried that he wasn't walking and crawling, but seeing other parents comments maybe he is just going to be a bit later as he has those long legs to get used to

My son is 7 months and is 72cm long. He is wearing 9-12 months comfortably! He has also just masetered rolling, although not particulary well yet! I read somewhere that bigger babies find it harder to get moving, not sure that is true.

He towers over all of his friends, one of whom has just turned one! Neither myself of DP are tall, he is only 5'8????

All I ever get is "he's a big boy isn't he?"

My Ds is the same. Don't know how tall he is, but he's 16mnths and is in 2-3yr sleepsuits.

yep mine is just turned one and his wardrobe is made up of 2-3 yr old clothes!...18-24 months just dont cut it!!!

from 8 weeks on my DD has been above the 99.6% with parents 5'3" & 6ft she is now almost four and needs 6/7 yr clothes, she is our 3rd child and by far the biggest. Taller than her 5 1/2 yo brother and not much shorter than the 7 yo. The biggest issue is the expectations of others, I have spent forever explaining she is only... when she was pulling frantically on a toy at playgroup with another child, with disapproving look of, that child should know better, and the only answer I'm sure is a T-shirt stating I am only 1..2..3.. etc!!!
She had the added problem of being born with a cleft lip and palate and therefore has had speech difficulties, and comments like her speech is not very good, or why can't she talk properly.
The way I have always looked at it is that her height/weight are in proportion and she is healthy, you just get fed up of explaining that she is just behaving like any other child her age. An example being at a hospital appointment at only just three, we had waited a very long time so she was very bored, and started to play up and when she was finally called the nurse said is she hyperactive! to which I replied no just a bored 3 year old behaving as you might expect, this was followed by a swift apology and "I thought she was at least 5!!
My first post and I'm rambling, so I shall stop now!

It's good to hear others with the same situation as ours. My hubby is 6'7" and I am 5'8" so we always expected tall children. Our first daughter was 3' at 2 years. like others have said I always seem to be saying "she's only..." eg at an local art&craft morning when dd wasn't answering some of the helpers, and one even expected dd to write her own name on her artwork, I found myself explaining "she's only 2 but just very tall". Our 4m daughter is already on 91st percentile for weight and I've had to explain to the Health Visitor that she's probably just tall, so weight is in proportion to height. She's in clothes for 9m babies. My husband is worried that the girls will be extremely tall as teenagers and therefore subject to bullies or other difficulties with being tall (finding shoes or clothes to fit, literally standing out in a crowd etc) but i think so long as the children have self esteem they can cope with most things.

Until I had my two boys, my mother said she had never cuddled a new born grandchild whose legs hung right over her lap! And my two were nos 10 and 11 and all the other nine were quite decent sizes.
They are huge compared to other children the same age, dp is 6'1 and all his side tall but I'm only 5'2 so even though they are only 3 and 1 my boys will soon be taller than me! The younger one is set to be taller than his dad too. I do get annoyed at the constant assumption that they are older than they are but perhaps being expected to be able to do things in an older age range might possibly 'bring them on quicker' than a much smaller child the same age who still seems very babyish?
I quite like the idea of having two strapping 6'3 tall good looking sons to be proud of
Final moan though, they grow out of car seats too bloomin quick, group 2-3 for ds2 at 22months just cost me a blardy fortune this month...

ds2 was 62cm born and is HUGE now at 4.9

DD is 17m and 99th centile for height (like me) she only just learnt to walk a few weeks ago so we have had a few "looks". She is taller than all the boys in our postnatal group and I do worry for her as I was picked on for being tall, I am 5.11 now so not so tall and I know a few women taller than me.

I think they walk later if they have more to carry around - any one else found this? She did not roll until 10m either. Perhaps we should have a tall babies club so we can match make when they are older

My 3 are all very tall, and I would also love a
t shirt that said i'm only (age)
dd1 was even at 8 months refered to hospital as they were so worried about her size she was on the 120 centile then.
I do worry about the girls getting clothes and shoes i'm 6ft and have size 9.5 shoes.
But am sure dd's will be bigger than that. Dd1 has just turned 8 and already in size 4.

I remember being a size 3 at age 7. I know that as my very Petite Aunt is a size 3 and she let me wear her shoes one Summer when we stayed with her. At the time I thought it was great and made me feel grown up but now I hate not being able to buy nice shoes.

A T-shirt saying "I'm only (age)" is an excellent idea!
Carol3 - what did the hospital say when your dd1 was referred at 8m? Is she as tall as expected now?
Our dd1 walked at 1 year but was very slow to crawl before this, infact she never really crawled properly until she could walk.
Has anyone else breastfed their tall babies and found that they feed ALOT and wake alot during the night for feeding? have found this with dd1 and dd2 and have put it down to needing more energy to sustain their height! Weaned both daughters early because they were hungry.

EmmaPr they said, would her expected height will be around 6ft 6 but difficult to predict then said come back once she's in pubity, as they can give drugs to slow down growth.
(won't be doing this btw)
My brother had this option in pubity he reached 7 ft
She's in age 10 clothes now so not too bad, Ds and Dd2 are both on the 99th centile for height.
callmeovercautious dd1 loves the fact she can wear grandmas heals!

My LO is completely off the charts too; I was worried for a bit but it's just his build.