Do super tall children always become super tall adults?

[MrRected]

Ds1 was 61cms at birth. He has always been tall but now that he is 12 he really sticks out. He reached 6ft tall at 11y10m (184cms).

Can anybody tell me - from a physiological perspective if this means he is going to be a very tall adult? The calculators say he will be 200cms - I feel quite sad for him as this means he will always stand out like a sore thumb. People gape at him now and he hates it.

Or is there a chance he will be normal height?

DH has presence because of his height
mine too. People trust him and defer to him.

I was very tall and skinny in primary school. The tallest. I'm 5'8 now, but I reckon I must have grown very quickly at one point as I have been this height since about the age 13 I was a 14 year old skinny beanpole with horizontal stretch marks up the outside of my skinny thighs. ( I'm not skinny now though. Quite the opposite! )

I worked in an endocrinology clinic and the accepted wisdom for most children was you did the majority of your growing prior to puberty and once that happened: start of periods for girls, voice breaking for boys then you would only grow a bit more as hormonal changes during puberty causes the bones to fuse together. Also height in children is accelerated by obesity as is the start of puberty so some overweight children will be very tall for their age but won't be that tall in adulthood.

I was the tallest in my class, 5ft 6 at about 10 years old with size 6 feet. The only thing that's grown since then are my boobs!

dd1 was always one of the tallest in her class and ds always one of the shortest. Despite there being only two years between them, I've got pictures of them at 10 and 8 where dd looks a good five years older than her brother, she looks about 14 and he could pass for seven. Now they are both grown, he's 6'4 and she's almost a foot shorter.

My brother was your son. The others caught up. Some overtook, most didn't. Of course we parents worry.

What I would just say is to watch his posture. I'm sure you do, but my bro used to compensate by slouching down, and he ended up with back and neck stiffness. Painful too sometimes at school. Wrong height furniture as assumed they would be smaller.

My cousin is v nearly 2m. Never stared at as not so tall to stand out, honestly. Main pain for him is seating- plants, trains, cars.. Also hotel beds, low doorways etc. he copes though!

Your ds may well just be an early developer.

Alpine that's right dcs will attain the majority of their height in the couple of years leading up to puberty then once puberty hits the hormonal balance changes causing the bones to literally fuse together and growth becomes very slow and eventually stops. Generally most girls will only grow a couple more inches once their periods start. The sleeping patterns of teenagers reflect those of babies in that they need more sleep due to the amount of energy needed to grow so letting your teenagers sleep in is no bad thing.

stages of puberty and growth for boys and girls

It's the hormonal changes during puberty which accelerates and eventually slows down growth. It's also pretty interesting how bones fuse at the end of puberty and eventually stops growth also affects the body's suppleness hence why sports such as gymnastics is relative short lived

Well, dd1 was a long baby and a tall, skinny child and at 18 is now 5'10. We think she's still growing too!

I was a tall child but I stopped growing at 11 and I am 5'3. My brother however was always a very tall child and is now 23 and 6'4.