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How tall is your 13 year old DS?

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castlesintheair · 02/07/2015 13:37

Mine is about 5'10" and has size 43/44 feet (size 10?). We don't live in the UK at the moment so I'm never sure what's normal. DH and I aren't particularly tall: I'm 5'8" and he's 6'2". Every time I look and DS he appears to have grown. Is he going to end up 6'10" ?!?

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CMOTDibbler · 02/07/2015 13:41

From your heights, he's likely to be just a little shorter than his dad - so another 3 1/2 inches to go(ish). Which sounds about right if he's in the throes of his main growth spurt atm

ouryve · 02/07/2015 13:44

My recently turned 14 DN was 5'11 when we last saw him and had size 13 feet. BIL's famiy are all massive, though.

I was all of 5'5 at my tallest and DH is 5'10 and our 1.5yo has passed 5' already and is starting to shoot up. He's on course for 6' and DS2 isn't going to be far behind. FIL was over 6' and all other grandparents are shortarses!

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 02/07/2015 13:46

5'8 and 6'2 sounds pretty tall to me!

DS2 is 6 ft exactly. His doctor says he has a bit more growing to do so will probably be 6'2 ish, like DH.

HelpMeGetOutOfHere · 02/07/2015 13:50

ds2 was 13 in January and is 6'1 and a bit and a size 10.5 feet. His predicted height was 6'7 or something silly, I think he will be 6'4 ish.

FuckyNell · 02/07/2015 13:52

My 13 year old ds is 5ft 6 and a very important half. Size 7 feet.

WiseKneeHair · 02/07/2015 13:55

Your sons are all so tall! My 13 year old DS1 is about 5'3". He's alright with that though as it makes him taller than me (I am 5'2") Grin

titchy · 02/07/2015 14:21

What do you mean you and DH aren't particularly tall? Where do you live?!!! You are both tall!

14 yo ds is 5'4"....

Seeline · 02/07/2015 14:27

Agree - you are both tall!!
My DS is still under 5'5'' (because I am still taller - just)
Feet size 7 I think

littlesupersparks · 02/07/2015 14:32

Quite tall but not excessively so. I am a teacher and 5'4'' - most year 7s (age 11) are still smaller than me - one or two in a class are taller. By year 9 (age 13) most are taller than me - some by a significant margin!

littlesupersparks · 02/07/2015 14:33

Oh and you are both tall!!! 5'4'' is average for a woman and I describe my husband as 'quite tall' at 5'11''!

Y0la · 02/07/2015 14:35

you're about 3-4 inches taller than average and your h is about the same. So I'd expect your son to end up being 6.3", as he has a tall mother and a tall father.

CatMilkMan · 02/07/2015 14:40

I was about 6'4 when I was 13.

BCBG · 02/07/2015 14:46

My DD (just 13) is 5' 11" and still growing. She's love to meet some of these tall boys.... her school year are all much shorter at present.

castleintheair · 02/07/2015 14:47

We must have very tall friends! I always thought I was quite average.

CMOTDibbler, that is interesting. How does that work?

My (Greek) FIL said Greeks say double the height of a 3 year old and he reminded DS the other day that he was 3'2" at that age. It will be interesting to see and so reassuring to hear from others. Thanks everyone.

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castlesintheair · 02/07/2015 14:50

Ok, it must be living abroad that is making me think DS is really tall. DS is quite a tiddler compared to some of these heights!

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DarkHeart · 02/07/2015 16:57

5ft 10 and size 9 feet. I am only 5ft 4 and his dad is 5ft 11

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 02/07/2015 17:55

Ds is 14, 5.9 and size 10 feet. Dh is 6.1 and I'm 5.11.

SecretSquirrels · 03/07/2015 14:14

Sounds fine to me Smile.
They grow at different rates in my experience.
DS1 was 6' tall with size 11 feet at age 12. Hasn't grown much since.
DS2 was much smaller, 5'2 with size 8 feet at 13. He is now 17 and 6'3".

WankerDeAsalWipe · 04/07/2015 21:17

I'm just under 5'10 and Dh is 6'2 - Ds1 is 14 (15 tomorrow :) ) and is 6'1.5 and size 11 feet - DS2 is 13 (14 soon) and is almost 6 foot and has size 10 feet. Both are predicted to be between 6'3 and 6'5 and are following percentile charts to be around that.

Your DS is tall as are mine but not yet freakishly so, I don't think either of mine are tallest in their year but can't be far from the top. However, plenty of boys are a lot smaller and some are only now started to hit puberty so may do a fair bit of catching up.

ScrambledEggAndToast · 04/07/2015 22:04

My DS is just coming up for 13 and I think may be due a growth spurt. He has size 9.5 feet and is 5 foot 2" .

applesareredandgreen · 05/07/2015 00:01

DS just 14 is 5'8" with size 8 shoes. He has friends 6' and friends about 5'2". So - it varies a lot!

BackforGood · 07/07/2015 23:52

At 13, some boys have already shot up, and others haven't started their growth spurt at all, so it often looks a bit odd when you see a group of 13/14 yr olds together as they are all at such different stages of growing.
At 13, ds was quite a bit shorter than me (I'm 5'6"), now (at 19) he's 6' but still growing. Some of his mates OTOH were very tall at 13.

bigTillyMint · 08/07/2015 13:39

My DS was about 5'10 with size 10 feet at 13. I think he is about 5'11 now at 14 feet haven't grown any more, thank God, not sure how much taller he will get as I am 5'8" and DH is 5'7" His mates range in height from 5'6" to 6'3" and one of DD's friends who is nearly 16 has only just started growing taller - they are all so different.

JustDanceAddict · 08/07/2015 13:42

I know some 13 year olds who are as tall as a man - so 5'8" and up - and some are only 5ft or so. Depends if they've had their growth spurt or not. My 11 yr old is around 150cms, so just under 5 foot and I know some 13 yr olds who aren't much taller than him.