Ben was 21 inches and 7 lbs, 5 oz at birth. By age one, he was 30 lbs. I forget how tall. By age two, he was 36" and 36 lbs, which I remember, because I called my dad (who was a carpenter) and told him Ben was a square yard. Since he's outgrown both fat babyhood, and chubby toddlerhood, he's been tall and solid, but never pudgy. Just recently some pudge has crept along the waistline, but I suspect he'll have a growth spurt soon, and we'll try to dress him for school one day, just to discover all his pants end at his knees.
Julia was 21 inches and 7 lbs, 13 oz, at birth. By age one, she was 25 lbs. She was well padded as a baby and toddler, but never fat--not even chubby. She strikes me as extremely well proportioned.
I think Chris is going to be my shorty (well, I think he'll be average, but the other two are consistently between 75th and 99th percentile when I check their height at the doctor's office). He was 20.5 inches, and 8 lbs at birth. By a year, he was 25 lbs also, but around six months, we thought he'd be breaking big brother's records. He's stout, but not chubby, save a little belly that gives him a hard time, when he's trying to see to snap his pants.
Annabel continues to be off-the-charts tall, and not fat, but broad-shouldered and sturdy. Dylan keeps speculating about her adult height, and I keep reminding him you can't tell--I was short for my age until I hit puberty, and I wound up tallish (5'8"). Average for a woman in my family is probably 5'6" or so, but one of my nieces is about 6'1" (somehow getting the long legs the rest of us missed out on), and Dylan's mom is 5'10", so there's some serious height in our gene pool.
We now think she's going to be right-handed, which is a bit of a disappointment to left-handed Dylan.
I am all moved into my new apartment (if you don't count the twenty or so boxes of books I still have to unpack). The move went well. Teacup guy met my mother, stepfather, grandfather, and my best friend on moving day and everyone got along wonderfully. I am now stealing some time on my stepfather's computer before I go into complete computer withdrawl.
We've started my daughter on spelling to help with her spelling and writing skills. The funny thing is that right now her little brother is better at spelling than she is.
Ooooh! Wait for me, sj. I'm signing onto AIM right now!
and I keep reminding him you can't tell
Sure you can. There's a standard measure. I think you double their height at age two or something, to get their estimated adult height.
I think you double their height at age two or something, to get their estimated adult height.
I think Susan's point is ... you can't tell.
You can estimate, but you can't tell.
Huh. Didn't know that. Of course it's all theory for me.
Sure you can. There's a standard measure. I think you double their height at age two or something, to get their estimated adult height.
I remember doing this for my cousin when he was two and he was only supposed to be about 5'6". Which made sense because his dad and his mom's family were fairly short-statured. But he's 21 now and like 5'10.
