Comments on: Activity #144: Predict the future http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Sun, 26 May 2013 02:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sue http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79647 Sue Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79647 Not very accurate! My father is 6’4″ and my mother is 5’7″ – I’m 5’6″! So much of height depends on factors other than genetics, such as nutrition, stress, etc.

]]> By: Emily http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79516 Emily Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:29:48 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79516 Two problems with this: first, why does it matter? Second, I am four inches taller than my sister. My dad is 12 inches taller than my sister. My mom and I are the same height. My sister is, therefore, four inches under the possible range predicted. No formula can predict height–based on the formula my parents used, I am 6 inches taller than they predicted when I was five.

]]> By: How to make predictions about baby's future | Baby-Log, New Mum's Blog http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79480 How to make predictions about baby's future | Baby-Log, New Mum's Blog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:36:41 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79480 [...] have read this recently at Rookiemoms – there is a way to predict baby’s future height based on a simple calculation. For boys, [...]

]]> By: Judith http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79461 Judith Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:13 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79461 I’ve heard the same thing as Mandie (2), but I can’t find any measurements of when I was 18 months old :)

]]> By: Meg (B2B) http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79413 Meg (B2B) Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:51:11 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79413 I am in the same boat as you Whitney. My husband is almost a foot taller. That means Boo will be between 5’6″ and 6’1″ ?

]]> By: Elisa http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79404 Elisa Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:33:43 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79404 My children were born in the UK, where we were given two formulae (one for boys, one for girls) for calculating our children’s growth potential based solely on the parents’ heights. It’s a little more complicated than the ones above. I blogged about it soon after my son was born: http://weblog.xanga.com/blissful_e/643364169/growth-potential.html

And a friend told me just two days ago about a height predictor for children aged 8 to 16 from the University of Saskatchewan: http://athena.usask.ca/growthutility/phv_ui.cfm?type=2

]]> By: kay http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79376 kay Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:07:43 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79376 i am not sure how this works with me considering my husband is shorter than me. Does that mean my son will be way taller than both of us?

]]> By: Emma http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79329 Emma Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:12:39 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79329 I guess you and our child health nurse are reading the same magazines. She totally blew me away when she came up with this height prediction – and I somehow thought it was a method she invented in her 29-years of being a nurse :)

]]> By: wren http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79268 wren Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:37:03 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79268 What about when mom and daddy are around the same height? We’ve got a boy with a 5’7″ mom and a 5’8″ dad.

]]> By: Mandie http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-79264 Mandie Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-79264 I have also heard if you double your daughter’s height at 18 months or your son’s at 24 months, that’s a good prediction of the height they will grow up to be.

]]> By: Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Heather Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:02:30 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/predict-the-future#comment-134 So Holden will be between 5’9″ and 6’1″ by your game. Is there no chance he will be taller than his daddy? Are people just getting shorter over time? Is this because of global warming?

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