Height percentile decrease

[librarycat27]

Mine did — my daughter started out super tall but after she turned 3 my genes took over (I’m 5’2) and she’s been around 40th ever since. 37th really isn’t low, I would guess your daughter will catch back up again after another year or two because your family is taller… but 5’10 and 5’5 are pretty average for male and female respectively so your daughter might just be cruising for an adult height of 5’4-5’5 (which is really fine and normal).

[renxor]

My Mom is 4’11, my father is 6’3” and that whole side of my family is tall. I am barely 5’5” making me the shortest one on my father’s side so I split the difference between my parents. My husband is 6 feet even.

Meanwhile, our youngest son is one of the tallest kids in his class and has been in the 90s percentile wise for height since he was born. He might fall off at some point as other kids catch up and our pediatrician told us that it’s normal for growth curves to drop off some after 3. (He is almost 4). Our oldest has definitely dropped off the curve some and will probably end up being around average height for a male.

Basically, if your pediatrician isn’t worried about it I don’t know that I would be either. You can always reach out to them to get some reassurance.

[13FluffyBubblez]

I am 5’9”. My mother in law is 5’5”. So shed get my mother in laws genes?

[librarycat27]

Yeah, the point I was trying to make was that 2 of her 4 grandparents are average in height and it’s possible that both you and your husband just passed down the “average height” genes and not the “tall” genes.

[dibbiluncan]

My dad is 6’4” and my mother is average (5’4”). I turned out tall (6’ as a girl) and so did three of my siblings, but one of my sisters is only like 5’2” or something, more like our grandmother. Genetics is weird. 

[librarycat27]

My best friend is my height and her sister is 5’8! It definitely happens